A row has emerged over the cost of the transfer of Michaella McCollum to a jail in the North.

Drug mule Michaela McCollum could serve a shorter jail sentence if repatriated to Northern Ireland, it has been revealed.

The repatriation of Tyrone-born drugs mule Michaella McCollum to the North from Peru has been approved by Stormont’s justice minister.

Peru drugs mule Michaella McCollum’s repatriation to a Northern Ireland jail has been given the go-ahead by the head of the prison service in Belfast.

After walking out of prison for the first time in three decades, former death row inmate Henry McCollum tried to climb into his father’s car but put his head through the loop of the seatbelt that is supposed to cross his chest. A TV cameraman showed him how it works.

Convicted drug smuggler Michaella McCollum is set to be transferred from Peru to a jail in Northern Ireland.

Tyrone woman, Michaella McCollum, who was jailed for drug smuggling in Peru last year is to be transferred to a prison in the North.

The family of one of two women sentenced to almost seven years in jail for trying to smuggle €1.75m of cocaine out of Peru has insisted she is innocent.

The family of Michaella McCollum - the Tyrone woman sentenced to almost seven years in jail for trying to smuggle €1.7m of cocaine out of Peru has insisted she is innocent.

Drug mules Michaella McCollum and Melissa Reid could face a six-month investigation if their guilty pleas are not accepted, the Peruvian prosecutor in charge of their case has said.

Drug mules Michaella McCollum Connolly and Melissa Reid are in brilliant health in a modern well-equipped prison, an Irish priest has said.

A former boyfriend of drugs mule Michaella McCollum has claimed her party girl public image was not a true reflection of her character.

Prosecutors rejected the guilty pleas of an Irish woman and a Scottish woman who attempted to smuggle £1.5m worth of cocaine out of Peru.

The prosecutor handling the case two women arrested in Peru last month has said he does not believe that they were coerced into carrying the drugs or in any way threatened.

The prosecutor overseeing the case of two women arrested last month trying to fly to Spain with 24lb of cocaine says each faces at least six years and eight months in prison with no eligibility for parole if they plead guilty.

The family of one of two women arrested on suspicion of trying to smuggle cocaine worth €1.7m out of Peru have said she will plead guilty to “play the game” and avoid a heftier sentence.

The plight of Michaela McCollum and Melissa Reid in Peru should be a very serious lesson to everybody that any involvement in drugs could have far-reaching consequences.

The father of one of the two women awaiting trial for trying to smuggle cocaine worth €1.7m out of Peru said they should plead guilty.

The two young women arrested on suspicion of trying to smuggle cocaine worth €1.75m out of Peru have given detailed accounts of how they were allegedly forced to carry the drugs.

'Essentials' for the Peru pair include croissants, baby oil, Nutella, waxing strips and Oreos.

Two women arrested on suspicion of trying to smuggle cocaine worth €1.7m out of Peru have been refused bail and could spend up to three years in prison awaiting trial, it has emerged.

Two women arrested on suspicion of trying to smuggle cocaine worth €1.7m out of Peru have been formally charged, prosecutors have said.

An Irishwoman and her friend, arrested on suspicion of trying to smuggle cocaine worth €1.7m from Peru could find out today if they are to be charged.

Internet trolls have added to the distress of the family of Irish drug mule Michaella McCollum-Connolly by spouting abuse on a Facebook page set up to support her.

The mother of an Irish model being held on suspicion of drug trafficking in Peru has spoken of her distress.

The extent to which Michael “Fingers” Fingleton claimed expenses from his former employer to fund a lavish outlay on designer goods, exclusive hotels, and extravagant entertainment of developers was laid bare in court yesterday.

The body of a four-year-old boy who slipped from a jetty is believed to have been washed out to sea after specialist sonar equipment failed to find him, experts said today.

A man opened fire on a policeman bringing an eviction order, killing him and another man before he was shot dead by officers.

A gunman and a police officer were among three people killed today in a shooting near a Texas university campus, police said.

Hilda Jordan yesterday did what no woman should ever have to as she buried her husband and brother within a matter of hours.

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BLOOD clots in the brain could hold the key to treating and preventing dementia, scientists said yesterday.

IRELAND have been relegated to Division B of the European Junior Ladies’ and U21 Men’s Championships for 2005 and 2006 following the conclusion of their respective championships at the weekend.

World boxing champion Eamonn Magee’s career was ended after a neighbourhood row over a snowman erupted in violence, a court heard today.

AN employee of Dunnes Stores, caught on a hidden camera drinking a bottle of Diet Coke in a stockroom, has been awarded €15,000 for unfair dismissal.

A leading north Belfast loyalist was today imprisoned for six years on firearms charges.

ARMED police were yesterday called to a Belfast court as relatives and friends of a dead teenager shouted abuse at a woman jailed for his manslaughter.

The sister of a teenager shot dead by British troops on Bloody Sunday is mounting a legal bid to have Northern Ireland’s top judge excluded from an Appeal Court hearing challenging a ruling to have police witnesses screened at the Saville Tribunal.

Appeal Court judges in Belfast are expected to reveal today whether a ruling against Ulster Unionist leader David Trimble’s ban on Sinn Fein ministers attending cross-border meetings with Irish Government ministers will be upheld.

A medical examination of the key witness in the case against a man charged in connection with the murder of Catholic solicitor Patrick Finucane is likely to determine whether the trial will go ahead.