Paddy Jackson’s solicitor yesterday stated the rugby player’s priority in the wake of his acquittal on rape charges was to return to work but the Ireland fly-half will not make an immediate comeback on the field of play.

Laois GAA have issued a statement to disassociate themselves from a tweet sent by one of the county's star footballers after the conclusion of the rugby rape trial.

The IRFU and Ulster Rugby will undertake an internal review following the acquittals of Paddy Jackson and Stuart Olding.

The verdicts were returned after the jury had deliberated for three hours and 45 minutes.

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A rape trial of two Ireland and Ulster rugby players has been delayed because of a sick juror.

Two Romanian crime gang members operating a UK-wide human trafficking network in Northern Ireland have been imprisoned.

Latest:The complainant was further asked how she felt about Jackson.

Ireland captain Rory Best has declined the opportunity to explain his decision to attend the rape trial of his Ulster and international team-mates Paddy Jackson and Stuart Olding.

Irish rugby boss Joe Schmidt has said the presence of captain Rory Best and fellow international Ian Henderson at the rape trial of their team-mates Paddy Jackson and Stuart Olding will not affect preparations for tomorrow’s Six Nations opener against France.

A start date for the rape trial of two Ireland and Ulster rugby stars has been moved.

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A veteran republican charged in connection with the IRA's murder of Jean McConville is not medically fit to stand trial, a court has heard.

Prosecutors in Northern Ireland intend to proceed with legal action involving a veteran republican charged in connection with the murder of Jean McConville, a lawyer told a court.

Latest: Relatives of victims of a former loyalist paramilitary commander turned supergrass watched on this morning as Gary Haggarty pleaded guilty to 200 terrorist offences, including five murders.

A lone-wolf dissident bomber who posed as a Swedish model to entrap men into taking part in her terrorist campaign has been branded “dangerous and cunning” by police.

A woman who posed as a Swedish model to entrap a man into taking part in her bid to murder police officers has been jailed for 16 years and four months.

A judge has given lawyers for a veteran republican charged in connection with the murder of Jean McConville a week to hand over medical notes related to a dementia diagnosis.

A veteran republican charged in connection with the IRA murder of a mother of 10 is to undergo medical examination to determine whether he is fit to plead.

Evidence linking a Co Tyrone man to the attempted murder of a policeman in Northern Ireland is “non-existent”, his lawyer has insisted.

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Liam Adams, a brother of Sinn Féin president Gerry Adams, has lost an appeal against his convictions and sentence for raping and abusing his daughter.

Two men were so disappointed with the quality of cannabis sold in Carrickfergus, Co Antrim, that they decided to grow their own, a court heard today.

Two men have been jailed in connection with a savage attack on a family’s dog in the North.

Two dissident republicans have failed to overturn their convictions for murdering police constable Stephen Carroll in the North in 2009.

Old Bailey bomber Marian McGlinchey has avoided a return to jail after being handed a suspended sentence for dissident republican terror offences, one linked to the murder of two British soldiers.

Fianna Fáil leader Micheal Martin has attacked the republican movement by comparing it to the Catholic Church for trying to deal with cases of sexual abuse internally rather than alert the authorities.

The niece of Sinn Féin president Gerry Adams has welcomed the 16-year jail sentence handed down to her sex abuser father, but insisted it was still too little, too late.

The conviction and sentencing of Liam Adams for raping his daughter has been described as “much too little too late” by his victim.

The paedophile brother of Sinn Féin president Gerry Adams has been sentenced to 16 years in prison for raping his daughter.

The paedophile brother of Sinn Féin president Gerry Adams should not be subject to lengthy sex offender supervision measures on his eventual release from prison, as he does not pose a serious risk to the public, his lawyer has urged.

The judge responsible for sentencing the convicted sex offender brother of Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams has asked for further legal submissions before commencing her considerations.

Gerry Adams’s sex abuser brother, who is being held in high-security custody in the North amid concerns he is under threat, should be jailed for at least 15 years, a judge has been urged.

Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams’s sex abuser brother, who is being held in high-security custody in Northern Ireland amid concerns he is under threat, should be jailed for at least 15 years, a judge has been urged.

Sinn Féin president Gerry Adams has claimed he is not concerned that his former lawyer ordered a review of allegations that he withheld information on his sex abuser brother.

A decision not to prosecute Sinn Féin president Gerry Adams over allegations that he withheld information on his sex abuser brother is to be reviewed.

Prosecutors advised police not to investigate Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams in 2010 over claims he withheld information about his brother’s sex abuse from detectives, it was revealed today.

The Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams is refusing to say why he didn't inform child protection authorities after his brother Liam got a job working with children in Louth in 2003.

Two Irishmen have been named as some of the British government’s most wanted tax dodgers and are now believed to be on the run here.

Brian Shivers has today been acquitted of murdering two British soldiers in the North.

Gerry Adams never confronted his brother Liam about child sex abuse allegations involving his daughter, a court heard yesterday.

Gerry Adams never confronted his brother Liam about child sex abuse allegations involving his daughter, a court heard today.

Gerry Adams has denied that he only went to police nine years after allegations of child abuse emerged against his younger brother to save his political career.