The Director of Prosecutions was today asked to reconsider its decision to drop a murder charge against a man involved in a fatal school gate fight with a retired Co Down grandfather.

TWO bishops have been accused of obstruction in a case of alleged sexual assault by a deceased priest in their diocese.

GARDAÍ have launched separate investigations after two men were killed in a bloody start to the new year.

AN “evil” husband protested his innocence as he was jailed yesterday for murdering his wife and children 27 years ago.

Four people have been arrested and charged in Belfast following a lengthy investigation into organised social security fraud, police said today.