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

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.

Irish drugs mule Michaella McCollum was lucky she wasn’t put behind bars for 20 years, according to the Peru’s former drug czar.

Tennis player Michaella Krajicek had a lot to celebrate yesterday. Not only did she win her first match at the Topshelf Open, she also got engaged - all on the same tennis court.

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.

Melissa Reid and Michaella Connolly have been sentenced to six years and eight months in prison by a court in Peru after pleading guilty to drug smuggling charges.

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

The Monaghan-born woman arrested on drugs charges in South America is expected to change her plea to guilty later today.

A lawyer for one of the suspected drug mules being held in a Peruvian prison has said she is confident her story of coercion will be proven.

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.

A third woman has told how she was targeted by the same gang said to have forced Melissa Reid and Michaella McCollum to smuggle cocaine.

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.

Two women arrested on suspicion of trying to smuggle cocaine from Peru are thought to have been taken to the District Prosecutor in Lima.

A solicitor for an Irish woman accused of trying to smuggle cocaine is in Peru to discuss the case with authorities.

The parents of two women arrested in Peru on suspicion of drug trafficking say they intend to travel to the South American country to see their daughters.

Journalists have spoken to the 20-year-old Irishwoman being held on suspicion of drug trafficking in Peru who said she and her friend were forced to smuggle cocaine at gunpoint.

Video footage has emerged of Michaella McCollum-Connolly and Melissa Reid being questioned at Lima International airport.

Two women held over suspected drug trafficking in Peru have claimed they were forced to act at gunpoint by Colombian gangsters, it was claimed tonight.

The Archbishop of Lima has visited Michaella McCollum Connolly in jail in Peru.

The family of an Irish woman, facing up to 25 years in prison in Peru, have said they are very concerned for her well-being.

The Department of Foreign Affairs is providing consular assistance to the family of Michaella McCollum Connolly, the 20 year old from Belfast who's being held in Peru on suspicion of smuggling drugs.

A 25-year-old woman from Dublin who recently moved to Singapore has been found dead in her apartment by a friend.

A former Nasa flight surgeon said today the woman astronaut accused of trying to kidnap and murder a love rival had suffered “mental anguish”.