Northern Ireland

Sir Declan Morgan The Lord Chief Justice, Sir Declan Morgan, today called on the NI Executive and the UK Government to make urgent progress on dealing with the past.

Inmates at the troubled Maghaberry Prison are being held in solitary confinement for periods which far exceed the United Nations (UN) recommendation of no longer than15 days. Figures obtained by the investigative website, The Detail, show that last year at least 10 prisoners were held in solitary co

The High Court in Belfast has refused an application by the Chief Constable of the PSNI to stay proceedings brought by a solicitor as an abuse of process on the basis that there has been “no real and substantial tort”. The relevant proceedings brought by the solicitor were in relation to a comme

Two legal challenges to Brexit are set to go before the senior judicial review judge at the High Court in Belfast on Monday. Raymond McCord, a prominent victims' rights campaigner whose son was killed by loyalist paramilitaries in 1997, lodged his application for judicial review last month. He has b

Lord Chief Justice, Sir Declan Morgan The office of the Lord Chief Justice, Sir Declan Morgan, joins Twitter on Monday.

The Department of Justice has provided compensation to three women who were caught up as schoolchildren in the Holy Cross dispute in north Belfast in 2001, the Belfast Telegraph reports. Catholic primary school children at Holy Cross Girls' School faced weeks of loyalist protests on their way to sch

David Mulholland The Bar of Northern Ireland has taken up a 4,000 sq ft space in Belfast City Centre to provide the base for Northern Ireland's first specialist mediation centre.

A campaign group has raised concerns over the possible political vetting of Freedom of Information (FOI) requests to the Northern Ireland Executive, The Irish News reports. The Campaign for Freedom of Information said some departments only release responses to FOI requests after approval by minister

Health Minister Michelle O'Neill Northern Ireland's lifetime ban on the donation of blood by men who have had sex with men (MSM) has officially been lifted today.

The High Court in Belfast has awarded compensation of £50,000 to a former hotelier after defamatory comments were published in the Sunday World newspaper. Justice Stephens held that the newspaper did not meet the standards of responsible journalism in failing to verify sources, and had erroneously

John-George Willis, head of the firm's corporate department Belfast firm Tughans has said it believes transactional activity in Northern Ireland is beginning to return to normality after a slowdown in the wake of the UK's Brexit vote.

Les Allamby The Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission (NIHRC) has called for urgent action to tackle racial discrimination in the wake of a new UN report.

George Hamilton The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) has said it is preparing for budget cuts of up to six per cent next year.

Two republican ex-prisoners have given the thumbs up to a new gourmet restaurant based in Belfast's Crumlin Road Gaol, where they were once incarcerated. Former IRA members Gerard Hodgins and Richard O'Rawe returned to Crumlin Road Gaol with The Guardian to sample the food at the new Cuffs restauran

Daithí McKay Legislation allowing Stormont committees to compel witnesses to appear could be used for the first time during the inquiry into the Nama coaching allegations.