Two men were jailed today after a dissident republican gun smuggling plot was uncovered by an MI5 sting operation.

An illegal diesel laundering plant has polluted a rural part of South Armagh, it was revealed tonight.

A leading dissident republican duped by an MI5 agent posing as an arms dealer was found guilty today of trying to smuggle a huge cache of weapons and explosives into the North.

Northern Ireland’s roads claimed another life today – the sixth in three days.

A policeman suffered serious head injuries today when he was struck by a hit-and-run driver who failed to stop at a security checkpoint close to the Irish border.