A woman who claimed she was told to take off her jeans going through a security check at Castlerea Prison and, as a result, accidentally dropped her underwear has lost her damages action.

An urgent review is needed relating to regulations concerning the fire risk of timber-framed buildings under construction, fire chiefs in the UK have said.

The jury in the trial of a 28-year-old man accused of committing murder in Mountjoy Prison has been shown video footage of the alleged incident.

THE Mountaineering Council of Ireland (MCI) is the national representative body for hillwalking and mountaineering with over 9,000 members living all over the country.

The Northern Ireland Fire Brigade became a thing of the past today when it was re-branded as the Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service.

Firefighters’ working at the scene of the devastating nursing home blaze, which claimed the lives of 10 elderly people, were left “extremely distraught” by today’s tragedy, the Fire Brigades Union said.

Convicted drugs dealer John Gilligan smiled and said: "Keep it clean" after he was jailed for five years by the Special Criminal Court today for threatening to kill two prison officers and their families.

Convicted drugs dealer John Gilligan told the Special Criminal Court today that a prison officer verbally abused him and told him: "I hope you do every day of 28 years'' after a row over the opening of prison tuck shop.

A prison officer denied at the Special Criminal Court today that he had pushed convicted drugs dealer John Gilligan and used abusive language during an incident at Portlaoise Prison last year.