Some 150 jobs are to be created with the expansion of two companies in Dublin and Shannon.

Pope Francis’s historic trip to his home continent ended yesterday after a marathon week-long visit to Brazil that drew millions of people on to the sands of Rio de Janeiro’s iconic Copacabana beach and appeared to reinvigorate the clergy and faithful alike in the world’s largest Catholic country.

Three men were today shot and injured in what bore all the hallmarks of a loyalist sectarian gun attack in north Belfast.

Two men were shot and injured in what appeared to be a loyalist drive-by shooting in north Belfast today.