A FATHER killed his wife and two of his children, then sent his daughter to school for two weeks, warning her not to tell or she and her brother would die too.

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Mary McAleese today used her first official visit to an Orange Order hall to condemn sectarian attacks on such sites.

IRELAND A’S hopes of making the Churchill Cup final were left in tatters as the New Zealand Maori ran in seven tries in a one-sided contest at Sandy Park.

Peter Bowen is hoping the success of Dunbrody Millar in the John Smith’s Topham Chase is a good omen for his dual raid on tomorrow’s Grand National with McKelvey and Ballycassidy.

An investigation is tonight underway after a fire at nurses’ accommodation in the grounds of a Belfast hospital.

A former Ulster Defence Regiment soldier today launched a bid to get the House of Lords to overturn a 20-year-old murder conviction.

Lawyers pledged to go to the European Court of Human Rights after judges today rejected a third appeal by a former soldier against his conviction for a sectarian murder in Northern Ireland more than 20 years ago.

A 40-63 defeat to Finland has seriously dented the Irish Cadets hopes of qualification to the semi-final round of the European Championships.

A former print worker has admitted downloading and distributing more than 300,000 indecent images of children in what police say is the biggest case of its kind the UK has ever seen.

The murder conviction of a former member of the Ulster Defence Regiment was today referred back to the Court of Appeal in the North for a third time.