Martin McAleese provided buses for loyalists as part of contacts
Paramilitaries travelled to social event in mini-buses after checking for ‘bugs and bombs’
Censoring Sinn Féin Christmas card ‘a step too far’, NI officials told after staff complaints
Some social security workers ‘offended’ by card from local Sinn Féin office thanking them for their work
Tackle sectarianism by making subject sexy, minister told
‘Wide and complex’ problem could be approached by tying in sports and entertainment, groups suggested
Irish-language courts in North could be ‘open to abuse’, PSNI feared
Giving ‘preferred language’ option would slow down proceedings and potentially lead to challenges, senior officer said
Slow progress a feature of North’s early powersharing that endures to this day
Executive struggled under weight of paperwork and protracted decision-making process
NI department was advised from London on how to present its response to Chernobyl radiation in food chain
Department of Agriculture for Northern Ireland told to ‘emphasise that the food chain was safeguarded in 1986’
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Charges withdrawn against two teenagers accused of attempting to rape girl in Co Antrim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