The figures were released as MPs are set to debate and vote on the Government’s new legacy legislation later on Tuesday.

A senior officer said his investigation team aimed to make sure ‘perpetrators will be held to account’.

McCartney was jailed last year for a litany of online sexual abuse.

Detectives have appealed for information about the incident.

Two men have been arrested following the incident in Co Armagh.

The PSNI has encouraged people not to engage in online speculation about the incident in Newtownabbey.

The two-vehicle collision occurred on Monday, September 15th.

Darragh Mackin and Peter Corrigan of Phoenix Law said privacy is not a price they should have to pay for doing their jobs.

Two people were rushed to hospital with injuries after they were hit by a horse in Co Derry

The elderly man from the Ballymena area died in hospital after being injured in the incident on September 10th.

Police figures show that racist hate crimes in Northern Ireland have reached record levels.

The PSNI has appealed for information about the assault in Londonderry.

Police said it is believed the object was viable.

Amnesty International described the surge in racist incidents and crimes as ‘shameful’ and called on politicians to act.

One man has been arrested and police have launched a murder investigation.

One man has been arrested over the incident.

John Patrick Nixon, 38, from Irish Street in Armagh, is facing two counts of attempted murder over the incident at the Toby Jug bar in the city.

A 31-year-old man has been arrested following a reported stabbing in Derry on Sunday morning.

A man is still being questioned on suspicion of murder after the death in Co Down.

Matthew Brogan, 29, from Drumbeg South in Craigavon, was sentenced to a total of 40 months, 20 of which will be spent on licence after his release.

Joseph Leitch (72) was found dead at his home in Cullybackey on April 22nd, 1972.

They are due to appear before Derry Magistrates’ Court later.

There will be ‘a large policing presence across Northern Ireland’ over the weekend, a senior officer has said.

The Police Service of Northern Ireland is seeking the public’s assistance in identifying four men as part of a probe into disorder in the region.

The scenes in the Co Armagh town came after three consecutive nights of trouble in Ballymena, Co Antrim

Northern Ireland’s police chief said ‘bigots and racists’ behind earlier nights of unrest in the region would be arrested.

Forty-one officers have been injured in the unrest, which had resulted in 15 arrests by Thursday evening.

The three, aged 15, 17 and 18, are set to appear before Ballymena Magistrates’ Court later.

Elsewhere, a leisure centre in Larne was set on fire.

A fire broke out at Larne Leisure Centre following vandalism at the facility, amid several nights of disorder in Northern Ireland.

Assistant Chief Constable Ryan Henderson said the force would be bringing extra officers, vehicles and equipment to areas where unrest has flared.

Police said their officers came under sustained attack over a number of hours in the Co Antrim town

The incident occurred in south Belfast on Monday evening.

Police have appealed for information in relation to the crash in Dungiven on Friday.

Police received a report at around 5.15pm on Friday that a man had been assaulted at a house in the Benevenagh Drive area of Limavady.

Martin O’Hagan, 51, was shot dead by loyalist paramilitaries as he walked home from a night out with his wife in Lurgan in September 2001.

Detectives are appealing for information about the incident on March 19th on the Beersbridge Road.

Minister for Justice Jim O’Callaghan said drafts have been exchanged between his department and the inquiry

Suspected cannabis, cocaine and ketamine were discovered within food packaging following a search in Newtownabbey.

The PSNI has launched a recruitment campaign as the chief constable said he wants the force to grow to at least 7,000 officers

Pamela McCreedy told the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee about the impact of budget pressures on the force

In a statement, Mrs Anderson said she was looking forward to recommencing her role.

The accused will appear in court in Newry on Wednesday.