The inquiry also heard that waterways which are already breaching environmental targets could be further impacted by the ...

VICTIMS of high profile race hate attacks are among those who have been refused compensation under Stormont’s criminal damage scheme. The Victims of Crime commissioner has said the scheme is no longer ...

THE amount of polluting phosphorus produced by farms in Northern Ireland is still more than double a sustainable level, farmers have been warned. Figures obtained from the Department of Agriculture, ...

MORE people are being made homeless following intimidation than official figures show, a victims’ charity has claimed. The Northern Ireland Housing Executive (NIHE) records the number of people who ...

TENS of thousands of migrant victims and witnesses of crime, including those subjected to racist attacks and domestic abuse, were reported by the PSNI to the UK immigration authorities over a ...

Moy Park farms spread 20 times as much poultry manure on Northern Irish fields as the major meat producer promised environmental authorities, a new report has found. The company said they would spread ...

THE Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) strip searched under-18s on 34 occasions last year with the overwhelming majority of these actions resulting in the force finding nothing. Most of the ...

CLOSE to double the number of Catholics as Protestants were arrested and charged over a five-year-period in Northern Ireland, according to PSNI statistics released to The Detail. From the start of ...

More than 93% of unionist parades went ahead without any restrictions over the past decade, it can be revealed. Of the 22,679 notified unionist parades that took place between April 2016 and March ...

A RETIRED police officer claimed that a solicitor sought to buy a gun, based on a joke internet meme forwarded to the lawyer in a WhatsApp message, a tribunal has heard. Retired Durham Constabulary ...

King Charles’ estate would make millions through royalty payments if a planned west Tyrone goldmine went ahead, an inquiry into the proposals has heard. Projected sales from the proposed mining scheme ...

FOR a year, The Detail has been investigating serious concerns about the management of one of Northern Ireland’s most precious resources - Lough Neagh. The 392 km2 lough is the largest freshwater lake ...