The mother of a New York fireman killed in the 9/11 terror attacks said he was very proud of his Irish roots after the family was presented with the first Certificate of Irish Heritage.

A defiant Rupert Murdoch has said he will challenge the “total lies” issued about his News Corporation media empire in the phone hacking scandal when he appears before MPs next week.

President Barrack Obama has told US television networks that photographs of Osama Bin Laden's body will not be released.

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has warned al-Qaida that the killing of Osama bin Laden in Pakistan proves the terrorist network cannot defeat the United States.

UP to €90,000 of funds from what are now cash-strapped local authorities was used to send union officials on trips around the world to train them for talks on the social partnership process.

Intelligence officials have intercepted a credible Islamist-linked terror plot against European cities in Britain, France and Germany it emerged today.

The father of a victim of the 9/11 terror attacks has condemned the threats to burn the Koran made by an American Pastor.

A Florida pastor said today that will not now proceed with plans to burn copies of the Koran on tomorrow's anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks.

The European Parliament today strongly rejected a deal that would have allowed US authorities access to European bank transfers – a vote Washington said disrupted an important source of information for anti-terror investigators.

A suspected al-Qaida member removed to Spain to face trial for allegedly conspiring in the 9/11 terror attacks in the US has lost his High Court bid to get back to the UK.

The seeds of the global credit crunch lie in the US response to the 9/11 terror attacks, an academic said today.

The European Central Bank (ECB) is allocating €70bn in additional funds to help bolster financial markets following the collapse of Lehman Brothers.

London’s FTSE 100 Index today plunged to its lowest level in more than three years as the fall-out from Lehman Brothers’ collapse reverberated around the globe.

Stock markets on both sides of the Atlantic were braced for more turmoil today in the wake of the Lehman Brothers collapse.

A senior British policeman who dressed up as Osama bin Laden is being recalled from his posting in Afghanistan.

An oil supply “crunch” could hit the world in five years time and drive up oil prices to more than US$200 a barrel, a think tank warned today.

PARDON me if I refrain from joining Michael Job (Letters, July 22) when he congratulates you for your “courage” in criticising certain aspects of US policy with respect to the Iraq war because no courage is required in so doing.

Manufacturers are experiencing their worst price pressure for nearly 30 years, a survey said today.

Investors rocked by two days of market turmoil held their nerve today as London’s FTSE 100 Index continued its bounce-back.

The stock market panic showed no signs of easing in London today after the FTSE 100 Index tumbled 3% lower in early trading.

A British al-Qaida cell was facing massive jail sentences today for plotting a bombing campaign against the UK to rival the 9/11 terror attacks.

The following is a summary of the key events in the debate over paramilitary weapons:

Here are some of the key episodes in the peace process since the IRA announced its historic ceasefire almost 11 years ago:

Zacarias Moussaoui, the first person convicted in a US court over the 9/11 terror attacks, is facing the death penalty after admitting his part in the plot.

More than 1,100 victims of the 9/11 terror attacks on New York’s World Trade Centre are destined to remain unidentified.

Female interrogators tried to break Muslim detainees at the US prison camp in Guantanamo Bay by touching them sexually, wearing miniskirts and thongs, according to an insider’s written account.

A former producer and business associate of Michael Jackson is suing the pop star, claiming he hasn’t been paid more than €2.3m in loans and producing fees.