The father of one of two women held on suspicion of drug smuggling in Peru has vowed to bring his daughter home.

The trial of two men accused of strangling the daughter of Tyrone gaelic football manager Mickey Harte as she honeymooned in Mauritius is set to begin today.

Two rifles and a shotgun have been recovered by police probing dissident republican crime in the North, it was revealed tonight.

The North’s new chief constable pledged today to work with all the people of the region to defeat dissident republican terrorists opposed to the peace process.

A car owned by one of Britain's top rally drivers was stolen in the North today just hours before the start of a championship drive.

Families of IRA victims abducted and murdered during the conflict in the North are to march at Stormont tomorrow.

Sinn Féin has accused the PSNI of heavy handedness, following the arrest of a top republican during an operation into alleged organised crime.

A top Northern Ireland farm today launched a probe to find out how a potentially cancer-causing drug was found in some of its chickens.

The funeral of former Irish rugby player and coach Mick Doyle is taking place today in Kildare.

THE unbridled joy of having a Cheltenham winner was celebrated in a Kerry village over the weekend.

Police are investigating two separate fires in the North in which nine people escaped.

United Nations inspectors were today urged to visit Northern Ireland in a new bid to prove allegations that the Army operated a shoot-to-kill policy during two ambushes on IRA men.

More than 200 people have completed a college course in stewarding loyalist band parades, it emerged today.

Police believe an Irish dissident group was responsible for a suspected bomb blast in Birmingham last night.