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Fourteen police officers injured in Belfast during continuing rioting
Saturday 08 December 2012
Rioting broke out across Belfast last night after hundreds of loyalists took to the streets in continuing unrest caused by the use of the Union flag.
Northern Ireland MP former aide David McConaghie arrested over toilet camera
Friday 16 November 2012
A former adviser to Northern Ireland MP David Simpson has been arrested after a camera was found in the toilets of his constituency office, Democratic Unionist Party sources confirmed.
Secret agent Raymond Gilmour who infiltrated IRA to become supergrass accuses MI5 of abandoning him to a life of mental anguish
Tuesday 09 October 2012
A one-time police agent who passed on information about the IRA has surfaced in England with claims that MI5 have left him destitute and failed to protect him against republicans.
Giles Fraser: The cross is a symbol of cruelty, not a club badge
Sunday 08 April 2012
How did an instrument of Roman torture end up becoming a club badge for pious Christians? The cross was supposed to inspire terror, and those crucified made into a public spectacle of Roman imperial power. Crucifixion sent a message: we, the Romans, are in control. Defy us and die a horrible death.
The Rev Ian Paisley remains in intensive care
Tuesday 07 February 2012
The Rev Ian Paisley remained seriously ill in hospital tonight as his family maintained a vigil at his bedside.
Martin McGuinness: Pope may visit Ireland in 2012
Wednesday 22 September 2010
The Pope could visit Ireland by 2012, Martin McGuinness said today.
Ian Paisley shows that Rome's enemies aren't all secular
Friday 17 September 2010
Pope Benedict's determination to confront Britain's "aggressive secularism" was put to an early test yesterday – but the anti-religious forces which gathered to greet him on the streets of Edinburgh were quite a jolly lot even if their message was a deadly serious one.
Blair pelted with shoes and eggs at book signing
Saturday 04 September 2010
Shoes and eggs were pelted at Tony Blair today as he attended his first book signing in the Irish Republic.
Finally Tony Blair reveals his side of the feud with Gordon Brown
Wednesday 01 September 2010
Tony Blair has described Gordon Brown as "maddening" and "difficult" when he was his Chancellor but has defended his decision not to sack him or try to stop him becoming Prime Minister.
Andy McSmith: Blair's book reads less like a memoir, more like a long memo to his staff
Wednesday 01 September 2010
Compared with these extracts, the memoir by Peter Mandelson is downright racy
Paisley's son fights claims he has sold out
Thursday 15 April 2010
David McKittrick reports on Ian Paisley Jnr's attempts to inherit his father's North Antrim constituency
Leading article: A valediction for a tired and tainted Parliament
Saturday 10 April 2010
The next legislature can learn much from the old one's mistakes
The Regions: Northern Ireland
Tuesday 06 April 2010
Unionists could emerge as crucial allies for either of the big parties
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Pope Francis: Being an atheist is alright as long as you do good
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'He was always smiling': Lee Rigby named as Woolwich victim
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'Something passed underneath us, quite close': Airbus A320 has close encounter with UFO
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Lord of the Sings: Sir Christopher Lee, 91, to release heavy metal album
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