Radical proposal may hold clues to future of the search for truthA debate that takes place mostly in the background is now front and centreThu Nov 21 2013 - 01:02
Anger at call to draw line under past Northern killingsAG John Larkin said his call for no prosecutions was “logical” outworking of Belfast AgreementThu Nov 21 2013 - 01:01
Larkin profile: regularly in spotlight and never far from controversyLarkin viewed as QC who ultimately will sit on the High Court benchThu Nov 21 2013 - 01:00
Army 'sanctioned shoot-to-kill policy' in BelfastSeveral people killed and wounded by secret British army unit, according to PanoramaThu Nov 21 2013 - 01:00
Proposal by North’s Attorney General generates negative reactionTaoiseach and British PM distance themselves from John Larkin’s suggestionThu Nov 21 2013 - 01:00
Is there merit in Larkin’s proposals?Analysis: North’s Attorney General must have a thick neck to face inevitable backlashWed Nov 20 2013 - 11:38
Assembly supports motion on DisappearedSinn Fein refuses to endorse motion because of reference to allegation that Gerry Adams was implicated in murder of Jean McConvilleWed Nov 20 2013 - 01:02
Haass hopes negotiations can yield early Christmas presentTalks on parades and flags to start in second week of DecemberTue Nov 19 2013 - 01:02
Deal on NI parades, flags and the past ‘do-able’, says HaassProcess now ‘shifting gear’ into intensive period of talks, according to US diplomatMon Nov 18 2013 - 13:43
Founders of new ‘centrist and pro-union’ party in North to target non-votersEx-UUP members McCrea and McCallister to stand candidates in EU and local pollsMon Nov 18 2013 - 01:00
New NI party seeks more devolved powersNI21 is headed by former UUP MLAs Basil McCrea and John McAllisterSat Nov 16 2013 - 14:19
Level of British collusion with loyalist gangs was shocking, Alasdair McDonnell tells his party annual conferenceSDLP leader adds that collusion ‘never ever justified a single IRA atrocity’Mon Nov 11 2013 - 01:01
SDLP recalls painful past while looking to the electoral challenges of the futureSeamus Mallon and other party veterans reflect on period when party members were murderedMon Nov 11 2013 - 01:01
Dublin and London have had to reassert roles as co-guarantors of Belfast Agreement, says TánaisteEamon Gilmore praises role of Irish Association on its 75th anniversarySun Nov 10 2013 - 22:09
Taoiseach lays wreath for Remembrance Sunday in NorthEnda Kenny in Enniskillen tells personal impact of IRA Poppy Day bombingSun Nov 10 2013 - 13:20
British collusion with loyalist gangs ‘shocking’- SDLP leaderAlasdair McDonnell tells party’s annual conference collusion ‘never ever justified a single IRA atrocity’Sat Nov 09 2013 - 16:10
North-South leaders condemn failed murder attempt on former PSNI officerMartin McGuinness says dissident republicans living in ‘cloud cuckoo land’Sat Nov 09 2013 - 01:00
Enda Kenny proposes all-Ireland soccer teamTaoiseach says team could take on England every two years to raise money for charityFri Nov 08 2013 - 12:46
Visitors moved by Belfast exhibition on the DisappearedUp to 10,000 people learn of the suffering and loss of bereaved familiesFri Nov 08 2013 - 01:00
SF members guilty of ‘moral cowardice’ on DisappearedLabour’s Ged Nash says Adams and former IRA members must ‘front up’ to help familiesThu Nov 07 2013 - 20:03
Keane is out of the question as the Alex Ferguson roadshow hits AberdeenFormer Manchester United manager refuses to answer questions on his former captainWed Nov 06 2013 - 01:01
Ferguson gives seal of approval to outstanding Corkman – but not that oneThe ‘incomparable’ Denis Irwin wins the praise of former Manchester United managerTue Nov 05 2013 - 01:00
Ombudsman investigating collusion claims in bookTwenty-four families have asked for inquiry into more than 70 loyalist killingsFri Oct 25 2013 - 06:40
Loyalism’s most prolific sectarian killer may have enjoyed indefensible relationship with RUC officersDespite being linked to more than 50 sectarian murders, suspect not chargedFri Oct 25 2013 - 01:00
Book lifts lid on over 120 killings by loyalist gangs‘Lethal Allies’ asks why the authorities did not move properly to stop the killingsThu Oct 24 2013 - 07:48
Hundreds attend Shankill bombing commemorationLocal people joined bereaved and injured to remember nine who died in blast 20 years agoThu Oct 24 2013 - 01:00
Organiser defends Miss Ulster beauty pageantTwo Assembly member judges withdraw because of size restrictions on entrantsWed Oct 23 2013 - 01:00
Revised NI abortion guidelines to be published soonDPP advice on criminal law on abortion ‘helpful’, officials tell Stormont committeeTue Oct 22 2013 - 16:50
Belfast to get new £250 million children’s hospitalDUP Minister for Finance announces project in allocation of funds to Stormont departmentsMon Oct 21 2013 - 20:30
Nesbitt says he forced Robinson’s Maze U-turnUUP leader proposes international mental health centre as alternativeMon Oct 21 2013 - 08:45
Ulster Unionist Party unity may actually expose weaknessLeader Mike Nesbitt’s opposition to Maze peace and reconciliation centre could lead to charge he is afraid of historySun Oct 20 2013 - 22:16
Prosecution of soldiers for Bloody Sunday could be ‘disastrous’ - MPArrests and questioning of former British soldiers not imminent, PSNI sources saySun Oct 20 2013 - 16:57
Loyalists protest over plaque for Shankill bomberRepublicans commemorate Thomas Begley who died when bomb prematurely explodedSun Oct 20 2013 - 16:43
UUP leader says North needs a new ‘inclusive’ covenantNesbitt proposes international mental health centre as alternative to Maze peace centreSat Oct 19 2013 - 14:05
First Minister attends dinner honouring work of GAARobinson says attendance at such an event ‘not so many years ago’ would have been unimaginableFri Oct 18 2013 - 09:53
Thaw slowly setting in between GAA and unionism after years of mutual suspicionAnalysis: attitudes changing as North awakes to possibilities offered by detenteFri Oct 18 2013 - 01:00
Adams under pressure over knowlege of abuse by his brotherSinn Féin president’s adversaries believe he is vulnerableTue Oct 15 2013 - 08:22
Gerry Adams says he is being subjected to ‘trial by media’ over his sexual abuser brotherSinn Féin leader complains DUP is exploiting issue in a ‘despicable manner’Sat Oct 12 2013 - 01:23
David Cameron denies talk of Stormont powersharing crisisBritish prime minister says Peter Robinson and Martin McGuinness ‘working well together’Sat Oct 12 2013 - 01:00
Message is clear: stop squabbling and get on with itBritish PM stresses a ‘tiny minority’ of dissidents would not disrupt progessSat Oct 12 2013 - 01:00
Woman carrying twins with fatal foetal abnormalities makes abortion appealStormont’s Minister for Health asked to let woman end pregnancy in Northern IrelandFri Oct 11 2013 - 01:00
Killings demonstrate to wider world that dissident threat hasn’t goneGroup’s main ‘success’ — in its terms — was murder of prison officer David BlackThu Oct 10 2013 - 16:29
Foetal abnormality no basis for abortion in Northern IrelandAnyone who unlawfully performs an abortion is liable to criminal prosecution with a maximum penalty of life in prisonThu Oct 10 2013 - 01:16
NI woman travels for abortion after fatal foetal abnormality foundMinister for Health appoints senior officials to examine the caseWed Oct 09 2013 - 14:50
Role of Gerry Adams now under scrutiny by North’s Police Ombudsman and Attorney GeneralDUP Minister says there must be “zero tolerance for those who cover up child abuse”Wed Oct 09 2013 - 01:01
North’s health minister accuses Adams of ‘letting down’ niecePoots also calls on police ombudsman to investigate how PSNI dealt with caseTue Oct 08 2013 - 17:55
Sinn Fein defends decision to commemorate Shankill bomberNigel Dodds describes event planned in honour of Thomas Begley as ‘grotesque’Tue Oct 08 2013 - 13:21
North’s AG to review decision not to take case against Gerry AdamsPublic interest cited by DPPTue Oct 08 2013 - 01:00
Review of Gerry Adams role in brother’s abuse case orderedSinn Féin president defends handling of allegations by his nieceMon Oct 07 2013 - 14:27
Adams warns against ‘stoking up tensions’Unionist parties failing to stand up against sectarian violence, Sinn Féin president saysMon Oct 07 2013 - 01:00
