Detectives in the North were carrying out a manhunt today after police officer Ronan Kerr was killed by a booby trap car bomb in Omagh.

A 25-year-old police officer has been killed by a booby-trap car bomb in Omagh, Co Tyrone, police have confirmed.

An extra 1,000 police are needed to combat the North's growing terror threat, rank and file officers warned today.

The dissident republican Real IRA, which claimed responsibility today for a car bomb attack on MI5’s headquarters in the North, will not derail the peace process, political leaders said.

A car bomb exploded near to the headquarters of MI5 in the North today within minutes of policing and justice powers being transferred from London to Belfast.

Two men have been arrested over the attempted murder of a police officer in the North, officers said today.

A Catholic policeman who survived a dissident republican bomb attack has regained consciousness and is showing signs of improvement, the PSNI confirmed today.

Detectives have returned to the scene of a car-bomb attack in Antrim in which a policeman was seriously injured.

THE “turbulence” unleashed by the Robinson scandal must not stand in the way of an urgent deal on devolving justice powers to the North, Dublin and London last night insisted.

A Catholic policeman who survived a dissident republican bomb attack has had his right leg amputated, police confirmed today.

A Catholic police officer who survived a dissident republican car bomb is a hero, his chief constable said.

A Catholic police officer remained in a critical but stable condition in hospital tonight after being injured by a booby trap bomb in the North which was blamed on dissident republicans

A Catholic police officer was fighting for his life today after being critically injured by a booby trap bomb in the North blamed on dissident republicans.

THE captain of the Police Service of Northern Ireland’s Gaelic football team was fighting for his life last night after he was critically injured by a booby trap bomb.