A FASCINATING insight into one of the most contentious periods of the Northern Ireland conflict has been revealed by documents obtained by the Sentinel under the Freedom of Information Act .

The following scenario is purely imaginary. After a months-long sea crossing in a leaky converted freighter, more than 400 people from a nation wracked by terrorism and civil war land on Canada's shores.

A group of contractors repairing driveways in the Fraser Valley have allegedly threatened clients who don't pay for work with sexual assault, IRA-style bombings and the killing of livestock, say police.

Belfast City Hall is one of the many tourist attractions. Photograph by: Handout photo, Tourism Ireland The police officer was polite, but direct.

A DIRECT plea will be made to senior officers of the Northern Ireland Fire Service later today to reinstate a memorial to the victims of the Enniskillen bomb.

Bishop Edward Daly says he is "not convinced" that Father James Chesney was involved in the 1972 Claudy bombings, after a Police Ombudsman report found police, church and state colluded to protect the Catholic priest.