Court of Appeal

Julie Ann McIlwaine pictured at Coleraine Crown Court in 2024; she now faces the prospect of a retrial

Judges weigh retrial in McIlwaine case

The former DUP leader, Jeffrey Donaldson, was sentenced to 15 years in prison for a series of child sex offences, including rape

Donaldson case 50 per cent remission under fire

Morning View

Editorial: Much to mull after a triple Orange victory

Malachy McCann has been jailed for six months

Judge jails man over Portadown disorder

Niall McKenna, chairman of the ‘A5 Enough is Enough’ campaign addressing the meeting on Tuesday night.

Department pressed for ‘update’ on A1 scheme after A5 ruling

Helen McEntee said history has shown that the only way to find a resolution in Northern Ireland is where “both sides can potentially move forward”.

Agreement between Orange Order and residents the only solution – McEntee

UUP deputy leader Diana Armstrong

Minister confirms A5 landowner compensation will be at 2024 values

Sinn Fein Infrastructure Minister Kimmins pictured at the A5 with Seamus Keenan, DfI Roads, in March 2025 - before work was halted.

Claim of 'monumental shambles' over long delayed A5 road project

Work to begin on A5 ‘as soon as we can’, says Kimmins

Garvaghy Road residents, including their spokesperson Breandán Mac Cionnaith and their legal team, arriving at court on Monday. Picture by Jonathan Porter/PressEye

Decision to allow Drumcree parade ‘involved legally flawed misunderstanding’,

Breandan Mac Cionnaith (Brendan McKenna) (second left) of the Garvaghy Road Residents' Coalition arrives with others at Laganside Courts in Belfast

Parades Commission ‘reached irrational conclusion’ in permitting Drumcree march

Carla Lockhart of the DUP arrives with with Orange Order legal representative and loyalist spokesperson Jamie Bryson (far right), at Laganside Courts in Belfast, where the Garvaghy Road residents have launched a legal bid to overturn a determination which permits the Orange Order to walk down the mainly nationalist street in Portadown.

Court of Appeal hears fresh bid to stop Orange Order parade

Sinn Fein President Mary Lou McDonald and Northern Ireland First Minister Michelle O'Neill attend a community event in support of the Garvaghy Road residents

Drumcree dispute back in the courts in fresh bid to stop parade

DUP MLA Jonathan Buckley, Nigel Dawson, the district master of the Orange Order in Portadown, and deputy district master Alastair Power, talk near Drumcree Church in Portadown, Co Armagh. Photo: Mark Marlow/PA Wire

Important that mediation talks over Drumcree continue – Robinson

The scene on the Garvaghy Road this morning

Orange Order parade set to take place as protestors link arms on Garvaghy Road

Breandan Mac Cionnaith from The Garvaghy Road Residents' Coalition speaking to the media outside Belfast High Court where the Court of Appeal has overturned a ban on members of the Portadown District Orange Order from marching on the Garvaghy Road on Sunday

Court of Appeal overturns ban on Orange Order parading down Garvaghy Road
A court in Belfast has allowed an appeal of the decision to bar the Orange Order from marching down the Garvaghy Road on Sunday.
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Jolene Bunting pictured at Laganside Courts in Belfast City Centre at a previous court hearing

Former Belfast councillor wins three-year ban on seeking re-election.

Man fails in bid to overturn conviction for murder during Troubles

Education Minister Paul Givan

Integrated education campaigners have lost their way, Paul Givan says

TUV's Ann McClure and legal representative Jamie Bryson pictured leaving the court after an earlier hearing

Date set for appeal against ruling on council Irish language policy procedures

The High Court in Belfast.

No discrimination in male couple fertility treatment funding refusal

Ann McClure and Jamie Bryson pictured leaving the court after an earlier hearing

TUV member launches appeal in legal action over Belfast's Irish language policy

The hearing took place at the Court of Appeal in Belfast

Executive Office ‘does not have budget’ for Troubles pension

Laganside Courts in Belfast City centre Pic Colm Lenaghan/Pacemaker

Widower loses legal case against Belfast Bible College

Bloody Sunday

MoD challenges Bloody Sunday compensation payment

Lesley-Ann McCarragher

Lesley-Ann McCarragher family ‘devastated’ as hit-and-run driver’s sentence redu...

Mark Ward

Killer’s bid for reduced sentence for murdering Junior Seeley fails
A convicted killer failed today in a bid to secure a reduced sentence for beating and stamping his helpless victim to death.
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Scales of Justice

Man guilty of sex assault on disabled patient fails in court bid

Marcell Seeley died from blunt force trauma to the head

Mark Ward appeal against Marcell Seeley murder conviction thrown out

Scales of Justice

Foreign national unsuccessful with rape convictions appeal

A lawyer for relatives of the Loughinisland dead speaks to the media outside the High Court yesterday. Sinn Fein politicians were in court for the ruling.
Photo Arthur Allison/Pacemaker Press

Loughisland case: Full ruling in which judge recuses himself

Former police officer who tried to cover up drink-drive crash loses appeal

Tyrone building contractor jailed for worker's roof fall death

Sir Patrick Coghlin will speak in the Long Gallery at Parliament Buildings today.

Picture by Jonathan Porter/Press Eye

Don't destroy documentation, RHI inquiry warns

Bernadette Armstrong and Mary Clinton leave court after the verdict

Women cleared of false imprisonment after 30-year legal battle

Appeal over Co Armagh arson attack thrown out

Gareth Lee was awarded Â£500 compensation from Ashers after the County Court judgment

Ashers '˜discriminated against customer' in gay cake row

Amy McArthur with husband Daniel before one of their court appearances during last year's 'gay cake' case

Ashers two-year '˜gay cake' ordeal worth it, says Amy McArthur

Stephen Davison was found dead in his home in Bangor

Judges rule against increasing jail term for fatal Co Down stabbing

Daniel and Amy McArthur with (child in pink) Robyn and (child in blue) Elia

Ashers family: Gay cake case has bolstered our marriage

Court

Polish woman doctor's appeal against unfair dismissal thrown out

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