Plan paves way for North gays to adoptGay couples will be able to adopt children in Northern Ireland under proposed new legislation published yesterday by the North…Wed Jul 05 2006 - 01:00
Orange parade again banned from entering Garvaghy RoadThe annual Orange Order Drumcree parade, which takes place on Sunday, has again been banned by the North's Parades Commission…Tue Jul 04 2006 - 01:00
Two young victims of Lisnaskea crash to be buried todayThe neighbouring small towns of Newtownbutler and Lisnaskea in Co Fermanagh are preparing for four funerals after Sunday morning…Tue Jul 04 2006 - 01:00
North's homeowners face large increase in ratesHomeowners in the leafier areas of Northern Ireland are about to learn of substantial increases in their domestic rates.Tue Jul 04 2006 - 01:00
Hundreds gather to honour Ulster DivisionBelfast commemorations: Hundreds of people gathered in sweltering sunshine outside Belfast City Hall on Saturday morning as …Mon Jul 03 2006 - 01:00
Row over leaking of document may sour meeting with PaisleyA row over the leaking of details of a confidential Northern Ireland Office (NIO) document on how the DUP would be financially…Wed Jun 28 2006 - 01:00
'Race hate capital of Europe' tag for NorthA conference on racism in Belfast yesterday noted how leading European publications had described Northern Ireland as the "race…Tue Jun 27 2006 - 01:00
Whiterock parade passes off peacefullyThere was a palpable sense of relief in Belfast at the weekend after Saturday's contentious Orange Order Whiterock parade passed…Mon Jun 26 2006 - 01:00
Ahern and Blair want parties to work on NI dealTaoiseach Bertie Ahern and British prime minister Tony Blair will tell the parties at Stormont on Thursday that they expect meaningful…Mon Jun 26 2006 - 01:00
Faul seen as driving force for justice, peace and reconciliationThe dying wish of Monsignor Denis Faul was that the IRA should provide the information to recover the bodies of the Disappeared…Sat Jun 24 2006 - 01:00
Court lets Orange parade go aheadA late attempt to prevent this afternoon's contentious Orange Order Whiterock parade failed in Belfast High Court yesterday as…Sat Jun 24 2006 - 01:00
One in four in North admits to racist viewsOne in four people in Northern Ireland admits to holding racist views compared to one in ten 12 years ago, a study undertaken…Thu Jun 22 2006 - 01:00
Spirited champion of human rights dies aged 73Generous tributes were paid yesterday to campaigning human rights priest Monsignor Denis Faul who died yesterday in the Bon Secours…Thu Jun 22 2006 - 01:00
Loyalist fears of feud as UDA expels ShoukrisThere was a sense of apprehension in loyalist areas of Belfast last night as the Ulster Defence Association leadership and the…Wed Jun 21 2006 - 01:00
Adams urges review of march decisionSinn Féin president Gerry Adams has urged the Parades Commission to review its decision to allow a limited Orange Order march…Wed Jun 21 2006 - 01:00
Brown endorses Blair policy on NorthBritish chancellor of the exchequer Gordon Brown has made it clear that if, as expected, he succeeds Tony Blair as prime minister…Tue Jun 20 2006 - 01:00
Belfast Orange parade gets go-aheadThe annual Orange Order Whiterock parade, which last year erupted in major violence, will be restricted but permitted to parade…Tue Jun 20 2006 - 01:00
PSNI say 10 arrests disrupted arms plotA major, detailed and lengthy international police operation involving the PSNI, MI5 and a number of European security services…Tue Jun 20 2006 - 01:00
Inquiry into pub killings criticisedThe families of the six men murdered at a Loughinisland pub during the World Cup of 1994 have criticised how the RUC handled …Fri Jun 16 2006 - 01:00
Nationalists and loyalists agree on Orange marchA potentially highly significant agreement that could have positive implications for the contentious marching season in the North…Wed Jun 14 2006 - 01:00
Indian group to create 1,000 call centre jobs in NorthNorthern secretary Peter Hain has announced the creation of 1,000 call centre jobs for Northern Ireland by Indian company ICICI…Wed Jun 14 2006 - 01:00
North minister plans to improve quality of public architectureNorthern Ireland arts minister Maria Eagle has launched a policy paper designed to ensure that all future public-funded buildings…Wed Jun 14 2006 - 01:00
Role in nascent peace process rememberedNorth reaction: Former SDLP leader John Hume yesterday expressed sympathy to the Haughey family and said he was sure there was…Wed Jun 14 2006 - 01:00
Welcome for Indian cricket team follows racist attackBelfast Lord Mayor Pat McCarthy yesterday hosted a special reception for an under-19 Indian cricket team, some of whose members…Wed Jun 14 2006 - 01:00
Police Ombudsman's son seriously injured in Belfast assaultPolice in the North have appealed for witnesses to a vicious assault on the son of Police Ombudsman Nuala O'Loan in north Belfast…Tue Jun 13 2006 - 01:00
SF warns on failure to agree chair for committeeNorthern Secretary Peter Hain has spoken of his deep frustration after Northern parties again failed to agree who should chair…Thu Jun 08 2006 - 01:00
Two arrested over 1994 pub murdersA middle-aged man and woman were last night being questioned by PSNI detectives in connection with the UVF murder of six Catholic…Wed Jun 07 2006 - 01:00
Haddock may know his attackersPSNI detectives are trying to determine whether loyalist Mark Haddock, shot several times close to an Orange hall on the Doagh…Thu Jun 01 2006 - 01:00
Plans unveiled for £400m stadium at Maze prison siteThe North's social development minister David Hanson has urged politicians, sporting bodies, businesses and interested parties…Wed May 31 2006 - 01:00
McGuinness strongly dismisses claim he was British agentSinn Féin's chief negotiator Martin McGuinness has dismissed as "a load of hooey" a claim in a Sunday newspaper that he was a…Wed May 31 2006 - 01:00
Parties to decide on key committee roleThe North's main political parties will decide tomorrow whether to participate in the Assembly committee designed to establish…Mon May 29 2006 - 01:00
Hain to establish Assembly restoration committeeNorthern Secretary Peter Hain is to press ahead with the formation of an all-party Assembly restoration of devolution committee…Wed May 24 2006 - 01:00
Hain plays down failure to elect First MinisterNorthern Secretary Peter Hain last night attempted to downplay the failure of the Northern Assembly to elect DUP leader Ian Paisley…Tue May 23 2006 - 01:00
Adams gives Paisley no option but to play to Sinn Féin scriptWas Gerry Adams yesterday making mischief based on that famous line of President Lyndon B Johnson who described one of his opponents…Tue May 23 2006 - 01:00
Proposal for all-party devolution bodyAssembly members will consider forming a special all-party committee aimed at restoring devolution after, as is expected, today…Mon May 22 2006 - 01:00
Court says Hain acted unlawfully on parades appointeesNorthern Ireland Secretary Peter Hain is considering appealing yesterday's Belfast High Court ruling that he acted unlawfully…Sat May 20 2006 - 01:00
Orangeman quits parades body as Hain blames SDLPPortadown Orangemen Don McKay has bowed to political pressure by resigning from the Parades Commission following a row over how…Wed May 17 2006 - 01:00
Police appeal for calm before Ballymena funeral of youthPolice in Ballymena, Co Antrim have appealed for calm ahead of today's funeral of Michael McIlveen, the local schoolboy who died…Wed May 17 2006 - 01:00
1,160 civilians will lose jobs as army scales backMore than 1,100 civilian staff working with the British army in the North will lose their jobs as the army presses ahead with…Thu May 11 2006 - 01:00
Paisley nomination by Adams labelled 'gimmick' by DUPGerry Adams plans to nominate Ian Paisley as First Minister of Northern Ireland in the Assembly on Tuesday weekThu May 11 2006 - 01:00
Adams pays tribute at hunger strike anniversaryThe IRA hunger strikes, like Easter 1916, were a watershed in Irish history and Sinn Féin owed a considerable part of its success…Sat May 06 2006 - 01:00
Prison inspectors find costs at Maghaberry are uneconomicNon-paramilitary inmates at Maghaberry Prison are disadvantaged because of the huge costs of segregating republican from loyalist…Fri May 05 2006 - 01:00
Family of Bobby Sands to mark his 25th anniversaryMembers of the Sands family will assemble for a private gathering in the former Maze Prison near Lisburn today to commemorate…Fri May 05 2006 - 01:00
British told of UDR collusion with loyalists in 1970sThe British government as far back as the early 1970s was informed at the highest level of widespread collusion between the Ulster…Fri May 05 2006 - 01:00
North parties to meet on agenda for AssemblyThe chief whips of the Northern Ireland parties will meet again tomorrow to try to arrive at some accommodation on the opening…Wed May 03 2006 - 01:00
14,000 runners hit Belfast streetsNearly 14,000 runners took to the streets of Belfast yesterday for the annual running of the city's marathon with, as so often…Tue May 02 2006 - 01:00
Report a 'foundation stone' for powersharingIMC Report: The British and Irish governments believe yesterday's positive Independent Monitoring Commission report on IRA activity…Thu Apr 27 2006 - 01:00
NI businesses rally against rate risesNorthern Ireland business people staged a motorcade protest in Belfast yesterday with cross-party support against the phased …Wed Apr 26 2006 - 01:00
Read nothing into party leaders' absence from Easter parade - SFSinn Féin's chief negotiator Martin McGuinness has said that "nothing should be read" into the fact that neither he nor party…Tue Apr 25 2006 - 01:00
Report on IRA activity 'the most positive yet'The Independent Monitoring Commission will tomorrow publish its "most positive" report to date on IRA activityTue Apr 25 2006 - 01:00
