Police in Newry, Co. Down are appealing for information after a man was attacked by three masked men in the early hours of this morning.

Police in the North have confirmed that a van at the centre of a major security alert close to the border contained a bomb.

Police investigating a security alert near the border came under gun attack but escaped injury, officers revealed today.

Police are investigating the death of a woman whose body was found at her home in Newry yesterday morning.

Police in the North are investigating a gun attack on a house in Co Down last night.