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A former leading IRA man believes there was state collusion in what he says was a deliberate campaign of targeting relatives of republicans in the 1990s in order to force a ceasefire.

Sinn Fein has called on the EU to work for a united Ireland as an alternative to a “reckless” Brexit - but unionists have responded by calling for the restoration of devolution to tackle crumbling public services.

Two former IRA members have played down suggestions that dissident republicans will attack the only border checkpoints currently being pledged in the event of a no-deal Brexit - those erected by the Irish government.

A Church of Ireland Rector who walked in the recent Newry Gay pride parade has branded his own church’s teaching on same sex marriage as “homophobic”.

A soldier who survived the Ballygawley bus bomb has appealed on the anniversary of the atrocity to find the woman who saved him as he lay dying at the roadside.

The GAA has been challenged to follow the example of Northern Ireland football in creating an inclusive culture, after the resurrection of a competition in Tyrone named after two IRA men.

The PSNI is investigating the sudden of a 19-year-old man whose body was discovered in a house in the New Street area of Sion Mills on Sunday 28 July.

Ulster GAA now has an extended chance to halt a cup final in the name of two IRA men after the event was postponed, it has been claimed.

A UUP MLA is asking why prosecutions are under consideration against individuals wearing Northern Ireland football tops for singing anti-Catholic songs - but not against Tyrone GAA players for singing IRA lyrics.

A man whose father was killed by the IRA has called on the GAA to cancel a competition named after two men found with the weapon used in his murder.

A 19-year-old woman and a man in his thirties last night remained critically ill in hospital after separate crashes in Bangor and Dungannon.

The organisation which represents rank and file police has noted that officers were so committed during the Greenvale Hotel tragedy that they actually drove an ambulance to assist paramedics.

The fourth member of the group being pursued for damages by the Omagh bomb victims has been declared bankrupt.

The breakdown of the first count has been revealed for Northern Ireland’s European Election.

Teenager Connor Currie was ‘a gem’ who said ‘thank you’ every time he left both the kitchen table and the classroom, mourners at his funeral have heard.

At her funeral mass this morning, tragic 17-year-old Lauren Bullock was described as a passionate cheerleader who kept those around her “in craic, friendship and fun”.

At his funeral mass this morning, Archbishop Eamon Martin likened the sudden and tragic death of 17-year-old Morgan Barnard on St Patrick’s Day to the snatching away of the teenage saint himself from his family to be taken to Ireland.

St Patrick’s Academy Dungannon has said it is experiencing “a time of profound sadness” as the school community comes to terms with “the tragic loss of our much loved and popular pupils Morgan Barnard and Connor Currie”.

The PSNI have assured those who attended the tragic St Patrick’s Day event in Cookstown that they are only interested in what caused the deaths of three teenagers - not in the fact that underage children were queuing for a licensed premises.