IN THE heyday of the Dixies, Brendan O’Brien was used to stopping traffic.

Taoiseach Bertie Ahern will meet British Prime Minister Tony Blair in London today to discuss efforts to see the full implementation of the St Andrew's Agreement.

THE families of the Miami Showband who were massacred in 1975 yesterday received assurances from the Taoiseach that the issue of collusion would be discussed in the Dáil early next year.

Relatives of those that died in the 1975 Miami Showband massacre said this afternoon they were greatly encouraged by the intentions of Taoiseach Bertie Ahern on their case.

Taoiseach Bertie Ahern will meet members of the Miami Showband families today.

A report concluding that members of the RUC and British army colluded in 74 loyalist murders during the 1970s is due to be presented to the Irish Government today.

A special detective unit in the Republic to investigate unsolved murders during the Troubles was today ruled out by the Justice Department’s top official.

THE murder of three members of the Miami Showband, one of the most shocking events in Northern Ireland’s Troubles, was remembered at a special prayer service in Dublin on Saturday.

One of the most shocking events in the North’s Troubles was today remembered at a special prayer service in Dublin.

A prayer service for the three men murdered in the Miami Showband massacre 30 years ago is being held in Dublin city centre today.

THE leader of the mid-Ulster UVF in the seventies and eighties was Robin Jackson.