Sinn Féin president Gerry Adams has refused to withdraw his support for former Provisional IRA leader, Thomas ‘Slab’ Murphy, who was yesterday convicted of tax evasion.

Gardaí are investigating the separate deaths of a husband and wife in Co Louth yesterday.

Gardaí are investigating after the body of a woman was found at a house near Hackballscross in Co Louth.

The Government has been warned to charge pleasure boats and yachts the same price for their diesel as motorists have to pay or face prosecution and fines.

Disgraced former garda sergeant Finbarr Hickey spent a year behind bars when convicted of signing counterfeit passports that helped IRA figures go on the run.

Detectives have smashed a massive multimillion-euro diesel laundering plant in one of the biggest cross-border operations of its kind in Ireland or the UK.

A challenge brought by prominent republican Thomas 'Slab' Murphy to a ruling that tax charges against him should be dealt with by the non-jury Special Criminal Court rather than the ordinary courts may be heard by the Supreme Court before Christmas.

An oil laundering plant has been discovered in Co Louth today.

Gardaí have released one of two men they were questioning in connection with the discovery of an fuel laundering plant in Co Louth last night.

Prominent republican Thomas “Slab” Murphy is to launch a Supreme Court challenge to a ruling that tax charges against him should be dealt with by the non-jury Special Criminal Court rather than the ordinary courts.

AN ARTIST who has had two 9ft-tall sculptures stolen from her home believes this is the first time an Irish sculptor has experienced such a “huge loss”.

Two men have been arrested after the Army Bomb Disposal Team made safe a device discovered in Co. Louth.

Two men have been arrested after a suspected dissident republican bomb-making factory was uncovered in Co Louth.

A constitutional challenge by republican Thomas 'Slab' Murphy to prevent his trial from going ahead is due to be heard in the High Court today.

CUSTOMS have smashed one of the biggest ever oil laundering plants with the potential to earn criminals up to €4.5 million a year.

A massive oil-laundering plant with the capacity to launder an estimated 7.5 million litres of fuel a year has been uncovered by customs officers.

Customs officials have uncovered a large fuel laundering plant in Co Louth.

A man in his 30s has been killed in a car crash in Co Louth, while a six-year-old girl remains seriously ill after a crash on the Cork-Limerick road, in which a one-year-old boy died.

A man in his 30s has been killed in a car crash in Co Louth.

Prominent republican Thomas 'Slab' Murphy could not attend the Special Criminal Court today, where he is facing charges for alleged revenue offences, because of the snow.

A post mortem will be carried out on the body of a 19-year-old Monaghan man, who died after being found in a semi-conscious state on a road last night.

A prominent republican facing tax evasion charges had his case moved back until December today as he continues a long-running battle to stop his trial.

Prominent republican Thomas 'Slab' Murphy was further remanded on continuing bail when he appeared at the Special Criminal Court for alleged revenue offences today.

JUSTICE Minister Dermot Ahern has said “the best way” for the family of IRA disappeared victim Gerry Evans to have closure, “is if his remains are found”.

Forensic investigators who today began digging bogland for the remains of a man murdered and secretly buried 30 years ago are not expecting any immediate breakthroughs.

TEN years after the IRA handed over a list of sites where gardaí would find the remains of the so-called “disappeared”, a new site — not on the original list — has been identified.

Sinn Féin minister Conor Murphy has again denied that the IRA was involved in the disappearance of Gerry Evans 30-years ago.

The alleged former leader of the IRA will go on trial for tax evasion in the non-jury Special Criminal Court.

The alleged former leader of the IRA today launched a legal battle to block his trial for tax evasion.

The alleged former leader of the IRA has agreed to hand over near €1.27m of criminal assets portfolio to authorities, it emerged today.

A 14-year-old girl has died after being struck by a car in Co Louth last night.

The Special Criminal Court has ruled that prominent republican Thomas 'Slab' Murphy was lawfully returned for trial on charges connected with alleged revenue offences.

Alleged former IRA boss Thomas 'Slab' Murphy is due to appear in court again today.

ARMED gardaí stood guard yesterday as a leading figure in the IRA was accused of tax evasion.

A cyclist was killed in a crash with a 4x4, gardaí said today.

As the weekend death toll on the roads reached nine, safety chiefs today reiterated warnings that July is the deadliest month for collisions.

THE dissident republican group, the Real IRA, is believed to have been behind the attempt to bomb property in Co Louth belonging to businessman and former Seanad member, Dr Edward Haughey.

The dissident republican terrorists suspected of planting a bomb at the home of millionaire tycoon Lord Ballyedmond near the Irish border in Co Louth were today branded cowards by a Northern Ireland Office Minister.

Gardaí in Co Louth are investigating the discovery of an unexploded bomb at a construction site near the border yesterday afternoon.

FIREFIGHTERS from north and south of the Border were called to the scene of a blaze yesterday at the farm of Thomas ‘Slab’ Murphy, an alleged IRA kingpin.

Firefighters were called to a blaze on a farm owned by top republican Thomas ``Slab'' Murphy on the border today.

THE family of ambulance crash victim Gloria Corrigan is devastated that no criminal prosecution is to follow.