Democratic Unionist Party MP Nigel Dodds was taken to hospital after being struck in the head by a brick during a night of fierce violence in the North.

A CORK city pub with a chequered history may prove to be one of the year’s smart purchases.

A 30-year-old man will appear in court later today charged with murdering Irish toddler Millie Martin.

Three men were charged with attempted murder today following a weekend attack in Co Down which left a man fighting for his life.

A loyalist paramilitary chief is fighting for his life today after assassins struck near north Belfast.

Three men questioned about the hit-and-run death of a teenager in south Belfast were today released by police.

A pensioner died after she was trapped under a bus, police said today.

A murder investigation was under way today after a west Belfast man was gunned down in front of his children after a row with dissident republicans flared out of control.

A priest spoke today of a family’s grief as a 20-year-old man died without regaining consciousness after being beaten up outside a nightclub in Portrush, Co Antrim.

A 34-year-old man is recovering in the North this evening after being attacked in the grounds of Belfast’s Royal Victoria Hospital earlier today.

Another pipe bomb attack was launched in Northern Ireland early today, police said.