UK court rules against release of Troubles-era information in far-reaching judgment
Amnesty International describes UK government’s supreme court appeal victory as a ‘grim day for truth’
IRA spy Stakeknife ‘well rewarded financially and taken on holiday’ by handlers, report reveals
Kenova investigation lays bare how double agent and murderer was repeatedly protected at the expense of his victims
Protecting Stakeknife seemed to ‘outweigh’ protecting life of a victim, Kenova report finds
Freddie Scappaticci not named in report due to UK government policy of ‘neither confirm nor deny’
‘No evidence’ of British collusion with loyalists over Dublin and Monaghan bombings
Review under Operation Kenova finds it ‘cannot be categorically excluded’ that security forces worked with UVF in plotting 1974 attacks that killed 34 people
Final report into activities of British army’s top IRA agent during Troubles to be released
Agent, known as Stakeknife, widely accepted to be west Belfast man Freddie Scappaticci who died in 2023
Religious education syllabus in North to be reformed after supreme court ruling
DUP Minister for Education Paul Givan confirms rework after exclusively Christian teaching found unlawful
Charges withdrawn against two teenagers accused of attempting to rape girl in Co Antrim
Alleged incident led to rioting in Ballymena which spread to other parts of Northern Ireland during the summer
PSNI officer stabbed with hunting knife while attempting to arrest man in Derry
Two others and custody detention officer assaulted as two arrested on suspicion of several offences, including attempted murder
‘Significant uncertainty’: Vets in North worried at post-Brexit rule changes on medicines
Exemption allowing medicinal products to be supplied from Britain expires within weeks
DUP MP Sammy Wilson’s ‘fact-finding’ trip to Israel worth almost £4,000, declaration shows
East Antrim MP said he was looking forward to ‘hearing the truth’ and criticised ‘scurrilous lies’
Eric and Desmond Guiney: ICRIR opens new appeal in deaths of father and son in Belfast in 1981
Father and son were attacked by rioters in Belfast during the IRA hunger strikes
Former Sinn Féin member will not face prosecution after portrait of DUP mayor damaged
The framed painting of Wallace Brown was taken off the wall at Belfast City Hall and had its glass smashed
More than 2,500 assaults on police officers in Northern Ireland in 12-month period
Senior officer condemns ‘shocking and disgusting’ incidents, which included a sexual assault on a female member
North’s religious education is in breach of human rights law, UK court rules
The court unanimously upheld an appeal brought by a pupil – known as JR87 – at a Belfast primary school and her father
Irish legislation on Northern Ireland legacy issues to follow UK ‘swiftly’
Recent joint Dublin-London framework will replace controversial Legacy Act introduced in 2020














