Rory McIlroy has let slip that his wedding plans to Danish tennis ace, Caroline Wozniacki, may be further advanced than fans had been led to believe.

Two bids are being considered for golfer Rory McIlroy’s €2.44m luxury house outside Belfast.

A woman arrested on suspicion of wasting police time after a major search for a baby feared lost at sea was today released from custody.

A major search for a baby feared lost at sea has been called off after police said they believe initial reports that an infant fell from a ferry were incorrect.

The North’s emergency services were last night continuing to search for a baby reported to have fallen from a cross-channel ferry in Belfast harbour.

Major winners Darren Clarke and Rory McIlroy are both recognised in the New Year Honours List in the UK.

PRIVATE jets carrying Pádraig Harrington and Rory McIlroy passed over the skies of the Middle East yesterday.

GARDAÍ have said the threat of a terrorist attack by dissident republicans was a reality in the North, but not in Britain.

A man arrested by detectives investigating a dissident republican car bomb attack on MI5’s headquarters in the North was released without charge today.

A man was arrested today by detectives investigating a dissident republican car bomb attack on MI5’s headquarters in the North.

Police faced heavy criticism today for the time taken to respond to a car bomb attack outside one of their stations in the North.

Dissident republicans who bombed a police station near the border are hell-bent on killing police officers, it was claimed today.

Firefighters were hailed as heroes today after evacuating residents moments before a car bomb exploded outside a police station in the North.

Three people were injured after a bomb exploded outside a police station in the North, police said today.

A man has been arrested in connection with a car bomb attack on the headquarters of MI5 in the north.

A man arrested in connection with the car bomb attack on the North’s MI5 headquarters has been released without charge, police said today.

A man was arrested today in connection with the car bomb attack on the North’s MI5 headquarters.

POLICE chiefs in the north and south of Ireland have vowed to stand together against the dissident republican threat.

AMERICANS — don’t you just love them? Actually, by and large, I do. There’s an ugly snootiness in some quarters in Ireland, and Europe more broadly, towards the US and its citizens which was never quite going to be eradicated by the election of Barack Obama. I have written as much before.

THE North was on a fresh terror alert last night as justice powers were finally devolved to the Belfast Assembly with the Alliance Party leader voted in as justice minister.

Alliance Party leader David Ford was selected as the North’s new Justice Minister today after policing and justice powers were devolved from Westminster to the Stormont Assembly.

The dissident republican Real IRA, which claimed responsibility today for a car bomb attack on MI5’s headquarters in the North, will not derail the peace process, political leaders said.

Teenage golfing sensation Rory McIlroy admitted today that he relishes being hailed as the next Tiger Woods.

Child abusers depend on people’s silence to get away with their evil crimes, President Mary McAleese warned today.

MI5 has taken charge of national security in the North for the first time, it was revealed today.

A BLIND businessman who travels the world seeking out extreme sport challenges yesterday lavished praise on his award-winning guide dog and declared: “He’s transformed my life.”

A member of MI5 tried to coax loyalists into launching a bomb attack on Martin McGuinness’s home, he alleged today.

A major land, air and sea search was mounted today for a man who went missing on New Year’s Day after he left a bar in Belfast docks.

A former music mistress at a top private school in the North escaped jail today when she was sentenced on six charges of indecently assaulting a 15-year-old boy.

A man critically injured in a graveyard shooting in Northern Ireland had been abducted, police revealed today.

A man was shot and seriously injured in a cemetery in Northern Ireland early today.

It is still unclear whether Northern Ireland’s largest loyalist terror group can end its involvement in organised crime and paramilitary activity, the Independent Monitoring Commission (IMC) said today.

A soldier appeared in court today charged with inflicting grievous bodily harm.

British soldiers have been questioned about the theft of a missing intelligence dossier of terrorist suspects, it emerged tonight.

A man and woman escaped injury in a bomb attack early today as loyalists escalated their feud.

Northern Ireland Secretary Paul Murphy today arranged talks with the North’s most senior policeman amid fears about the escalating loyalist feud.

Death threats have been made against top loyalist politicians and paramilitaries in Belfast, it emerged today.

Members of the Armed Forces who have died in all conflicts since the Second World War were remembered at a special service at a security base outside Belfast today.

Two members of staff at an organisation set up by the British government to help police widows and officers injured during the Northern Ireland troubles have been arrested by police investigating terrorist and criminal activity, it was revealed today.

A prison officer and his family narrowly escaped injury in a bomb attack on their home in Northern Ireland today.

A house belonging to a prison officer was targeted in a pipe bomb attack in Northern Ireland earlier today.

FEARS heightened last night of a gun war between rival loyalist paramilitaries in the North.

A man was in a serious condition in hospital today after being shot in Holywood, Co Down.