Consumers must be sure they are not being misled when buying food in the wake of the horsemeat scandal, a gathering of British and Irish parliamentarians has insisted.

It is far, far too early to celebrate the announcement that the European Union is considering an extension of Ireland’s debt repayments scheduled over five years or more, but it may not be too early to hope this development means the tide may really be turning in our favour.

Armed PSNI men have seized four mortar bombs just minutes before dissident republicans planned to blitz Derry’s main police station.

Probes into the recent food scandal highlight the importance of new opportunities for Irish-British co-operation, says Joe McHugh

Even the smallest dent in Ireland’s export levels to Britain would outweigh the gains made in exports to the key Bric emerging nations, the British-Irish Chamber of Commerce annual conference heard yesterday.

An Irish Government TD has said he wore a poppy to the Dáil today to show that remembering the Irish war dead is no longer off limits.

It had certainly been a long time coming.

Republican dissidents in the North remain a serious threat to peace, Taoiseach Enda Kenny has warned.

The Taoiseach Enda Kenny is to address the plenary of the British-Irish Parliamentary Assembly in the Seanad this afternoon.

BAILED-OUT developers are trying to buy back their assets from NAMA at cut- rate prices, Taoiseach Enda Kenny has warned.

A return to terrorism in the North will never be tolerated, British and Irish politicians vowed today.

The group considering how to deal with the legacy of the North's Troubles will today reveal their plans to British and Irish politicians behind closed doors.

History was made today at a meeting of British-Irish body when it was attended by unionist politicians for the first time.