A 58-year-old man has been charged with the murder of a Catholic father-of-four in north Belfast 36 years ago.

Detectives in the North have arrested a man over a murder more than 35 years ago.

Ousted loyalist paramilitary chief Ihab Shoukri has been charged with terrorist offences.

Eleven men are due to appear in court today charged in connection with an alleged loyalist "show of strength" in Belfast.

President Mary McAleese and her husband Martin were urged today to end all further contact with the leadership of the loyalist Ulster Defence Association.

A 21-year-old man is recovering in a Belfast hospital following a paramilitary-style attack last night.

The second phase of a multi-million pound facelift for Belfast was launched today.

Bomb disposal experts have carried out a controlled explosion on a bomb planted outside a pub in north Belfast overnight.

Three police stations in one of Northern Ireland’s most violent districts are to stop opening around the clock, it was confirmed today.

Post mortem results on the body of a man found dead in south Co Dublin yesterday have revealed that his death was not suspicious.

Gardai in south Co Dublin are investigating the discovery of a man’s body in a house in Dun Laoghaire this afternoon.

A man has been shot in a punishment style attack in the North.

Five men were tonight being questioned by anti-terrorist police after armed officers stormed a suspected bomb factory in a quiet London suburb, then swooped on two another houses.