The inquest of a murdered father of two in the North has been dramatically halted after it emerged that a suspect has been wrongly issued with a UK Government comfort letter assuring him he was not being sought by the authorities.

Police should reveal which paramilitary group they suspect of murdering a Co Armagh father-of-two, irrespective of the potential political fallout, a coroner’s court has been told.

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Champions Shamrock Rovers welcome newly-promoted Monaghan United in their opening home league game of the campaign.

SHAMROCK ROVERS boss Michael O’Neill will be forced to put together a patched-up starting line-up for tomorrow’s eagerly-awaited FAI Ford Cup semi-final against Dublin neighbours St Patrick’s Athletic at Tallaght Stadium (3.15pm).

ST PATRICK’S reignited their European challenge with a convincing victory against 10-man Drogheda whose defeat all but consigns them to the First Division.

Bohemians and St Patrick's Athletic will go head-to-head to top the league table when the two sides meet at Dalymount Park tonight, kick-off 7.45pm.

ST PATRICK’S ATHLETIC boss Pete Mahon has demanded that his side keep a hold of top spot in the Airtricity Premier Division when they take on Bohemians at Dalymount Park tonight (7.45pm).

St Patrick’s Athletic have the chance to return to the top of the Airtricity League Premier Division when they take on Sporting Fingal this afternoon (kick off: 3pm).

Dundalk will be looking to put their disappointing European adventure behind them when they get back to league action against St Patrick’s Athletic at Oriel Park tonight, kick-off 7.00pm.

St Patrick's Athletic welcome Drogheda United to Richmond Park for tonight’s Airtricity League Premier Division clash, kick-off 7.45pm.

“GIVEN the time of the year that’s in it, I suppose you’ll be wanting an oul’ look back on the decade, boss,” I said to the Commander-In-Chief, as I plumped up the pillows behind his back and spoon-fed him his favourite tipple of brandy and Complan.

St. Patrick’s Athletic 2 Bray Wanderers 0

ST PATRICK’S ATHLETIC return to League of Ireland Premier Division action tonight following their heroics in Russia last Thursday in the Europa League.

St. Patrick’s Athletic 1 Dundalk 0

RYAN GUY struck late for St Patrick’s Athletic at Turner’s Cross last night to deny Cork City a chance of closing the gap at the top of the League of Ireland Premier Division.

Cork City 0 St. Patrick’s Athletic 1

St. Patrick’s Athletic 1 Shamrock Rovers 2

Drogheda United will be hoping to bounce back from their midweek FAI Cup exit when they welcome St Patrick’s Athletic to United Park tonight, kick-off 7.45pm.

Jeff Kenna’s St Patrick’s Athletic face a difficult FAI Ford Cup opener as they travel to Jackman Park to take on Limerick, kick-off 7.45pm.

St Patrick’s Athletic v Bohemians

LEAGUE of Ireland Premier Division leaders Bohemians will look to build on a good week tonight when they travel to Richmond Park to take on Jeff Kenna’s struggling St Patrick’s Athletic (live Setanta Ireland, this and all games, 7.45pm).

St Patrick’s Athletic 1 Bray Wanderers 1

St Patrick’s Athletic 2 Sligo Rovers 2

Shamrock Rovers v St Patrick’s Athletic

St Patrick’s Athletic are hoping to bounce back from recent defeats to both Bohemians and Derry City when they take on Drogheda United at Richmond Park, kick-off 7.45pm.

WE MIGHT be only seven games into the season but predictions that the League of Ireland title race would be a tight affair this year are already being given credence by a table in which just five points separates the top four, with plenty of other teams not too much further off the pace.

St Patrick’s Athletic travel to Dalymount Park to face Bohemians today and manager Jeff Kenna says he is looking for a performance to get their season back on track.

St Patrick’s Athletic will be looking to bounce back from Friday’s defeat to Bray Wanderers when they take on Derry City at Richmond Park tonight, kick-off 7.45pm.

Bray Wanderers will be without three key players for tonight's game against St Patrick’s Athletic at the Carlisle Grounds, kick-off 7.45pm.

A CELEBRITY hall of fame will be on show next week at Waterford Institute of Technology’s sports hall — and all for a worthy cause.

QPR joined the early pacesetters in the Championship by ending Sheffield United’s 100% record at Loftus Road.

DNA tests yesterday confirmed that the body pulled from a canal in the North was suspected IRA murder victim Gareth O’Connor.

DNA tests have confirmed that the body pulled from a canal in Northern Ireland was suspected IRA murder victim Gareth O’Connor, police revealed tonight.

New tests will be carried out today on a body pulled from a canal in a bid to confirm it is a suspected IRA murder victim.

DETECTIVES in the North investigating the disappearance of a man thought to have been abducted by the IRA, last night, said they have been unable to formally identify a body recovered from a canal.

Detectives investigating the disappearance of Gareth O’Connor tonight said they have been unable to formally identify a body recovered from a canal.

Burnley boss Steve Cotterill has begun his summer recruitment process by securing the signatures of Bournemouth duo Wade Elliott and Gareth O’Connor.

Nearly 2,000 lines of inquiry have been probed in a two-year hunt for the body of an alleged IRA murder victim, it emerged today.

Foreign Affairs Minister Dermot Ahern today made a fresh appeal for the return of bodies of people abducted and murdered by the IRA.

The Special Criminal Court today refused to discharge itself from trying the case of three Armagh men accused of membership of a dissident republican organisation.

The Provisional IRA has denied any involvement in a written threat delivered to the father of an alleged PSNI informer who disappeared from his Co Armagh home in May.

THE IRA has expressed deep concern after claiming the British Government had failed to deliver on commitments to the Northern Ireland peace process.

The IRA has expressed deep concern after claiming the British government had failed to deliver on commitments to the Northern Ireland peace process.

Relatives of alleged informers murdered and secretly buried by the IRA tonight rejected an apology from the Provisionals for their suffering.

A man was being questioned today by detectives investigating an abduction blamed on the Provisional IRA.

The IRA has abducted a dissident republican and warned his terrified girlfriend not to alert the police, it was claimed tonight.

The mother of a teenager abducted and murdered by the IRA more than 20 years ago said today she hoped renewed contacts between the IRA and the Government would lead to her son’s body being recovered.

The IRA has made a genuine attempt to help locate the bodies of people abducted, killed and buried during the Troubles, Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams insisted tonight.

The IRA has insisted it has supplied all the information it has about people who have been missing in Northern Ireland since the Troubles.