Conor Macauley

A 56-year-old man has been remanded in custody charged in connection with a loyalist bonfire set ablaze with a replica mosque on top. Brian Conrad Neill, of Hollow Mills, New Mills, Dungannon, Co Tyrone, faces one charge of incitement to hatred. The charg... See more

The Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) has asked a safeguarding group to carry out a review of former leader and convicted paedophile Jeffrey Donaldson's time in the party. The former Lagan Valley MP was convicted last month of raping a child and 17 other ch... See more

Eight survivors of a loyalist gun attack on a Co Down bar in the 1990s have received substantial damages in a case against the police and British Ministry of Defence. One man died in the UVF gun attack on the Thierfurth Inn, Kilcoo in 1992. Peter McCormac... See more

A failure by the state in Northern Ireland to regulate mother and baby homes and Magdalene Laundries was a serious human rights issue that should be examined in an upcoming public inquiry, a report has found. It is one of 70 recommendations by a panel of ... See more

The jury in the Jeffrey Donaldson sex offences trial has resumed considering its verdict. They were sent out at lunchtime yesterday and spent three hours and ten minutes in the jury room before being sent home for the day. They are deciding whether the fo... See more