A man from the North has today been found guilty by the Special Criminal Court in Dublin of the murder of a man shot dead in a church car park in Co Donegal almost four years ago.

The Special Criminal Court has today ruled that statements made by a man admitting his part in the murder of a man in Co Donegal more than three years ago can be admitted in evidence.

The Special Criminal Court in Dublin has reserved judgment on legal issues in the trial of a Northern Ireland man accused of murdering another man close to the border over three years ago.

The trial of a Strabane man for the murder of another Strabane man in Co Donegal over three years ago continued hearing legal issues at the Special Criminal Court in Dublin today.

The trial of a Strabane man for the murder of another Strabane man in Co Donegal over three years ago is continuing at the Special Criminal Court in Dublin.

State Pathologist Dr Marie Cassidy has told a murder trial at the Special Criminal Court in Dublin today that Strabane man Andrew Burns died from a gunshot wound to his back which caused massive loss of blood.

A man from the North has pleaded not guilty at the Special Criminal Court in Dublin to the murder of another man at a church car park in Co Donegal in February, 2008.

A bomb alert that brought the Co Derry village of Clady to a standstill yesterday has been declared an elaborate hoax.

Police now say they fear a van abandoned in the County Tyrone village of Clady may contain a 600lb bomb.

The village of Clady is understood to be completely cordoned off this morning because of a security alert.

Detectives investigating the murder of a pub doorman in Derry 18 months ago today carried out searches at a car showroom in Co Tyrone.

The home of two brothers critically injured in a fire was raided by police investigating a shocking attack in which a young couple were doused in petrol and set alight.

THE murder of Attracta Harron by Trevor Hamilton is still a mystery, according to people on the streets of his home village yesterday.

A farm labourer accused of murdering retired librarian Attracta Harron today denied having any involvement with her.

A Garda Chief Superintendent told the Special Criminal Court today that original documents relating to the trial of three Northern Ireland men accused of Real IRA membership had been "mislaid".

The Special Criminal Court ruled today that portions of garda interviews with two Northern Ireland men accused of Real IRA membership should not be admitted in evidence because the men had not been given proper access to their solicitors.

A Northern Ireland man arrested at a Co Monaghan farmyard made no reply when questioned by Special Branch detectives about the activities of dissident republicans, the Special Criminal Court was told today.

The Special Criminal Court today refused to discharge itself from trying the case of three Armagh men accused of membership of a dissident republican organisation.

A Northern Ireland man arrested by Special Branch detectives near the border last month was a member of a dissident republican organisation on his way to commit serious crime, the Special Criminal Court heard today.

Four Northern Ireland men arrested in Co Monaghan earlier this month were members of a Real IRA active service unit preparing to commit serious crime, the Special Criminal Court heard today.

Four men who were arrested in Co Monaghan last Friday were charged at the Special Criminal Court in Dublin today with membership of an illegal organisation.

Police in the North have said a weapons seizure in Coleraine, Co Antrim, last night was linked to loyalist paramilitaries.

Police in the North are questioning a number of loyalists following a shooting in Co Antrim this morning.