Police launched a murder inquiry today after a man was found dead with stab wounds at a house in Co Fermanagh.

One man was arrested after a suspected cannabis factory was uncovered in Co Tyrone, police said today.

Ram raiders stole a cash machine from a pub in Co Tyrone early today.

An additional £14m (€17.92m) is to be spent replacing 26 fire stations across the North, it was announced today.

A couple and their five children were feared dead today in one of the North’s worst ever fire tragedies.

The body of a man has been recovered from a lake in Co Fermanagh.

GOOD enough to stage any event — even the Ryder Cup. That was Sam Torrance’s considered view about the Seve Ballesteros designed Heritage course yesterday, after he opened the AIB Irish Seniors Open with a four under par 68 in blustery and often showery conditions.

International status has been restored to the Circuit of Ireland Rally after a lapse of 13 years.

A 39-year-old man told today how he was slashed with a knife during a robbery by a gang at his remote cottage.

The Protestant Orange Order has claimed that the Good Friday Agreement is incapable of delivering fair and just government and insisted there can be no cabinet places for Sinn Féin until the IRA has disappeared.

Peter Hanna toured the neat little Co Tyrone course at Fintona in five-under-par 67 to win the club’s annual pro-am tournament with three shots to spare over the chasing pack.

Philip Walton showed his old flair and sticking power at Slieve Russell to win the €70,000 Quinn Direct PGA Charity Trophy tournament, one stoke ahead of Francis Howley and Damian McGrane.

Des Smyth, winner of the Madiera Open this season, has brought his total of Smurfit PGA Irish Championship wins to six with a three shots win over the holder Paul mcGinley at Castlerock.

Despite a brave bid by Des Smyth, defending champion Paul McGinley is the

Dundalk professional Leslie Walker carded a course record of 66 to win the £6,000 Fintona Pro-Am tournament but still had only oine stroke to spare over Stephen Hamill and John Langan.

Two people have been arrested in the North after the suspicious death of a 62-year-old woman.