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DUP Spad told me "we could fill our boots" with RHI cash, says top civil servant

Arlene Foster's long-standing special adviser who is accused of having deliberately delayed cost controls on the RHI scheme later told a top civil servant he thought "we could fill our boots" with money, the RHI Inquiry has heard.

Legacy scandal: 'The principle thou shalt not upset the terrorists dictates our approach to the past,' says Austin Stack

In the latest essay in our series, AUSTIN STACK says the IRA shot his prison officer father because he thwarted their efforts to escape:

RHI Inquiry: Arlene Foster's sworn evidence about me can't be right, says Andrew McCormick

An account of what happened on the night of Stephen Nolan's seminal interview with Arlene Foster where she responded to Jonathan Bell's allegations simply cannot be accurate, a senior civil servant has told the RHI Inquiry.

RHI deserved scrutiny, but Sinn Fein is in no place to moralise

Recently in Belfast I bumped into someone who is well informed as to what is happening in republican circles.

Narrow escape for passengers as bus crashes into Sinn Fein office

Sinn Féin's main constituency Offices in Londonderry have been damaged following an early morning accident.

RHI Inquiry: Top civil servant rebuts SF denial of abuse warning to McGuinness

A former head of the civil service has given evidence which rebuts Sinn Féin's stance on what Martin McGuinness was told about RHI abuse.

'Glorification of IRA child-killer' ruins hope of mutual respect

A man who lost his 13-year-old sister in the Shankill bombing has said he is "sickened" that the Sinn Fein president has defended those attending a commemoration of one of her killers.