Brendan Wright

Lewis Crocker was not picked for the 2015 Northern Ireland Commonwealth Youth Games boxing squad

Boxer awarded £8,500 in non-selection case

A Protestant boxer from Belfast has been awarded £8,500 in settlement of a case he brought against the Ulster Boxing Council under fair employment laws.

Ulster • 25 Sep 18

A new search operation involving forensic archaeologists and contractors is under way

New search for body of IRA victim McVeigh in Monaghan

A fresh search for the remains of Columba McVeigh, one of the three remaining Disappeared, began in Co Monaghan this morning.

Disappeared • 17 Sep 18

The PSNI are trying to establish the exact circumstances surrounding the shooting

Man in critical condition following Belfast shooting

A man is in a critical condition in hospital following a shooting in north Belfast.

Ulster • 15 Sep 18

Máiría Cahill said the report proved she had been telling the truth

Cahill not satisfied with 'woeful' McDonald apology

Alleged sex abuse victim Máiría Cahill has said she is not satisfied with an apology from Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald following a report by the Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland that found Ms Cahill was failed by a disjointed police investigation into her case.

Maíria Cahill • 13 Sep 18

The assembly will be broadly similar to the Constitutional Convention in the Republic

NI to establish first Citizens' Assembly next month

Northern Ireland's first ever Citizens' Assembly is to be established next month with between 50 and 100 people selected at random from the electoral register to make up the body.

Northern Ireland • 12 Sep 18

The men were hooded and flown by helicopter to a secret location, later revealed as a British Army camp

Goverment's 'Hooded men' appeal rejected by ECHR

The European Court of Human Rights has rejected a request by Ireland to refer the case of the 'Hooded men' to the court's Grand Chamber.

News • 11 Sep 18

The Historical Institutional Abuse inquiry concluded that victims should receive compensation ranging from £7,500 to £100,000

Legal challenge to NI abuse compensation delay put back

A legal challenge to the ongoing failure to compensate survivors of historical institutional abuse in Northern Ireland has been put back until later this year.

Ulster • 10 Sep 18

Relatives of those killed in the explosion and survivors of the attack attended an inter-denominational service at The Memorial Garden

Hundreds gather in Omagh 20 years after bomb blast

Several hundred people have attended a remembrance service in Omagh, Co Tyrone, to mark the 20th anniversary of the bombing in which 29 people, including a woman pregnant with twins, died.

Omagh Bombing • 12 Aug 18