Pc David Rathband – the police officer shot and blinded by Raoul Moat – was found hanged, a coroner in Britain heard today.

Aer Lingus is celebrating 75 years in the air next Friday. Pól Ó Conghaile looks at the special role the iconic airline has played in the history of the state

Detectives tonight questioned a part-time soldier about the shooting dead of a Catholic customer at a bar in Northern Ireland.