The weather may be glorious now, but watch out for those volcanoes.

Officials at Cheltenham remain confident this week’s two-day fixture will go ahead as scheduled as the cold weather continues to tighten its grip on National Hunt racing.

TAOISEACH Brian Cowen was battling with Germany last night to avoid having to call a new referendum to change the rules of the euro.

THE Lord Mayor of Cork, and senior members of the gardaí and the Defence Forces gathered at City Hall last night to pay tribute to Assistant Garda Commissioner Kevin Ludlow, who is being transferred to policing duties in the south-east region.

TWO well-known gardaí serving in Cork and Limerick have been promoted to the rank of assistant Garda commissioner.

THE Government looks set to give the go-ahead to a public inquiry into the killing of Seamus Ludlow by suspected loyalist paramilitaries 32 years ago.

The Attorney General will decide next month on possibly the last chance for a public inquiry into the unsolved 1976 murder of Dundalk forestry worker Seamus Ludlow.

ARSENAL have become the first British side to win the UEFA Women’s Cup after a goalless draw in their second leg with Umea.

The assets of a Belfast publican, his partner and her daughter have been seized by the North's Assets Recovery Agency.

A senior garda officer was today appointed to re-examine the investigation into the murder of a Dundalk forestry worker 30 years ago.

THE family of sectarian murder victim Seamus Ludlow last night expressed anger that a long-awaited probe by TDs failed to end the “cover-up” surrounding the killing.

A commission of inquiry should be set up into the murder of a Dundalk forestry worker 30 years ago, an Oireachtas Committee recommended today.

The Oireachtas justice committee is due to publish a report today on the murder of Co Louth man Seamus Ludlow by loyalist paramilitaries 30 years ago.

THE family of a murdered Dundalk forestry worker murdered by a loyalist sectarian gang say they have given up hope of his killers being brought to justice.

The family of a murdered Dundalk forestry worker have given up hope of his killers ever being brought to justice, it emerged today.

THE decision not to interview four key suspects in the murder of a Dundalk forestry worker 30 years ago was probably political, a judge said yesterday.

The coroner for Dublin city and county has told the Oireachtas Justice Committee it was extraordinary that the family of Seamus Ludlow were not notified of the inquest into his death until 45 minutes before it began.

JUSTICE Minister Michael McDowell yesterday apologised to the family of Seamus Ludlow for the State’s handling of his murder investigation.

Gardaí may have covered-up the murder of a Dundalk forestry worker 30 years ago because of his killers’ links with British military intelligence, an Oireachtas committee heard today.

Minister for Justice Michael McDowell has apologised to the family of Co Louth man Seamus Ludlow for their treatment by the State.

FEAR stalked the Border area and bodies were regularly dumped along roadsides in the mid-1970s, an Oireachtas all-party body heard yesterday.

Fear stalked the Border area and bodies were regularly dumped along roadsides in the mid 1970s, an Oireachtas all-party body heard today.

THE family of murdered Dundalk forestry worker Seamus Ludlow yesterday repeated demands for an independent public inquiry into the death.

The family of murdered Dundalk forestry worker Seamus Ludlow today repeated demands for an independent public inquiry into the death.

The brother of a Co Louth man killed by loyalist paramilitaries 30 years ago has accused Gardaí of continually lying about the case.

The Green Party has backed calls for a new law to allow the Police Ombudsman of Northern Ireland Nuala O’Loan to swap and share information with the Garda Ombudsman’s Office.

A FORMER Garda Commissioner has rejected allegations he was involved in blocking the pursuit of the suspected killers of Seamus Ludlow.

The family of Seamus Ludlow today demanded an apology from the Gardaí over the investigation into their brother’s death in 1976.

GARDAÍ failed to pursue the prime suspects in the sectarian murder of Seamus Ludlow for fear it would set a precedent for RUC inquiries in the Republic.

The long wait for the family of 1976 murder victim Seamus Ludlow was extended again today after a scheduled publication of a Government report was abruptly cancelled.

The family of 1976 murder victim Seamus Ludlow should have been properly informed of this afternoon’s publication of a Government report into his death, Justice Minister Michael McDowell told the Dáil today.

The conclusions of the Barron Inquiry into the murder of Co Louth man Seamus Ludlow could be published as early as this evening.

The Taoiseach has told the Dáil that the Barron Report into the murder of Co Louth man, Seamus Ludlow is likely to be published in the next few weeks.

A THREE-decade-old loyalist murder and questions over the failure to bring prosecutions will be raised with the North’s secretary of state by the Minister for Foreign Affairs.

Foreign Affairs Minister Dermot Ahern is to raise the 1976 loyalist murder of Seamus Ludlow with the Northern Ireland Secretary Peter Hain, it emerged today.

THE file on the killing of Seamus Ludlow remains open, officially. However, it is unlikely a murder committed three decades ago is top priority for detectives in the Border region.

A FORMER head of the garda murder squad made startling claims yesterday that garda headquarters suppressed an investigation into the killing of a Louth man 29 years ago.

A REPORT into the 1976 murder of Louthman Séamus Ludlow by loyalists is expected to be completed by Mr Justice Henry Barron by late September.

A group which monitors current affairs in the Celtic countries has backed calls for a full public inquiry into the murder of a Co Louth forestry worker 26 years ago.

Robbie Williams has been told to hand over 25% of the earnings from one of his songs.

Companies are wasting £1b every year by adopting new logos without explaining the reasons to their workers, an industry expert has warned.