Northern Ireland

Mr Justice Stephens The High Court in Belfast has ruled that the UK government's refusal to hold a public inquiry into the murder of Belfast solicitor Pat Finucane was lawful.

David Ford MLA Northern Ireland's justice minister David Ford has hailed new figures showing "great results" from the Organised Crime Task Force (OCTF).

Mid-Ulster District police commander Superintendent Mike Baird The Police Service of Northern Ireland has warned young people to report disturbing interactions they have online, in the aftermath of a 17-year old schoolboy's death.

Northern Ireland’s largest law firm has withdrawn from all its major criminal cases in protest against rules that lower the level of legal aid payments the BBC reports. Solicitors and barristers in the country are to take the Justice Minister David Ford (pictured) to court as they mount a legal ch

The Christian directors of a bakery “unlawfully discriminated” against a gay man in refusing to accept his order for a “Bert and Ernie” cake bearing a caption supporting same-sex marriage. A judge at Belfast County Court held that the Ashers Bakery, run by husband and wife Colin McArthur and

Amal Clooney Amal Clooney is set to travel to Belfast next month to meet nine claimants who want the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) to rule that Edward Heath's government was complicit in the torture of Irish nationalists.