Gerry Adams says Sinn Féin is not part of any conspiracy to protect child abusers.

The solicitor of the four people accused of interrogating Mairia Cahill over her allegations of rape says he will not allow them to meet Enda Kenny.

Four people accused of covering up the rape of Máiria Cahill have issued a statement rejecting her claims.

Relatives of Bloody Sunday victims could take the chief constable to court over proposals to scale back the police investigation, their solicitor has said.

The prosecutor handling the case two women arrested in Peru last month has said he does not believe that they were coerced into carrying the drugs or in any way threatened.

The prosecutor overseeing the case of two women arrested last month trying to fly to Spain with 24lb of cocaine says each faces at least six years and eight months in prison with no eligibility for parole if they plead guilty.

A lawyer for one of the suspected drug mules being held in a Peruvian prison has said she is confident her story of coercion will be proven.

'Essentials' for the Peru pair include croissants, baby oil, Nutella, waxing strips and Oreos.

Two women arrested on suspicion of trying to smuggle cocaine worth €1.7m out of Peru have been refused bail and could spend up to three years in prison awaiting trial, it has emerged.

Two women arrested on suspicion of trying to smuggle cocaine worth €1.7m out of Peru have been refused bail and could spend up to three years in prison awaiting trial, it emerged last night.

Two women arrested on suspicion of trying to smuggle cocaine worth €1.7m out of Peru have been formally charged, prosecutors have said.

Two women arrested on suspicion of trying to smuggle cocaine worth €1.7m from Peru have appeared in court.

An Irishwoman and her friend, arrested on suspicion of trying to smuggle cocaine worth €1.7m from Peru could find out today if they are to be charged.

A solicitor for an Irish woman accused of trying to smuggle cocaine is in Peru to discuss the case with authorities.

A solicitor for the Irish woman accused of being part of an attempt to smuggle €1.7m worth of cocaine has said that he will discuss her case with police in Peru later.

The father of one of two women held on suspicion of drug smuggling in Peru has vowed to bring his daughter home.

An Irishwoman arrested on suspicion of drug smuggling in Peru will plead not guilty if charged, her solicitor has said.

A lawyer for the 20-year-old Irish woman who is charged with drug-smuggling in Peru - is on his way to the capital Lima today ahead of a preliminary court hearing.

The parents of two women arrested in Peru on suspicion of drug trafficking say they intend to travel to the South American country to see their daughters.

Video footage has emerged of Michaella McCollum-Connolly and Melissa Reid being questioned at Lima International airport.

The mother of an Irish model being held on suspicion of drug trafficking in Peru has spoken of her distress.

Two women held over suspected drug trafficking in Peru have claimed they were forced to act at gunpoint by Colombian gangsters, it was claimed tonight.

A former IRA leader in the Maze prison in the North was remanded in custody yesterday on charges linked to a police investigation into a murder outside a Belfast bar.

A former IRA leader in the Maze prison in the North was remanded into custody today on charges linked to a police investigation into a murder outside a Belfast bar.

The family of murdered solicitor Pat Finucane has been granted a judicial review of the decision not to hold a public inquiry into his death.

TWO men gardaí believe can be linked to the murder of 35-year-old businessman Roy Collins have had their period of detention extended.

Civil and human rights campaigners from Britain, Ireland and the USA will gather at Trinity College in Dublin today for a memorial conference marking the 20th anniversary of the murder of Belfast solicitor Pat Finucane.

New hearings are to be held into six deaths at the centre of an alleged police shoot-to-kill policy in the North 25 years ago, it was announced today.

LAWYERS for four men charged with the state’s largest-ever seizure of cocaine off the coast of west Cork in July have complained about delays in prosecuting the case.

Lawyers representing the families of two IRA men shot dead by security forces in controversial circumstances went to the House of Lords today to challenge the manner in which the inquests into their deaths will proceed.

THE son of the murdered Belfast solicitor Pat Finucane said yesterday that his family would refuse to participate into a new British Government inquiry into his death because it was a sham.

The Irish Government must strongly reject a British bid to control an inquiry into the 1989 murder of Belfast solicitor Pat Finucane, it was claimed today.

THE Government last night promised the family of murdered Belfast solicitor Pat Finucane it would not move one iota from its support for a full independent inquiry into his killing.

Tony Blair will face criticism today from the family of murdered Belfast solicitor Pat Finucane over the handling of an inquiry into his killing.

A suspected bomber accused of a fatal IRA attack on the British army’s Northern Ireland headquarters was holidaying in Spain when he was arrested, a court heard today.

A former police special branch informer today admitted the murder of prominent Belfast solicitor Pat Finucane.

The family of murdered Belfast solicitor Patrick Finucane launched new court action against the British government today in a bid to force it to set up a public inquiry immediately into the killing.

THE House of Lords will next week hear allegations of how the British security forces had a shoot-to-kill policy in the North.

The British government is facing new demands to call an international judicial inquiry into the murder of Belfast solicitor Pat Finucane.

A top Sinn Fein official at the Stormont Assembly has been held on remand after being charged with having documents likely to be of use to terrorists including the personal details of the British Army chief in Northern Ireland.

THIS year's newly-crowned World Coffee Making Champion, Declan Corbett, plans to launch a unique Irish coffee drink into the world market in November, it emerged yesterday.

Three Irishmen detained for the last six months by the authorities in Colombia on suspicion of training left wing rebels are being denied a fair trial, their supporters claimed tonight.

The exact venue for the former soldiers’ evidence to be given in the Bloody Sunday tribunal was not given in today’s ruling with Lord Saville only speaking of Great Britain.

An influential American body tonight backed calls for a public inquiry into the death of murdered solicitor Pat Finucane.