A former police officer appeared in the dock of Belfast Crown Court today where he denied a raft of charges relating to alleged misconduct in a public office.
The Assembly Speaker has been urged to examine an alleged comment from a DUP minister after a gay MLA who felt indoctrinated at school as he struggled with his sexuality was told that “it clearly didn’t work”.
Many years ago, the then PD leader Mary Harney was considering her options amid a wrangle with her deputy Michael McDowell over her continuing in office a job he had firmly set his sights on.