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THREE former prisoners travelling in a cab in the Blarney area all moaned “oh my back, my neck” when the vehicle was struck from behind by another car, a compensation case heard yesterday.

CHRISTIAN BROTHERS College produced a masterful display to claim a record 28th Munster Schools Senior Cup title in yesterday’s centenary showpiece at Musgrave Park.

BRITISH Attorney General Peter Goldsmith yesterday denied there was any political interference in the decision by prosecutors in Northern Ireland to drop charges against three men accused of spying at Stormont.

A SINN FÉIN official who had charges dropped against him over a republican spy ring at Stormont claimed that police arrested him as part of a campaign to save David Trimble’s political career.

A Sinn Féin official who had charges dropped against him over a republican spy ring at Stormont claimed today that police arrested him as part of a campaign to save David Trimble’s political career.

THE acquittal in Belfast of three men accused of operating a spy ring at Stormont shows the spirit of the RUC’s Special Branch still exists, Sinn Féin’s Martin McGuinness said yesterday.

Northern Ireland Secretary Peter Hain faced demands tonight from the Rev Ian Paisley for a meeting over the dropping of charges against three men accused of operating a republican spy ring at Stormont.

A man arrested as part of a PSNI investigation into an alleged IRA spy plot at government offices in Belfast today accused the North's Special Branch of threatening the Good Friday Agreement.

Northern Ireland Office messenger William Mackessy, who is facing criminal charges over allegations of spying for the IRA, had been the subject of a previous investigation, it was disclosed tonight.

A FORMER Government porter at the centre of a suspected IRA spy ring copied top security papers on Northern Ireland’s most senior army officer, a court heard yesterday.

A former British government porter at the centre of a suspected IRA spy ring copied top security papers on Northern Ireland’s most senior army officer, a court heard today.

A former government messenger was today due in court after being charged by detectives probing a suspected IRA spy operation in the Northern Ireland Office.