Northern Bank chief executive Don Price today spoke of his shock at the £20m (€29m) robbery from the bank’s Belfast headquarters.

The Australian owners of the Northern Bank will have to bear the cost of the £20m (€29m) robbery in Belfast, it emerged today.

Detectives were today stepping up the hunt to catch up to 20 raiders who pulled off one of the world's biggest ever bank robberies.

Visitors to Northern Ireland are being allowed greater access to rural areas, as the foot-and-mouth crisis eases.