Taoiseach Bertie Ahern will be snubbed by the families of those killed in the Omagh bomb atrocity when he visits the Co Tyrone town today.

Thousands of workers across Northern Ireland were urged today to take to the streets against racism as they have against sectarianism in the past.

Belfast City Council has passed a unionist motion condemning Lord Mayor Martin Morgan’s decision to boycott British government official John Spellar.

Belfast Lord Mayor Martin Morgan has appealed for calm over the main parades weekend in the North.