Firearms residue found on the tracksuit bottoms of one of the men accused of murdering a Limerick businessman supports the suggestion that he was at the shooting, his trial has heard.

A FIREARMS officer involved in the fatal shooting of a barrister is to face misconduct action after telling a colleague he had inserted pop song titles into his inquest evidence, a police watchdog said.

MEXICAN President Felipe Calderon headed to his country’s most violent city yesterday after deadly attacks on US consular staff and their families upped the ante in his battle against drug gangs.

US police investigating a sniper who has shot 12 people in the past month said tonight they had received a message warning: “Your children are not safe anywhere at any time.”