Micheál Martin has been criticised for refusing to contemplate Fianna Fáil coalition with Sinn Féin after the election – Brendan Smith explains why they remain unacceptable partners

Alasdair McDonnell says report confirms IRA went away but ‘they didn’t go too far’

US senator kept in close contact with Bertie Ahern in run-up to Belfast Agreement

Sinn Fein/IRA and its supporters repeatedly insist that outside pressure has no impact on IRA decisions. The evidence suggests otherwise.

Supply of laundered fuel and counterfeit cigarettes as plentiful as ever, say sources

Either IRA has got new weapons or it was not truthful on decommissioning

Reports suggest father of nine was killed in revenge attack for murder of Jock Davison

Cynicism surrounds policing and judicial system in Northern Ireland

53-year-old killed outside his home four months after Gerard Davison murdered

Reporting restriction on naming the sisters lifted by Belfast Crown Court

Eastern European Makarov weapon and bullets ‘extremely rare in Northern Ireland’

Officer says success in investigation depends on people ‘telling us what they know’

Former IRA commander was shot close to his home in Belfast on Tuesday

Suspect being questioned by PSNI serious crime detectives

Victim was questioned in connection with 33-year-old Robert McCartney killing in 2005

Distrust of RUC led to parallel ‘justice’ system by republicans which at times was brutal

The heroic sisters of Robert McCartney humbled both the IRA and Sinn Féin