A former loyalist paramilitary commander who was on trial over two Troubles related murders has died just over a week after losing his wife.
THESE are the two men who made the final decision to stand down the leaders of the East Belfast UVF crime gang.
An online pervert who sent two sexually explicit images to an undercover cop posing as a child has admitted breaching his Sexual Offences Prevention Order.
Busted UDA commander ‘Scotch’ Brian McLean is under death threat from the UVF.
A mum who was held hostage and repeatedly stabbed by a former boyfriend has revealed she thought she was going to die.
A fund set up to support three children whose parents died after an horrific road crash three weeks ago has raised over £340,000 (€393,295).
A victim of rapist Noel Cowan is furious he won’t get his sentence reviewed and will be free in just over three years despite multiple convictions for sex crimes.
A dangerous thug who stabbed his own nephew in the chest with a kitchen knife was handed a five-year prison sentence yesterday.
A man who killed a friend and neighbour when he set fire to his house was suspected of involvement in seven other fire-starting incidents, a court heard yesterday.
A Belfast man is running at least 5km a day throughout December to raise money …
A pedestrian has died in hospital almost a week after being struck by a car in Co Down.
Police have arrested Duane Farry, who absconded from PSNI custody in Enniskillen on Monday …
Detectives have launched an investigation into the clinical practices of a former neurologist who was at the centre of Northern Ireland’s largest recall of patients.
A Co Antrim man who threatened a psychiatric nurse that he would “slit her throat” was jailed for four months on Monday.
A “bad-tempered” pensioner who was caught on camera throwing bleach over a homeless man in Coleraine town centre narrowly avoided going to jail yesterday.
A criminal who has been jailed for multiple different offences in the past has absconded from police custody in Co Fermanagh.
There were emotional scenes in court today as the husband of a registered child minder was handed an eight year sentence for abusing two children.
Police have confirmed a man, aged in his 20s, has died following a crash in south Belfast on Sunday morning.
Dissident chief Thomas Ashe Mellon is set to walk away from his alleged senior role within the New IRA.
Meet the cadaver dogs who may have unearthed a grisly tomb linked to the disappearance of six women in under five years in the ‘vanishing triangle’ case.
Prominent loyalist Davy Miller is in trouble after being caught on camera trashing his former home.
Abuse survivor Máiría Cahill says Connolly House should become a victims’ centre to help those who suffered at the hands of the IRA — after Sinn Féin announced it is leaving its former HQ after 40 years.
Alleged mob boss Stephen ‘Mackers’ Matthews still has the protection of the UVF, sources close to the faction have said.
A building contractor who defrauded unsuspecting customers out of almost £180,000 by taking deposits — up to 50% of total costs in some cases — but never completing the work has been jailed.
Four people, including two alleged New IRA leaders, were today handed fines amounting to £3,200 after they were convicted of taking part in an illegal protest outside HMP Maghaberry.
A single mum who has battled anorexia since she was 12, and survived for years on as little as a slice of bread a day, has achieved her dream by winning a coveted bodybuilding contest.
Police are appealing for information following an assault in Belfast City Centre.
A Co Antrim man has been handed a life sentence after he admitted murdering Whitehead woman Alyson Nelson.
A Co. Antrim man who admitted harassing a woman “in the public eye” and threatened to divulge what transpired to be a non-existent sex tape was today handed a suspended prison sentence.
A woman recently described by police as the “head of an organised crime gang” in Northern Ireland was back in court today.
A violent burglar who allegedly went on the run from prison last Christmas was today ordered to stand trial accused of being unlawfully at large.
A woman convicted in connection with the cut-throat killing of a young Catholic mum is leading the campaign against migrants living on a south Belfast housing estate.
An alleged New IRA terror chief who has spent more than three years in custody has lost a High Court battle to be released on bail.
This is the moment a Co Down man left a former friend’s face a “complete and utter mess” after he battered him over an unpaid debt.
A senior NHS manager who caused the death of a new father through careless driving escaped being sent to jail on Tuesday.
Mourners at the funeral of Co Down teenager Cathal McCrory heard he was a “wee lad with a big heart”, as the community rallied together following his death in a crash at the weekend.
A 36-year-old man who discarded a black suitcase filled with cannabis in front of plain-clothed police officers was jailed today for drugs offences.
A disgraced police officer, jailed for abusing his position of power to exploit a vulnerable young woman to conduct a year-long illicit affair, has pleaded guilty to stealing Scalextric toys.
Tributes have been paid to a renowned Down GAA stalwart, who passed away suddenly this weekend.
A callous fraudster who stole more than £40,000 from her 91-year-old aunt in a “gross breach of trust” was handed a 16 month sentence today.
Yesterday, I went back to Darkley to attend the morning service at Mountain Lodge Pentecostal Church.
INLA leader Dominic ‘Mad Dog’ McGlinchey vehemently denied taking part in the Darkley mission hall massacre which left three men dead.
Translink said it has “launched an investigation” after reports that a Metro bus driver shouted “bomb Palestinians” while driving in Belfast city centre this afternoon.
A mum who battled for five years to get her son an autism diagnosis after he tried to kill himself aged just seven says kids are being let down by education authorities.
A former top amateur boxer — now branded a “predatory sex offender” — has been jailed for abusing a teenage boy in a public park and other sex crimes.
Some workers at Belfast’s SSE Arena have told this newspaper they won’t be working the night the Wolfe Tones sing ‘Ooh, aah, up the ’Ra’ next October.
The teenager who died in a crash in Co Down has been named as Cathal McCrory.
A police officer who admitted in court having a sexual relationship with a vulnerable woman he met while on duty is still suspended on full pay.
A top cop told the family of a murdered loyalist leader he believed their lives were in danger, the Sunday World can reveal.
