A teenage girl has died in a horse riding accident in County Derry.

The Real IRA has been blamed for attacks on the homes of two police personnel in Co Derry.

Police in the North are dealing with an on-going security operation in Derry this morning.

CANADIAN billionaire Galen Weston has donated thousands of euro towards the restoration of an RAF Spitfire dug from a Co Donegal bog earlier this summer.

THE wreckage of a Spitfire aircraft including its Rolls Royce engine was dug from a peat bog yesterday 70 years after it crashed in neutral Irish territory during the Second World War.

More than 70 firefighters are battling a major blaze that has been burning in the Co Derry village of Eglinton since last night.

Cricket Ireland today announced that Clontarf Cricket Club in Dublin will stage the One Day International with Australia in 2010.

Ireland's cricketers finished day two of their opening Intercontinental Cup match in a strong position against Kenya in Eglinton.

Cricket Ireland have this morning announced the squads for the forthcoming Intercontinental Cup and RSA Challenge Series clashes with Kenya.

Ireland have announced their squads for the forthcoming T20 clash with Bangladesh 'A' at Eglinton on Friday, and the 50-over clash with the same opposition at Bangor on Sunday.

Irish paralympic sprinter Jason Smyth, from Eglinton in Derry, broke his own 100m (T13 category* for visually impaired athletes) world record in his first competitive start of the season yesterday recording a time of 10.85 seconds.

The draw has been made for the opening round of the 2008 Bob Kerr Irish Senior Cup.

The Irish Cricket Union has announced a squad of 13 for the InterContinental Cup final with Canada, which gets under way at Grace Road, Leicester, England.

The Irish Cricket Union this morning announced a squad of 13 for their Friends Provident games with Gloucestershire and Essex, which take place at Clontarf on Thursday and Sunday.

THE Irish Cricket Union yesterday announced a 13-man squad for the Friends Provident matches in England this weekend.

The Irish Cricket Union this morning announced a 13-man squad for their Friends Provident games with Somerset and Hampshire, which take place in England this weekend.

A contractor killed in an explosion at a water treatment works in the North was standing on top of a bomb, an inquest heard today.

The Northern Ireland Water Service has been found responsible for the death of a contractor killed in an explosion at a treatment works near Derry last year, it was announced today.

Ireland have named a squad of 12 for their final C&G game with Somerset at Stormont on Sunday June 25.

A man was killed today by an explosion at a water treatment plant which propelled a storage tank through a roof and 200ft in the air.

A man was killed in a chemical explosion at a water treatment plant in Northern Ireland today.

One person is feared dead following a chemical explosion at a water treatment plant in the North today.

The Irish selectors have picked an experienced squad of 12 for their one-day internationals against Zimbabwe and South Africa.

THE brutal murder of David Caldwell will only strengthen the resolve of the community to resist the evils of terrorism, it was claimed yesterday.

The brutal murder of David Caldwell will only strengthen the resolve of the community to resist the evils of terrorism, it was claimed today.

Rogue republicans were today blamed for a bomb attack which killed a construction worker at a Derry army base.