A pernicious narrative seeking to blame the State for almost every atrocity in the North's Troubles must be challenged, the British Government has said.

We have managed to overlook this huge centenary of Irish sacrifice on the world stage, writes Victoria White

New guidelines released by the British Armed Forces state that members must officially record meetings with journalists - even if they happen by chance.

RTÉ has defended an interview with Paul McGrath on yesterday’s Tubridy radio show in which the Irish football legend, who has had well-documented issues with alcohol, sounded under the influence.

A former garda has been acquitted of beating a British Armed Forces commando about the head and back with a wheel brace following a night out.

The Queen is set to tour Dublin's world famous Croke Park today - the site of a British massacre of Irish civilians.

IT is inconceivable that during all the negotiations and discussions regarding the date of the British queen’s visit to Ireland, no one took into account the importance of choosing a date that would not send out controversial signals.

Iraqi detainee Baha Mousa was subjected to interrogation tactics branded illegal by the Government's chief law adviser more than 30 years before, an inquiry was told today.

Former British prime minister Tony Blair will receive America’s highest civilian award – the Presidential Medal of Freedom – from George Bush next week.

THE leader of a terrorist cell plotted to kidnap a British Muslim soldier using cocaine as a lure before beheading him “like a pig”, a jury heard yesterday.

GARDAÍ will maintain a strong visible presence in Dublin today as part of a large security operation for this evening’s historic Six Nations rugby match between Ireland and England at Croke Park.

One of the terror suspects arrested last week in Birmingham has been charged with plotting to kidnap and kill a member of the British armed forces, the Crown Prosecution Service has said.

Detectives today began questioning nine men arrested in connection with a so-called alleged kidnap terror plot in Birmingham – two days after police swooped.

British chancellor Gordon Brown paid tribute today to the Tony Blair's “courageous” leadership and said that Britain stood “shoulder to shoulder” with the US ahead of the fifth anniversary of the September 11 attacks.

An Iraqi hotel receptionist who died after a beating from British troops is among the victims in abuse allegations highlighted in the leaked Red Cross report, published in full today.

More than 50 soldiers were arrested in Northern Ireland during 2002 for driving without car insurance, it was revealed today.

A FORMER IRA man yesterday denied claims that he fired a revolver in the Bogside area of Derry during the early stages of Bloody Sunday

British Prime Minister Tony Blair today paid tribute to the British forces in Iraq, giving thanks “from the bottom of my heart”.

Nell McAndrew cut short visits to British troops in Basra because she was unhappy with her accommodation there, it emerged today.

British Royal Marine commandos were today preparing to deploy to Afghanistan as part of a major operation to help US forces flush out al-Qaida and Taliban fighters still holding out in the Afghan mountains.

A British armed forces helicopter with seven people on board has crashed in Kosovo.