Northern Ireland's Police Ombudsman is due to publish his report into the alleged involvement of a priest in a 1972 IRA bombing in County Londonderry.

Nine people, including an eight-year-old girl, were killed in the village of Claudy in one of the most controversial incidents of the Troubles.

There was an alleged deal between the UK government and the Catholic Church not to arrest Father James Chesney.
Fr Chesney was moved across the Irish border by the Church after the attack.
The priest, who died in 1980, had been the curate in Cullion, a small parish in County Londonderry.

No-one convicted

The Bishop of Derry, Neil Farren, responding to rumours that Fr Chesney was a member of the South Derry Brigade of the ...

A booby-trap bomb has been discovered under the car of a civilian security worker in Cookstown, County Tyrone.

It is believed the device partially exploded as the man drove away from his home in the Sweep Road area of the town. He was not injured in the attack.

The man is a former police officer who currently works as a guard at the town's PSNI station.

PSNI Chief Supt Skuce said those who planted the bomb had "scant regard" for human life.
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Police say a bomb that exploded on a country road in south Armagh was designed to kill or injure officers.
A device exploded at about 1730 BST on Saturday between Belleek and Cullyhanna, blowing a crater in the road and damaging a stone bridge.

No-one was hurt in the incident, which politicians are blaming on dissident republicans.
Chief Superintendent Alisdair Robinson said police were treating the blast "extremely seriously".
They have launched a major investigation and are appealing for anyone with information to come forward.
'Callous disregard'
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Police believe a fire in Keady, County Armagh, at the weekend was an attempt to lure officers into the area and is linked to an ongoing bomb alert.

A number of families have been moved from their homes after a suspect object was found on the town's Castleblayney Road on Tuesday.
Just after midnight on Sunday a section of fencing in the area was set alight before being put out by firefighters.
Police have appealed for information about both incidents.

Six houses have been evacuated after a beer keg which had wires attached to it was found by a member of the ...

Hundreds of people have been forced to leave their homes in an overnight bomb alert at a police station in County Tyrone.

Army bomb experts are examining a white van which was abandoned outside Aughnacloy PSNI station at Dungannon Road on Thursday at 2210 BST.

Police said about 350 people were asked to leave their homes and spent the night in three halls.

Some roads around the village remain cordoned off in the security operation.

The main street in Aughnacloy is now partially open and the A5 is accessible, however the main Aughnacloy to Dungannon road is closed.
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