Car bomb defused in Northern Ireland

British Army experts have defused a car bomb that had been abandoned on a rural roadside in Northern Ireland, a threat that is raising concerns about the region's hosting of the G8 summit.

• 100 homes evacuated after bombs found
• Northern Irish youths pelt Catholic church
• 29 cops hurt in Belfast

Northern Irish youths pelt Catholic church

Protestant youths in Northern Ireland have thrown petrol bombs at homes and a church in a Catholic area as the latest outbreak of violence in Belfast takes on increasingly sectarian overtones.

• 29 cops hurt in Belfast
• Rubber bullets fired in N Ireland riots
• Belfast bus torched by angry loyalists

Northern Ireland cops injured in clashes

Northern Ireland loyalists have injured several police officers during demonstrations against the Belfast city council's decision to reduce the number of days on which it displays the pro-British Union Jack flag.

• N Ireland: 3rd arrest over car bomb
• 47 police injured in N Ireland rioting
• Fresh riots break out in Belfast

Fresh riots break out in Belfast

Rioting has broken out in Belfast in the latest flare of violence in Northern Ireland, just hours after US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton visited the troubled British province urging peace.

• 47 police injured in N Ireland rioting
• Bombs rock Northern Ireland city
• Queen shakes hands with ex-IRA commander

Lennox the dog put down after 2-year fight

A pug-nosed Belfast dog named Lennox, who inspired a two-year legal fight and animal-rights protests on both sides of the Atlantic, has been put to sleep by city officials.

• Rescued pitbulls to be put down
• McDonald's pulls ad after pit bull outrage

Belfast burglar undone by door letterbox

Police say it wasn't too hard to nab one would-be Belfast burglar - he managed to get his arm stuck while trying to reach through a front door letterbox.

• Burglar flushed out after stealing loo
• German woman, 90, beats burglars

Gerry Adams' brother to face sex charges

A brother of Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams is to be extradited to Northern Ireland from the Irish Republic to face charges of sexually abusing his daughter.

• Ulster police arrest 3 IRA dissidents
• Ex-IRA commander: I never killed anyone

5 held over Northern Ireland cop killing

Police in Northern Ireland have arrested five people in connection with the killing of a Roman Catholic police officer during a surge of violence in the British-controlled province.

• N Ireland condemns murder of rookie
• Policeman's Ulster funeral unites leaders
• Bomb kills police officer in Northern Ireland

Violence flares again in Belfast

Northern Irish police have had to deal with "significant disorder" on the streets of Belfast after trouble flared following a Protestant march through the city.

• Photographer injured in Belfast riots
• Northern Ireland on terror alert
• Ulster police find arms cache

250+ flights grounded over volcanic ash

European air traffic controllers have said that more than 250 flights have been cancelled as a volcanic ash cloud covered Scotland and Northern Ireland.

• Ryanair protests volcano restrictions
• Obama leaving Ireland due to ash cloud
• Flights to resume at Iceland's main airport

UK Army defuses 225kg bomb

A 225kg van bomb defused near the Irish border probably was destined to strike a Northern Ireland town in a bid to undermine the election campaign, officials have said.

• Bomb threats cripple Dublin-Belfast travel
• N Ireland condemns murder of rookie
• Ulster police find arms cache

Ulster police find arms cache

Northern Ireland police investigating the death of constable Ronan Kerr say they have arrested a suspect and seized a major arms cache.

• Policeman's Ulster funeral unites leaders
• Bomb kills police officer in Northern Ireland

N Ireland condemns murder of rookie

Northern Ireland politicians have expressed outrage over the murder of a policeman, insisting the murder will not derail the peace process.

• Bomb kills police officer in Northern Ireland
• N Ireland sees 'last' Bloody Sunday march
• Cops find bomb in Northern Ireland city

Cops find bomb in Northern Ireland city

Police say they have found a "substantial" and viable bomb near a courthouse in Londonderry, Northern Ireland's second city.

Blast outside N Ireland mall

A bomb planted in a car has exploded outside a shopping centre in the Northern Irish city of Londonderry, causing substantial damage but no injuries, say police.

• 3 children hurt by N Ireland bomb
• No rest for N Ireland cops
• Bomb found at N Ireland school

3 children hurt by N Ireland bomb

Police in Northern Ireland say they're investigating a bomb blast that injured three children.

• No rest for N Ireland cops
• UK, Ireland probe spy claims
• Bullets, kids in Belfast riots

Kids shock in N Ireland riots

Children as young as nine have joined riots in Northern Ireland where shots were fired at police in violence blamed on republicans opposed to the province's peace process.

• Big clean-up after Belfast riots
• 27 cops hurt in N Ireland riots
• Belfast cops brace for 2nd night

Big clean-up after Belfast riots

Northern Ireland authorities are facing a major clean-up following two nights of riots that brought sectarian tensions to a boil during a major Protestant holiday.

• Belfast cops brace for 2nd night
• 27 cops hurt in N Ireland riots
• Bombing at N Irish cop shop

27 cops hurt in N Ireland riots

Rioting by Catholics has left 27 police officers injured in Northern Ireland, including three with gunshot wounds, ahead of a huge Protestants' march.

• Bombing at N Irish cop shop
• Book IDs IRA godfather
• Bomb disrupts N Ireland poll count

Bomb disrupts N Ireland poll count

A car bomb device has been left outside a vote counting centre in Northern Ireland, triggering a security alert and halting the general election count, police say.

• Bombing at N Irish cop shop

Blast as Belfast takes power

A car bomb has exploded near the headquarters of Britain's MI5 domestic security agency in Northern Ireland as Belfast resumes control over policing and justice for the first time in 38 years.

• N Ireland party to reject deal
• Belfast militants disarm
• Deal saves N Ireland govt

N Ireland party to reject deal

Northern Ireland's Ulster Unionist Party has said it would reject a key political deal despite the intervention of former US president George W Bush.

Deal saves N Ireland govt

Northern Ireland will take over its own law-and-order powers from Britain by April 12, the British and Irish leaders announce as they unveile a breakthrough that saves the province's Catholic-Protestant government.

• Robinson stands aside
• IRA rebels shoot at police base

Toyboy earns gay following

Kirk McCambley, the young man whose fling with the 60-year-old wife of a politician has sparked a scandal in Northern Ireland, is being headhunted by Britain's top gay magazine.

• Steamy affair rocks N Ireland