PRAYERS are likely to be offered for the success of a dental clinic in a tiny Co Limerick village.

A jury was sworn in today at the start of a trial of a woman accused of murdering her policeman husband and her ex-lover’s wife in the North almost 20 years ago.

Detectives who charged a dentist and his ex lover with the murders of their former partners are investigating a third death, it was revealed today.

Police in the North say they are treating a fire at a Baptist church in Co Down as suspicious.

Direct official dialogue is to open up next year between the Government and leaders of dozens of religious communities based in Ireland, the Dáil heard today.