Police and military chiefs should face a “punitive” order to foot the legal bill for postponing civil actions into murders carried out by a notorious loyalist gang, the High Court heard today.

Criminal barristers have voted unanimously to withdraw their services in respect of legally-aided Crown court cases in a long-running dispute over fees.

Growing up visiting her father — prominent republican activist Tony Taylor — in prison and attending a school where most pupils received free school meals, university was never on the radar for ...

A 44-year-old man is to stand trial next year on a charge of murdering a woman in Magherafelt. Sophie Watson was found dead at a property in the Ashgrove Park area of the Co Derry town in August last ...

A west Belfast postman who stole almost 1,000 items of mail from his delivery round narrowly avoided prison today.

Neil Lennon will be absent from Dunfermline Athletic’s trip to Glasgow to face Queen’s Park on Saturday, following the passing of his father.

Striking workers at a Guinness packaging plant have warned of potential St Patrick’s Day supply shortages if the brand’s owners fail to resolve a pay dispute. Unite union members at the Diageo plant ...

The owner of a Co Tyrone hotel and a member of security staff today denied charges arising from the death of three teenagers.

Emergency services were called to reports of a fire at a house in the Abbey Park area in Bangor, at around 12:30pm.

Gareth Wilson has been chosen to be the new DUP MLA for Newry and Armagh after William Irwin formally stands down during Stormont’s Christmas recess.

The company behind one of Northern Ireland’s biggest pharmacy chains increased pre-tax profits in its latest accounts to over £600,000 as it was bought over by a Scottish firm.

A 44-year-old man is to stand trial next year on a charge of murdering a woman in Magherafelt. Sophie Watson was found dead at a property in the Ashgrove Park area of the Co Derry town in August last ...