Poles wept before their televisions, lowered flags to half-mast and taped black ribbons in their windows after hearing that President Lech Kaczynski and the upper echelons of the establishment lay dead in woods a short drive from the site of the Katyn forest massacre, where 22,000 Polish officers were killed by Soviet secret police in one of Poland’s greatest national traumas.

Polish President Lech Kaczynski and his wife died today along with 130 others when their plane crashed while coming in for a landing in western Russia, officials said.

Polish President Lech Kacynski has reportedly indicated that he will not sign the Lisbon Treaty following Ireland's rejection of the document.

Two Polish nationals, both in their 20s, are in a serious condition in St James' Hospital after receiving stab wounds to the head following an altercation at 6.50pm this evening.

Poland has agreed in principle to allow the US to install a missile defence system on its soil.

A Polish family is moving out of their home in the Waterside in Derry after they were targeted in a racist attack at the weekend.

FOOD giant Dairygold was accused last night of favouring cheap foreign labour over Irish workers.

POLISH striker Grzegorz Piechna has ruled out the possibility of moving to Birmingham during the January transfer window.

POLISH MPs narrowly voted against reintroducing the death penalty yesterday after a series of killings that outraged the nation.