BRITISH foreign secretary David Miliband has acknowledged that freed Irish journalist Stephen Farrell had ignored “very strong advice” by travelling to the area of Afghanistan where he was kidnapped.

CRITICISM mounted yesterday of the dramatic airborne rescue from Taliban territory of a kidnapped Irish journalist who walked free as four others, including his Afghan colleague, were killed.

A group of Afghan journalists today blamed international troops for the death of a kidnapped colleague during a rescue operation.

BRITISH commandos freed a New York Times reporter in an early raid yesterday on a Taliban hide-out in northern Afghanistan. The journalist’s Afghan translator and one of the troops were killed in the rescue, officials said.

A British commando was killed during a raid to free a New York Times reporter from his Taliban captors, military officials said today.

Light heavyweight prospect Tommy McCarthy is two bouts away from claiming an Irish title at the National Youth Championships just a few weeks after going all the way in the Ulster Senior Championships.

Students in Belfast are working to get a degree in terrorism, it was revealed today.

Ireland beat Wales 7-5 at the Clan Naofa Boxing club in Dundalk last Friday night in a keenly contested Boy 4 international.