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Anti-plastic bullet campaign group 'appalled' by court ruling
A CAMPAIGN group has criticised a High Court ruling that a British soldier who partially blinded a Catholic schoolboy with a plastic bullet was justified. → Read More
UVF flag removed from outside Catholic church in Co Down
THE removal of a UVF flag from outside a Catholic church in Co Down has been welcomed. → Read More
Republican group Arm na Poblachta says PSNI officers' families 'legitimate targets'
Republican group Arm na Poblachta (ANP) has warned that relatives of police officers are now being treated as "legitimate targets". → Read More
Dissident republican group condemned for threat against families of police officers
Republican group Arm na Poblachta (ANP) has warned that relatives of police officers are now being treated as "legitimate targets". → Read More
Who are republican group Arm na Poblachta?
Arm na Poblachta (ANP) is understood to include former members of other paramilitary organisations including the Continuity IRA and Óglaigh na hÉireann. → Read More
Who are republican group Arm na Poblachta?
Arm na Poblachta (ANP) is understood to include former members of other paramilitary organisations including the Continuity IRA and Óglaigh na hÉireann. → Read More
Independent councillor Padraig McShane happy with two-month suspension
A WATCHDOG has suspended prominent Causeway Coast and Glens independent councillor Padraig McShane for two months over a complaint dating back to 2016. → Read More
Poyntzpass double murder remembered 25 years on
RESIDENTS in a Co Armagh village are set to remember the shocking double murder of two friends 25 years ago on Friday. → Read More
Tyrone-based organised crime gang linked to New IRA shooting of John Caldwell
A Co Tyrone-based organised crime gang is being linked to the New IRA attempt to kill senior PSNI officer John Caldwell. → Read More
Native Irish honeybee area set up on shores of Lough Neagh
A SPECIAL Irish honey bee conservation area is set to be launched on the shores of Lough Neagh. → Read More
Man admits throwing petrol bomb at property
A 42-year old man has been handed a 10-month sentence after he admitted throwing a petrol bomb at a property in Belfast. → Read More
Analysis: Attack on John Caldwell most serious in a decade
The attempt to kill senior PSNI officer John Caldwell is the most serious to be carried out against police by dissident republicans in more than a decade. → Read More
Eyewitness describes terror as senior PSNI officer shot while coaching youth football team near Omagh
Omagh Harriers Athletic Club and Carrickmore Ladies GAA team were also training at the facility when the shooting took place. → Read More
Padraig McShane watchdog hearing adjourned
A WATCHDOG hearing into Causeway Coast and Glens independent councillor Padraig McShane has been adjourned. → Read More
British agent Willie Carlin dies
A FORMER MI5 and British army agent who infiltrated the republican movement in Derry has died. → Read More
GAA under political pressure to scrap cashless ticket policy
The GAA has come under political pressure to scrap its controversial cashless policy. → Read More
Springhill massacre inquest to start next week
An inquest into the deaths of five Catholic people shot dead by the British army 50 years ago will begin next week. → Read More
Wife killer Orangeman Stephen Fulton resigns from top position in Co Tyrone
A MEMBER of the Orange Order convicted of killing his wife has resigned from a top position on Co Tyrone. → Read More
Bryson: GFA anniversary provides loyalists with opportunity to 'explode the myth' that peace deal has worked
PROMINENT loyalist Jamie Bryson has warned that the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement (GFA) will provide an opportunity for loyalists to → Read More
Dangerous north Armagh drug gang The Firm has international supply chain
A Co Armagh crime gang had a setback this week after searches and seizures by a special PSNI team, but 'The Firm' are a significant criminal enterprise and will not be defeated easily because of their cross-community structures. → Read More