The British Ambassador to Ireland, Ivor Roberts, has insisted that last week’s controversial police raid on Sinn Fein’s Stormont offices was not politically motivated.

A senior Garda today told of a decades-old security file on Michael McKevitt, the alleged leader of the Real IRA paramilitary group which claimed responsibility for the Omagh bombing in Northern Ireland.

The British ambassador in Ireland, Sir Ivor Roberts told the Special Criminal Court in Dublin today he had been advised by members of the British security service in Ireland and in London that all relevant material relating to David Rupert, the chief prosecution witness against the alleged leader of the Real IRA Michael Mckevitt had been disclosed to the defence.

The British ambassador in Ireland, Ivor Roberts told the Special Criminal Court today that he had been advised by members of the British security service in Ireland and in London that all relevant material relating to David Rupert, the chief prosecution witness against the alleged leader of the Real IRA Michael Mckevitt, had been disclosed to the defence.

A senior FBI agent and the British ambassador are expected to give evidence at the preliminary trial of alleged IRA leader, Michael McKevitt, today.

A MAN who lost his wife in the Omagh bombing shouted angrily at the alleged leader of the group that carried out the attack as he walked into the dock in court yesterday.

A court heard today that the 1998 mass murder bomb attack on Omagh, Co Tyrone, was carried out jointly by the Real IRA and the Continuity IRA Irish Republican terror groups.

Two senior FBI witnesses are expected to attend the preliminary hearing of the alleged leader of the Real IRA Michael McKevitt, which gets underway today at the Special Criminal Court.

A new British Ambassador to Dublin has been appointed to replace Sir Ivor Roberts who has served in the post for more than three years, it was announced today.

A new British Ambassador to Ireland has been appointed to replace Ivor Roberts who has served in the post for more than three years, it was announced today.

The British Ambassador to Ireland, Ivor Roberts, has criticised Irish politicians and the media for making "alarmist" statements about the threat Sellafield poses to the Irish population.

Ulster Unionist leader David Trimble is to hold crisis peace process talks with the Taoiseach Bertie Ahern today in Dublin.

President Mary McAleese and members of the British and Irish Governments were among the congregation at a memorial service in Dublin today for British Ambassador to Ireland Christopher Ewart-Biggs.

British and Irish Government representatives were attending a memorial service in Dublin today to mark the 25th anniversary of the IRA murder of Britain’s ambassador to Ireland, Christopher Ewart Biggs.

The British Government signalled its support in Dublin today for measures that help crime-hit visitors to Ireland.