Three bookmakers have been awarded between €23,000 and €48,000 by the High Court arising out of the loss of their betting ring pitch positions at Dundalk racecourse.

RELATIVES of six men murdered by loyalist paramilitaries in the North 17 years ago yesterday rejected the findings of a fresh report into the massacre and accused police of colluding with the killers.

A report on the police investigation into an Ulster Volunteer Force pub shooting which killed six men will be published on Friday.

A man and a woman were being questioned today about the gunning down of six men as they watched the World Cup in a pub in the North 12 years ago.