A great grandmother wrongly imprisoned for nine years for involvement in IRA bomb attacks received a papal honour yesterday, bestowed upon her by the late Pope John Paul II in one of his final acts.

Guildford Four member Gerry Conlon today paid an emotional tribute to members of the SDLP for standing by him as he sought to clear his name.

Miscarriage of justice victim Gerry Conlon said today it has been harder to clear his name than to get out of prison.

The victims of one of Britain’s biggest miscarriages of justice will travel to the House of Commons today in the hope that Tony Blair will publicly apologise for their wrongful imprisonment.

British Prime Minister Tony Blair could apologise within days over the wrongful imprisonment of father and son Gerry and Guiseppe Conlon for an IRA bomb attack on the Horse and Groom pub in Guildford.

British Prime Minister Tony Blair is preparing a public statement on the wrongful imprisonment of a Belfast father and son for IRA bombings, he confirmed tonight.

Tony Blair faces new demands today to ban Sinn Féin from any future power-sharing administration in Belfast over the Northern Bank heist.

British Prime Minister Tony Blair is expected to issue a public apology to a father and son wrongly jailed in connection with the 1974 Guildford pub bombings.

Taoiseach Bertie Ahern is to ask British Prime Minister Tony Blair next week to apologise to the family of a member of the wrongfully-convicted Guildford Four, it was claimed tonight.

A member of the Guildford Four will meet Bertie Ahern today in an attempt to persuade the British government to apologise publicly for jailing him and his father.

A member of the Guildford Four is to feature in a party election broadcast for the Northern Ireland Assembly today.