Vincent Kearney

Northern Editor

Jeffrey Donaldson has pleaded not guilty to 18 charges

Trial of Jeffrey Donaldson and wife delayed

The trial of former DUP leader Jeffrey Donaldson and his wife for alleged sex offences is to be delayed because of illness.

Courts • 14 Mar

Craig Rowland was sentenced at Belfast Crown Court

Man sentenced to minimum 20 years for infant son's murder

A 29-year-old Co Armagh man has been sentenced to a minimum of 20 years in prison for murdering his infant son by inflicting "catastrophic" brain injuries.

Ulster • 13 Mar

Preparation work to upgrade the A5 is under way at a number of locations

GAA president urges members to take part in A5 protest

GAA President Jarlath Burns has urged members of the association to take part in a protest next week to support a campaign to upgrade one of Ireland's most dangerous roads.

Ireland • 12 Mar

29 people killed were killed in the Real IRA attack in Omagh, Co Tyrone in 1998

Parallel Omagh inquiry decision to be kept under review

A decision by the Irish Government not to hold a parallel public inquiry into the 1998 Omagh bombing will be kept under review, the Minister for Justice has said.

Ireland • 10 Mar

The service was held in the Sandys Street Presbyterian Church

Service for Newry officers killed in IRA mortar attack

A church service has been held in Newry this afternoon to mark the 40th anniversary of the largest single loss of police personnel in the history of the Troubles.

Ulster • 02 Mar

Twenty-nine people, including a woman pregnant with twins, died in the 1998 bombing

Govt has 'questions to answer' about Omagh bombing - DUP

DUP leader Gavin Robinson fears that a UK inquiry into the Omagh bombing will not get to the truth of what happened unless the Irish Government establishes a parallel process.

Ulster • 26 Feb

The report by the Independent Reporting Commission says coercive control and threats linked to paramilitary groups 'persist and remain a real concern' (Stock image)

Report urges end to existence of paramilitary groups

The Irish and British governments are to appoint an independent expert to assess the merits of engaging directly with paramilitary groups still operating in Northern Ireland as part of a process to encourage them to cease to exist.

Ireland • 25 Feb

A man was shot twice as he sat in his taxi in the Dunmurry area of Belfast yesterday

Appeal for information after Belfast shooting at weekend

Detectives investigating the attempted murder of a man in west Belfast at the weekend have appealed to the public for information about the incident.

Crime • 24 Feb

Humanity in Omagh as bereaved, injured tell their stories

Chairman Alan Turnbull has put the voices of the bereaved and injured in Omagh to the forefront of the inquiry into the terrorist attack.

Analysis and Comment • 16 Feb

Suzanne Travis, a 20-year-old student, had gone into town shopping with her mother

Survivor searched for mother before seeing foot was gone

A woman seriously injured in the Omagh bombing has told the inquiry into the atrocity how she frantically searched for her mother without realising that her own foot had been blown off.

Ulster • 13 Feb