The Special Criminal Court has fixed a date next January for the retrial of Belfast man Gerard Mackin for the murder of a taxi driver in Belfast in 2007.

The Court of Criminal Appeal in Dublin today quashed the conviction of the only person ever convicted by a Dublin court for a murder in the North.

A Belfast man who was jailed for life by a Dublin court last year for the murder of a taxi driver in the city today opened his appeal against his conviction and sentence.

At least 200 suspects are being hunted by detectives investigating serious republican rioting in north Belfast, it was revealed today.

A Belfast man who was jailed for life last week for the murder of a taxi driver in the city was jailed for a further 15 years by the Special Criminal Court in Dublin today.

A Belfast dissident republican became the first person to be convicted by a Dublin court today for the murder of a man in Belfast last year.

The Special Criminal Court has reserved judgment in the trial of a Belfast man accused of the murder of a taxi driver in Belfast last year.

The trial of a Belfast man at the Special Criminal Court in Dublin for the murder of a taxi driver in Belfast will hear closing speeches from the prosecution and defence tomorrow.

The trial of a Belfast man in a Dublin court for the murder of a taxi driver in Belfast last year has entered its closing stages.

A Belfast taxi driver was killed by a .38 inch calibre bullet fired from a revolver, a murder trial at the Special Criminal Court in Dublin heard today.

The Special Criminal Court has ruled for the first time on the use of new laws which were brought in last year to tackle gangland crime.

A Belfast man died from a single gunshot wound to the head fired at close range, a murder trial at the Special Criminal Court in Dublin heard today.

The three judges of the non-jury Special Criminal Court sat for the first time at the Belfast Crown Court today to hear evidence in a Continuity IRA-linked murder trial.

The non-jury Special Criminal Court in Dublin has asked for permission to hear evidence in Northern Ireland in the trial of a Belfast man accused of shooting dead a man in the city last year.

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.

A loyalist ceasefire in the North is to be recognised, the Northern Secretary said today.

Rival gangs are arranging sectarian clashes in Belfast city centre's so-called "neutral zone", university researchers revealed today.

The new power-sharing government in the North will need to take a tough stand against racism and sectarianism, Deputy First Minister-in-waiting Martin McGuinness claimed today.

Feud and paramilitary attacks have fuelled surging numbers of arsons in the North, it was claimed today.

Eyewitness claims that the Ulster Volunteer Force was involved in extortion and other criminal activities were today cited by Ulster Unionist MP Lady Sylvia Hermon as a reason for her unease over her party’s decision to link up with the Progressive Unionists in the Stormont Assembly.

In the North, Portadown Orangemen have been banned from walking along the Garvahy Road for the second year running.

Almost half of complaints lodged with Northern Ireland’s Police Ombudsman over the past five years came from the Protestant community, figures revealed today.

The Ulster Defence Association was formally accused today of gunning down one of its former brigadiers, Jim Gray.

Two people were killed and eight others injured after an horrific overnight car crash in West Belfast.

There was fresh trouble in Belfast tonight as police pledged to get tough with loyalist demonstrators who have caused major disruption for days.

A massive protest march in Belfast, which was held after the Orange Order postponed today’s contentious parade, passed off peacefully.

The Orange Order today warned it is determined to march along its route in west Belfast before the autumn after today’s contentious parade was postponed.

Security chiefs, political and community leaders have appealed for calm after the Protestant Orange Order abandoned plans for today's contentious parade through west Belfast.

Security chiefs, politicians and community leaders will today monitor closely whether a contentious Protestant Orange Order parade passes off peacefully in the hope that it could herald a quiet summer marching season.

The Orange Order has slammed the Parades Commission's decision to re-route a contentious loyalist parade in west Belfast this Saturday.

Belfast was plunged into traffic chaos today as nationalists blocked off main roads in protest at a flashpoint loyalist parade.

advance of today’s EU-US summit, Taoiseach Bertie Ahern and British Prime Minister Tony Blair held meetings in London yesterday in an effort to advance the peace process in Northern Ireland.

There are hopeful signs in the North of a potentially less tense marching season with community groups in west Belfast hoping to reach agreement on one contentious march.

A major search for a yacht which was believed to have sunk off the Irish coast was called off today after rescue teams failed to find any evidence of an accident.

Police have used water cannons to break up a nationalist riot following a controversial Protestant Orange Order parade in west Belfast.