Boris Johnson has dismissed as "ludicrous" claims the Brexit campaign he backed broke election spending rules, amid calls for the police to investigate.

Theresa May's desire to team up with the DUP does "not necessarily" undermine the Northern Ireland peace process, according to Foreign Minister Charlie Flanagan.

Urban Ireland faces a conundrum. Its retail landscape is undergoing harsh and dramatic changes that must be met with imagination and innovation if the erosion of activity on shopping streets is to be braked and reversed.

RUPERT MURDOCH’S now defunct News of the World tabloid allegedly paid British royal protection officers for details about Queen Elizabeth II and other members of the royal family.