British Business Secretary Peter Mandelson today launched a fierce attack on one of Britain’s richest bankers, as Labour stepped up its pre-election sparring over the state of the economy.

A HISTORIC logbook documenting the arrival of King William of Orange and his army in Ireland ahead of the Battle of the Boyne in 1690 has been uncovered during renovation work at Belfast City Hall.

Fine Gael leader Enda Kenny today vowed to take a 5% wage cut in 2009 as an example to other public service workers.

The Gary Lineker-led consortium bidding to take over Leicester City Football Club today accepted a deal with the Inland Revenue preventing the embattled club being hit by a giant tax bill.