Emails from FBI agent said to show that services had detailed picture of Real IRA before attack

Erecting flags may not always be a criminal offence but it is wrong, Northern Ireland's most senior police officer has said.

The mainstream British media tends to present all stories about conflict through the prism of nationhood. But there is no "us" and "them"

75-year-old breaks 47-year silence as he tells mental health tribunal of mixing with criminals from Krays to Great Train Robbers and IRA terrorists

Noel Coward Theatre, London

The rich can have different sensibilities from the rest of us. Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, a relative of the King of Saudi Arabia and reputedly the world’s richest Arab, has been deeply offended by Forbes Magazine placing him 26th on its rich list, with an estimated wealth of $20 billion.

Theresa Villiers says dissident republican groups will continue to plan attacks

Sinn Fein suffered a setback in the Northern Ireland Assembly on Monday night when if failed to block new legislation barring those with a serious conviction from working as special political advisers.

Every other nation had dealt with the problem. Why not England?

The Three Lions will be playing Ireland for the first time since 1995

As the EDL lace up their heavy-set boots and head for the streets of Woolwich, their leader, metaphorically carrying with him his long list of criminal convictions, will be preparing his fascist propaganda.

Islamists had for a while been uploading video footage on the internet of prisoners being beheaded by their captors. It was most prevalent in Iraq and has spread to other parts of the world where ferocious jihad was being waged.

MI5 asks for secret hearing over ex-mole

Protestants and Catholics agree that the peace lines give both sides a sense of security