Actor David Murray has been spared a jail sentence after he was convicted of attacking his former partner, who accused him of hitting and strangling her during a domestic row.

A retired army major-general tested positive for a radioactive substance after two men suspected of poisoning former KGB officer Alexander Litvinenko had visited his offices, an inquiry heard.

The widow of poisoned spy Alexander Litvinenko has told an inquiry into his death that he would not have acquired the nuclear materials that killed him.

The widow of poisoned spy Alexander Litvinenko has told the inquiry into his death that she has not spoken to his father since he branded him a “traitor”.

The widow of poisoned spy Alexander Litvinenko is to give evidence at the public inquiry in England into his death.

The postmortem examination of poisoned spy Alexander Litvinenko was “one of the most dangerous ever undertaken in the western world”, the public inquiry into his death has heard.

The death of Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko gives rise to issues of “utmost gravity” including allegations of state-sponsored assassination, the chair of a public inquiry has said.

A long-awaited public inquiry into the death of poisoned spy Alexander Litvinenko is finally set to open today, more than eight years after his death.

Actor David Murray is set to "strongly" contest an allegation that he assaulted a woman in Dublin last year, a judge heard yesterday.

A public inquiry will be held into the death of poisoned Russian ex-spy Alexander Litvinenko, the British Home Secretary has confirmed.

The British Government is expected to announce today that a public inquiry will be held into the death of poisoned ex Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko.

UK property investors are starting to look for opportunities outside London as foreign money floods into bricks and mortar in the capital, leading property agent Knight Frank has said.

Sensitive evidence alleged to expose poisoned spy Alexander Litvinenko’s ties to MI6 will be examined in secret, a coroner in the UK has ruled today.

A group of 40 campaigners gathered outside the American embassy in London today to protest against the incarceration of a US Army private accused of leaking information to whistleblowing website WikiLeaks

The private waste company that took over the household waste collection service for Dublin City Council has brought High Court proceedings against a rival firm which it claimed has been collecting its bins.

Protesters outside the US embassy in London set fire to a US flag during a minute’s silence held to mark the moment when the first hijacked airliner hit the World Trade Centre in New York 10 years ago.

Cheryl Cole appears to have made a fresh start following her dramatic 'X Factor USA' exit – swapping her long brunette locks for a new blonde hairstyle.

A 26-year-old Dublin man found with hundreds of child porn images on computers at his parents house has escaped jail with a two-and-a-half year suspended sentence.

RADIO and TV presenter Baz Ashmawy has been fined €350 and banned from driving for two years and a day after pleading guilty to drink driving.

A Florida pastor said today his church will never burn a Koran, even if a mosque is built near Ground Zero.

The pastor who planned an “International Burn-a-Koran Day” is still hopeful of meeting the imam overseeing plans for a controversial Islamic centre in New York for talks.

The pastor who planned an “International Burn-a-Koran Day” will instead fly to New York to try to meet the imam overseeing plans for a controversial Islamic centre near Ground Zero.

Charges against a Lithuanian man on trial at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court accused of dangerous driving causing the death of an elderly man have been dramatically dropped by the State.

A Lithuanian man on trial at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court accused of dangerous driving causing the death of a elderly man admitted to gardaí that he left the accident scene and cleaned blood from his car.

Relatives of those who died in the September 11 terror attacks will remember their loved ones as they descend a ramp into Ground Zero this week.

An Italian academic feared to have been another victim of the Russian hit squad which killed ex-spy Alexander Litvinenko remains under close observation in hospital today.

The offices of an exiled billionaire were sealed off tonight as police investigating the death of former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko found traces of a deadly radioactive substance.

Emotions ran high on both sides of the Atlantic today as the victims of the devastating terror attacks of September 11 were remembered five years on.

Westlife celebrated five years at the top tonight with their very own ambassadorial reception.

The father of a Briton killed in the September 11 attacks spoke today of how the horrors of the tragedy appeared inescapable two years on.

Tight security was enforced across Europe tonight on the eve of the anniversary of the September 11 attacks on the US.

A total of 266 passengers and crew were on board the four jets which terrorists crashed in the United States today.

President-elect George W Bush is being invited to swear allegiance to planet earth rather than just the US, at an alternative inauguration ceremony in London.