Katrin Shaw News Today

The leader of the DUP has defended a council candidate who once represented a group reportedley linked to loyalist paramilitaries.

Louise Hughes was trying to be light-hearted by replying to both emails in German - to highlight her frustration at being unable to understand the text in Welsh.

An ombudsman finds the "light-hearted" German response to an email is "sarcastic".

Councillor Padraig McShane says his two-month suspension from Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council will not prevent him running in the upcoming May elections.

A DUP representative who was suspended from Mid and East Antrim Borough Council over tweets he made regarding Sinn Fein’s John Finucane has returned to the council chamber.

An independent councillor who was convicted of disorderly behaviour and resisting police following an Orange Order parade in Co Antrim has been suspended from o...

An independent councillor who was convicted of disorderly behaviour and resisting police following an Orange Order parade in Co Antrim has been suspended from office for two months.

An independent councillor who was convicted of disorderly behaviour and resisting police following an Orange Order parade in Co Antrim has been suspended from office for two months.

Independent councillor Padraig McShane breached the councillors' code of conduct, a hearing finds.

A watchdog rules Marc Collins' tweets about Sinn Féin's John Finucane breached the code of conduct.