A registered sex offender who has been missing since failing to turn up at court two months ago has been traced by police.

A man has been arrested after €3m-worth of cannabis was seized at a ferry port.

A woman arrested on suspicion of wasting police time after a major search for a baby feared lost at sea was today released from custody.

A woman has been arrested on suspicion of wasting police time after a major search for a baby feared lost at sea was called off.

A major search for a baby feared lost at sea has been called off after police said they believe initial reports that an infant fell from a ferry were incorrect.

A search operation has resumed for a baby who is reportedly missing in Belfast Lough.

The North’s emergency services were last night continuing to search for a baby reported to have fallen from a cross-channel ferry in Belfast harbour.

A major air and sea search operation is underway after a baby and a woman fell overboard a Stena Line Ferry in Belfast Lough.

Fierce storms battered Britain today with heavy rain and winds gusting over 100mph.

Some ferry services have been cancelled this evening, after Met Éireann issued a severe weather warning.

Some ferry crossings have been cancelled because of the high winds.

JUST as it was beginning to look like spring had sprung, the icy cold conditions of one of the harshest winters on record have come back for an unwanted encore.

EDINBURGH took on the appearance of a human zoo last night as thousands of supporters of the Leinster Lions and Leicester Tigers began to arrive in the Scottish capital in advance of today’s Heineken Cup final.

Almost 200 passengers and crew remained stranded on board a ferry today after a lorry broke free and burst through the ship's rear door.

Passengers on a ferry forced aground by hurricane-force winds today remained stranded on board their stricken vessel.

BRITISH ferry operator P&O is to shut its Rosslare-Cherbourg route as part of an €80 million cost-cutting programme that will see 1,200 staff lose their jobs.

The decision by shipping giant P&O to close its Rosslare-Cherbourg route has seriously damaged efforts to develop Ireland’s Europort, it was claimed tonight.

STENA LINE is set to become the biggest player on the Irish Sea, taking over €70m of P&O’s ferry assets on two routes.

Loyalist paramilitaries who fled Northern Ireland will not escape a major new crackdown on illegal wealth, a top crimefighter pledged today.

Johnny “Mad Dog” Adair’s exiled wife and his close associate John White must never be allowed back to Northern Ireland, loyalists said last night.

Scottish police have released the four people they were questioning after former UDA members loyal to renegade commander Johnny Adair fled Belfast overnight.

At least three livestock dealers in Northern Ireland are at the centre of investigations into the movement of sheep before foot-and-mouth occurred in the province, according to reports tonight.

A fourth Scottish farm has fallen victim to foot and mouth disease, says the Scottish Executive.