The UN Security Council will meet in an emergency session on Libya tomorrow as permanent council members expressed support for a resolution on a response to the country’s crisis.

A woman who had acted the part of Sophie Toscan du Plantier in an RTÉ Crimeline reconstruction of her movements in the days before her murder in December 1996, told the High Court Ian Bailey approached the film crew and said he knew Ms Toscan du Plantier.

A woman who played Sophie Toscan du Plantier in a Crimeline reconstruction of her death has said Ian Bailey told her he knew the French filmmaker.

As Ashya King’s parents were reunited with their son in a Spanish hospital yesterday after being released from prison on Tuesday, they claimed they had been treated like terrorists.

Hollywood star Liam Neeson said today the families of the so-called Disappeared were living in a cruel and inhumane limbo.

Kingspan cut its combined executive pay levels by nearly 30% last year, according to its newly published annual report.

A musician who drove at up to 187km/h on a motorway as he made his way home after a concert has been convicted of careless driving.

Duke Special doesn’t do compromise when it comes to music, he tells Ed Power

The new Metropolitan Arts Centre (MAC) in Belfast is hosting a series of concerts as musician Duke Special takes over as guest organiser.

Families of victims murdered and secretly buried by the IRA are to seek new talks with the leadership of Sinn Fein, it emerged today.

The top investigator searching for the seven final victims of the co-called Disappeared appealed tonight for the public’s help to bring closure to families.

A man who was killed and secretly buried by republicans in the North nearly 40 years ago was shot four times in the back of the head, an inquest has heard.

The funeral of one of the so-called disappeared has taken place in Belfast.

A man believed abducted and murdered by the IRA at the height of the Troubles will be buried following his funeral today.

Body remains recovered from a beach in the North were that of an IRA murder victim secretly buried after going missing nearly 40 years ago, the authorities confirmed today.

A search for the body of a man believed murdered by republican paramilitaries in the Northhas discovered human remains, investigators said today.

Families of those killed and secretly buried by republican paramilitaries today held a silent walk highlighting their campaign to find loved ones.

A search for the body of a 21-year-old man with special needs, murdered and secretly buried by republicans almost 40 years ago, started today in a seaside village in the North.

Stuart Appleby defied strong winds to post a second consecutive 66 and lead the Australian Open by six shots as more than half the field failed to complete their second rounds due to bad weather.

New legislation to help relatives of those murdered and dumped by the IRA will come into force on November 9, it was revealed today.

The family of a man thought to be among those abducted, shot and secretly buried by republicans during the Troubles today appealed for the return of his body.

A new name has been added to the list of IRA victims abducted, shot and secretly buried, it was revealed today.

Liang Wenchong secured a historic win at the Midea China Classic today by becoming the first Chinese champion on the OneAsia Tour.

Tim Wilkinson and Peter Wilson share the lead after a first day of the Australian PGA Championship curtailed by lightening.

THE Irish Curling Association was formally admitted to the Olympic Council of Ireland last night.

Having re-fettled his S12B Subaru WRC following a crash on the Rally of the Lakes, Derry driver, Kevin Lynch took a comfortable victory in today’s ALMC Rally in Gormanstown, County Meath.

The latest round of the Irish Junior Rally Championship incorporated in today’s Cork Mini Stage Rally at Donoughmore, resulted in a narrow victory for Cork pair, Damien McCarthy/Eamonn Hayes (Honda Civic), who finished just 1.9 seconds ahead of Peter Wilson/John Kilmurray, also in a Honda Civic.

Even though they led from the first of the eight stages, Waterford’s, Andrew Purcell (Subaru WRC) and his co-driver, Mick Courtney had to fend off a determined challenge from reigning national forest champions, Stephen Moore/Tony McHugh (Ford Focus WERC) to win the Sean Conlon Memorial Tipperary Forest Rally.

Young Irish rally drivers can showcase their talents when the first ever Irish Junior Rally Championship gets underway tomorrow.

Marts: A 695kg heifer was sold for €2,000 after being judged overall champion at the Annual Fat Stock Show and Sale at Skibbereen Mart in Co Cork.

Englishman Justin Rose holds a share of the lead with Aaron Pike in the MasterCard Australian Masters at Huntingdale after a second-round 66, with the entire field either finished or out on the course on Friday afternoon.

Englishman Nick Dougherty may have fired a brilliant 65 on day one of the co-sanctioned Mastercard Australian Masters at Huntingdale, but it was not good enough for the clubhouse lead with Australian amateur Aaron Pike equalling the course record with an eight-under 64.

A former Khmer Rouge field commander, convicted in absentia over the murder of three tourists in 1994, has been apprehended in north-western Cambodia, the government said today.

EVERYDAY objects frequently used in hospitals such as pens, patient notes and computer keyboards could be helping the spread of the MRSA superbug, an expert warned yesterday.

Metropolitan Police officers in Scotland for the G8 summit are to be urgently redeployed to London following today’s terror attacks on the city, it was confirmed today.

The senior officer in overall charge of policing the G8 summit today defended the handling of street protests in Edinburgh.

AMERICAN and Indian troops engaged in relief efforts for Sri Lanka might use the operation as a cover to spy on Tamil Tiger rebels, giving intelligence to the government to help it fight the insurgents, a rebel leader claimed yesterday.

American and Indian troops engaged in relief efforts for Sri Lanka might use the operation as a cover to spy on Tamil Tiger rebels, a rebel leader charged today.

TENS of thousands of Antarctic penguin chicks could starve to death in the next few weeks as a huge iceberg blocks access to coastal feeding grounds, a New Zealand official said yesterday.

The Irish men’s side won through unbeaten to the semi-finals of the European B-Curling Championship in the Bulgarian capital Sofia yesterday.

ONE of the south-east’s busiest hotels has been forced to turn away conferences, weddings and family bookings because of construction work under way just yards from the building.