AH, THE vicissitudes of life as a motoring hack; one week it’s a BMW M5 and the next you’re back down to earth with a crash in a Mitsubishi Pajero commercial.

A jury has been sworn in for the trial of a Cork financial advisor accused of laundering money arising out of the notorious robbery of the Northern Bank in Belfast in 2004.

A financial adviser was freed on bail tonight after being charged over an alleged IRA money laundering ring set up after the notorious £26.5m (€34bn) Northern Bank robbery.

US President George W Bush yesterday said he believes Osama bin Laden's al-Qaida network was involved in attacks in Kenya last week.