A statue has been unveiled in memory of IRA hunger striker Bobby Sands in Belfast, marking the 44th anniversary of his death.

Sunday Independent senior journalist Mark Tighe looks back on the first week of the former Sinn Féin leader's defamation ...

A serial offender with 101 previous convictions has been jailed for three months after he was caught driving while banned, ...

A man accused of assaulting a pregnant nurse has been remanded into custody after breaching his bail conditions.