Danny Morrison, the former leading Sinn Féin politician, was banned from Twitter for using the phrase “That’s a cracker!” in response to a picture of the English singer Adele that had been tweeted to him.

A Royal Marine who built explosives for an Irish republican paramilitary group had parts delivered to his late grandmother's home, a court heard.

Support for a united Ireland is growing stronger each day, the IRA claimed today.

Irish and British officials were today considering their next move in the Northern Ireland peace process after the IRA announced it would intensify its efforts to resolve the weapons issue.