Reporting restrictions surrounding the rape trial of two Ireland rugby internationals have been lifted.

A convicted loyalist terrorist who is testifying for the Crown in one of the North's largest ever paramilitary trials has admitted to being a life long alcoholic, with a drugs habit who fled the region with money stolen from his parents.

The Waterford-based Rail User's Alliance says it has received assurances from two Government ministers that lines in the South East will not be closed.

THE new-look RT2000 car was unveiled at the Dunlop Night of Champions in Fitzpatrick’s Killiney Castle Hotel over the weekend.