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Policing and justice powers must be devolved to the Northern Ireland Assembly before Christmas, it was claimed.

Further political progress in Northern Ireland could undermine violent groups which have stepped up efforts to wreck the peace process, it has been claimed.

The DUP MP Jeffrey Donaldson has said he does not believe policing and justice will be devolved if the full time police reserve is phased out.

Northern Ireland's First and Deputy First Ministers are to hold talks with the British Prime Minister today on the devolution of policing and justice powers.

Sinn Fein has allowed the Democratic Unionists to undermine the interests of the nationalist community, the SDLP claimed today.

"I commend Canadians for their work for peace and justice in Ireland. We wouldn't be where we are without that support," Adams told the Sunday Sun yesterday at his hotel room at the Toronto Hilton.

Jason Walsh spoke to some of those who claim to be the legitimate heirs of 1916 and found their legitimism geeky and unconvincing.

The Police Federation for Northern Ireland lashed out after the new chief constable confirmed plans to phase out the Full Time Reserve.

A hard-line unionist party has been accused of an embarrassing climbdown after it apologised for branding Irish a "leprechaun language". The Traditional Unionist Voice led by former MEP Jim Allister is to hold its annual conference on Saturday as it tries to build-on efforts to draw support from the Democratic Unionist Party .

Ok, I've just spent the last couple of days in meetings in London. One of the things I noticed was the amount of people wearing poppies this year.

'We have buried our loved ones but we will not bury the truth' RAYMOND McCORD SNR, whose son was murdered by the notorious Mount Vernon UVF unit led by RUC Special Branch agent Mark Haddock, took his campaign for the truth to Capitol Hill last Thursday when he addressed a US House of Representatives sub-committee. The hearing, 'Concerns Regarding ...

Sinn Fein will crank up the pressure on the North's power-sharing government if there is no deal to devolve policing and justice powers, a senior republican signalled tonight.

Irish Republican Army dissidents are posing their greatest security threat in Northern Ireland since the province's peace accord 11 years ago _ and are receiving help from a handful of IRA veterans in plotting gun and bomb attacks, an expert panel found Wednesday.

A 23-year-old man was shot in Londonderry's Creggan Estate last night . The man was taken to hospital from treatment after five men entered the home at Iniscarn Crescent around 8pm and attacked him.

There were angry clashes in the Assembly after a leading loyalist accused unionist parties of 'lacking honesty' in their opposition to a strong Bill of Rights for Northern Ireland.

NEARLY no-one noticed, but an "arcane, archaic, unenforceable and outdated law" in Northern Ireland could have been heading down the path to abolition last Wednesday in the House of Lords.

Campaigners against child abuse will hand the Northern Ireland Assembly a petition on Monday demanding a full inquiry into their treatment in institutions run by the Catholic Church and the State.

ZAMBOANGA CITY, Philippines - " Philippine gunmen holding captive an elderly Irish missioner have released a video of their hostage and demanded two million dollars for his freedom.

" Manila has rejected a $2 million ransom demanded by kidnappers of an elderly Irish Catholic priest being held in the troubled region of Mindanao.

The Government has sparked a row over the devolution of policing and justice powers to Northern Ireland after a letter outlining a side deal with the DUP was accidentally sent to Sinn Fein.