IRA informer turned author Sean O'Callaghan has died aged 63, a close friend has said.

TOURISM Ireland is to meet with the US and Australian embassies after both countries issued warnings to their citizens about travelling to the North following a recent rise in dissident activity.

The Australian government has issued a safety warning to citizens travelling to the North.

The black hearses moved slowly through the rain as they brought the victims of one of Ireland’s worst road accidents home.

More than 20 police officers and their families in the North have been intimidated into leaving their homes by dissident republicans since January, it was revealed today.