AN Irish woman on hunger strike to protest her innocence of involvement in laundering money from the Northern Bank raid was in correspondence with the Minister for Foreign Affairs weeks before the robbery.

THEY say you can’t be in two places at once, but the country’s most famous traditional dancing troupe will prove that wrong on St Patrick’s Day.

THIS bank holiday weekend was doomed from Saturday morning. That was when I noticed Gay Mitchell had changed colour. He was flesh-coloured on his election posters last week. This week, he’s turned a spectacular seasick green.

A row broke out today over the decision to display the Union Jack flag alongside the Scottish Saltire and the Tricolour as the Taoiseach Bertie Ahern was addressing MSPs at Holyrood.