More than three million cigarettes hidden among sheets of plate glass have been seized at Belfast Docks, Customs said today.

Oscar-winning actor Tim Robbins stunned drinkers in a Belfast pub when he dropped in and began jamming with a local folk band.

A man was today remanded in custody charged with murdering rogue paramilitary Alan McCullough.

A second lorry, believed to be connected to yesterday's multi-million pound cigarette raid in the North has been located in Co Louth.

Cigarettes worth £4 million were stolen in an armed raid on Belfast Docks, the RUC said today.