The murder of a Catholic police recruit in Omagh was indefensible, a parish priest said today. No cause or reason can ever justify the crime, Fr Kevin McElhennon said.

A Catholic police officer was denied promotion to sergeant because officers on the appointments board were corrupt, an industrial tribunal heard today.

I WAS horrified by the insulting language used by the president of our nearest neighbour, Mrs Mary McAleese, when she said Protestants were being taught to hate Catholics.

Those who attack young Catholic police recruits in Northern Ireland are attempting to prevent the establishment of a force acceptable to the entire community, it was claimed today.

Ian Paisley Jnr has accused the IRA of trying to kill a Catholic police recruit in Northern Ireland to try to extract concessions from the Government.