IN his letter headlined ‘Why IRA killers of the Pearson boys were guilty of a war crime (December 17), Brendan Cafferty gives what appears to be very damning evidence of republicans’ attitude towards Protestants during the War of Independence.

Seán McCárthaigh recounts some of the evidence given in the witness box by Celia Larkin at the Mahon Tribunal yesterday.

'Great train robber' Ronnie Biggs is making a fresh bid to be released from prison on compassionate grounds, his legal team said.

Taoiseach Bertie Ahern today opened the University of Bahrain – a unique joint venture between the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland and the Bahrain government.