The first Rugby World Cup was also in New Zealand (and Australia) and our own Donal Lenihan was Ireland captain. We asked him to rummage through the attic for memories and mementoes from a bygone era. This is what he found.

A man accused in the UK's House of Commons of being one of the IRA’s most ruthless killers has had his properties seized for suspected money laundering.

Check out our tips from today’s horse races across Ireland and the UK.

Seb Sanders picked up a three-day ban following his winning ride on the Mark Prescott-trained Cecily at Wolverhampton.

IT is an understatement to say public confidence in the gardaí has been eroded by the report of retired Canadian Supreme Court judge Peter Cory calling for a public inquiry into allegations of garda collusion in the IRA murders of two senior RUC officers in the 1980s.

TWO reports into highly sensitive allegations that rogue elements within the gardaí conspired with the IRA to kill a judge, his wife and two senior RUC officers will be handed to the Taoiseach later today.

The retired Canadian judge investigating suspicions of collusion in six controversial murders during the Troubles has said the Gardaí are fully co-operating with his inquiry.

The British and Irish Governments must match republican efforts to enhance the Good Friday Agreement by delivering more on police reform, demilitarisation, justice and equality issues, Sinn Fein claimed tonight.

Loyalist and republican paramilitaries must move towards disarmament if the Good Friday Agreement is to reach its full potential, a nationalist minister on the Stormont Executive claimed today.