The LÉ Aisling, which intercepted the IRA gun-running ship Marita Ann in 1984 and recovered bodies from Air India flight 182 in 1985, is being decommissioned, writes Sean O’Riordan.

THE funeral of an RAF veteran, who took part in the World War Two prison camp breakout immortalised in the film The Great Escape, took place yesterday.

Prosecutors were today deciding whether to launch a criminal investigation into claims that the congressman at the centre of a Washington intern’s disappearance tried to obstruct police.