IRELAND’S criminal law is not equipped to deal with racially motivated crime, it has been suggested.

THE Iranian who stitched his mouth together on hunger strike in protest at his asylum appeal has begun drinking water after removing the stitching.

FRIENDS of an Iranian asylum seeker who has sewn his mouth shut were last night pleading with him to end his hunger strike.

A group of Afghan men will face a costly retrial at the Old Bailey after a jury failed to agree on whether they were guilty of hijacking an aircraft.