A former Garda officer alleged to have been suspicious that three of his colleagues colluded with the IRA has claimed he cannot recall rumours that they were linked to subversives.

British journalists Toby Harnden and Julian Simmonds have today been acquitted of violating Zimbabwe’s immigration laws and ordered to be deported from the country.

The Bloody Sunday Inquiry has dropped a British High Court action against a journalist who refused to reveal his sources, it was confirmed today.

A former British soldier has denied telling a British reporter that he intended to withhold evidence from the Saville Inquiry into the events of Bloody Sunday in Derry more than 31 years ago.