Ronnie O’Sullivan became the first player to book his place in the last-16 stage of the Royal London Watches Grand Prix.

The Special Criminal Court today refused bail to three men charged in connection with the discovery of a massive bomb near the border last month.

Two men arrested in Limerick during garda investigations into the activities of the Real IRA were charged with firearms and membership offences at a special sitting of the Special Criminal Court in Dublin tonight.

A senior Special Branch officer told the Special Criminal Court in Dublin today that the Real IRA has carried out 80 terrorist type attacks since October, 1999, the most recent being a bomb attack on Maghaberry jail in the north last month.