In the light of the newly-released State papers, Ryle Dwyer suggests there may be some deluded expectations of voter resistance to Sinn Féin.

POLITICAL donations to Fianna Fáil from one of the country’s biggest property developers were down 80% last year as its pre-tax losses almost doubled to €22 million.

Police officers in Northern Ireland are today preparing to interview pupils, teachers and parents about an incident where a five-year-old boy was shot in the head in a school playground.