Lawyers for the families of those killed in the 1976 Kingsmill massacre have appealed for top secret intelligence material to be released to an inquest.

A man has been arrested by detectives investigating the sectarian murder of 10 Protestant workmen in Northern Ireland 40 years ago.

A potential forensic breakthrough has been made by police investigating the murder of 10 workmen in the North 40 years ago.

Taoiseach Enda Kenny has said he will meet relatives of the Omagh bomb as they continue their long battle for the truth of the “appalling tragedy”.

Another delegation of victims of the Northern Ireland Troubles will today challenge Taoiseach Enda Kenny to apologise for alleged Government inaction against the IRA.