A man who contested sex attack charges on the basis of ‘sexsomnia’ has been sentenced to a year in prison.

Stormont’s top civil servant has seen her salary and pension payments hiked by £30,000 in a single year due to “satisfactory” performance — but the Civil Service won’t say who made that decision.

The leader of the Catholic Church in Ireland has said he does not believe that a move towards Irish unification would inevitably lead to violence.

Murdered paedophile Sean Small was best friends with pervert Christian Brother Paul Dunleavy, who died last Thursday.

The West Belfast UDA has pulled out of a deal to stop attacks on a mixed housing development. A deal had been brokered between the terror group and an intermediary acting for residents at Annalee and ...

The leader of the Royal Black Institution has claimed the “country is being overrun” while railing against political instability and the Windsor Framework.

An application to confiscate more than £100,000 from a businessman charged over a UVF bomb hoax targeting ex-Irish foreign minister Simon Coveney was unable to go ahead after the defendant went on ...

A man whose ex-girlfriend spun a web of “fabricated and malicious accusations” of sexual assault, stalking and harassment still has no idea why he was targeted.

The killer drug linked to the death of One Direction’s Liam Payne was being sold at a Belfast rave attended by two revellers who later died.

A rapist who sexually assaulted an 18-year-old as she slept before laughing in her face over the attack has been convicted of drug driving.

Standing in the dock of Belfast Magistrates Court, Richard Jones confirmed his identity and that he understood the charges against him.

An expressive voice in music with a characteristic growl. A maverick in his path through the industry who is powerfully inward. The Belfast Cowboy is turning 80 this weekend… celebrating the only way ...