Top stories of the week

A former MI5 agent within Sinn Féin who was close to Martin McGuinness has said that the British repeatedly protected the future deputy first minister while he was a senior IRA figure.

Even in the world of politics, known for spinning and massaging the facts to suit, the DUP’s denial of a massive Brexit U-turn this week is audacious.

A former British soldier linked to 32 murders is no longer wanted by the PSNI because he committed them for the IRA and went on to secure an OTR letter, it has emerged.

A second alleged attempt of child abduction has occurred in Northern Ireland in the last 24 hours.

The sister of a unionist lawyer murdered by the IRA has urged Gerry Adams to create a positive legacy for himself by acknowledging that the campaign of republican violence was “wrong”.

The often cited Rudyard Kipling verse that urges people to find their inner resolve in face of adversity goes as follows:

The Rev Mervyn Gibson is mistaken in saying that abortion and an Irish language act are not linked (‘Wrong to link ILA to abortion,’ October 1).

Simon Coveney said one thing yesterday with which many unionists might be able to agree.