A press photographer was injured in a shooting as rioting erupted for a second night in Northern Ireland.

An investigation was under way tonight into the death of a prisoner found collapsed in his cell in the North.

A Belfast Sinn Féin councillor who was heavily involved in the IRA hunger strike protests has died in hospital.

A Belfast man today opted to be tried in Dublin under rarely used anti-terrorist laws for a Continuity IRA linked murder carried out in Belfast.

Northern Chief Constable Hugh Orde will be questioned today about collusion between his officers and a gang of loyalist killers.

Progressive Unionist Party leader David Ervine remains in a critical condition in the Royal Victoria hospital in Belfast tonight.

LITTLE Brandon Hagans hasn’t seen his daddy in a year, and the hurt of apparent abandonment torments his young mind.

Detectives have identified the Real IRA gunmen they believe murdered Belfast father-of-five Danny McGurk.

RIOT police were called to a west Belfast hospital yesterday after more than 100 people demonstrated against a visit by the Prince of Wales.

Protesters demonstrated outside a hospital in the heart of West Belfast today against a visit by Prince Charles.

A west Belfast man was gunned down in front of his children after a row with dissident republicans flared out of control, it emerged tonight.

Sinn Fein President Gerry Adams insisted he would not be diverted from the Northern Ireland peace process tonight despite claims his life was in danger from dissident republican terrorists.

Police in the North have warned five independent members of the Policing Board that they may be in danger due to alleged dissident republican intelligence gathering at the Royal Victoria Hospital in Belfast.

Sinn Féin have hit back at Orange Order allegations that they were attacked in Belfast today.

PEOPLE in Northern Ireland must be unequivocal in their condemnation of murder and support the forces of law and order, mourners at the funeral of a man who died after being beaten in Belfast were told yesterday.

A man remained critically ill in hospital today after being shot twice when police foiled a fire bomb attack in Belfast city centre.

A man is critically ill in hospital today after he was shot in what was thought to be part of an escalating loyalist paramilitary feud.

A post mortem will be carried out this afternoon on the body of a man found in Belfast.