THREE former IRA members have provided detailed information on the background to the murder of two senior RUC officers more than 20 years ago.

The Smithwick Tribunal legal team has met three former senior members of the IRA as part of its work, it was revealed today.

The chairman of the Smithwick Tribunal is due to make an opening statement today.

A SERIAL killer who preyed on small African-American boys and a dad who told macabre tales of small girls who left the fridge door open – and died ...

Police in the North confirmed this afternoon that a young boy saw and touched the 100lb live bomb found in South Armagh at the weekend.

Army bomb disposal experts have found two viable devices in separate parts of the North in the last 24 hours, it was confirmed tonight.

A civil legal action against those accused of plotting a bomb attack which killed 29 people will start today.

A civil legal action against those accused of plotting the most lethal bomb of the North's conflict begins tomorrow in Belfast.

Thousands of mourners are expected to attend the funeral of concert promoter Jim Aiken in Belfast today.

The 36-year-old south Armagh man accused of the 29 Omagh bomb murders is due to find out today if he is to be sent forward for trial.

A judge in the North has ruled that sufficient evidence exists to press ahead with the trial of a south Armagh man accused of murdering the 29 victims of the Omagh bombing.

Preliminary hearings in the trial of a south Armagh man accused of murdering the 29 victims of the Omagh bombing are due to get underway in Belfast today.

Hip-hop star Nelly drew nearly 6,300 fans to his concert at Arkansas State University on Saturday despite well-publicised calls for a boycott by area ministers.

Ministers from 20 churches in the US state of Arkansas have banded together to protest at rapper Nelly’s upcoming performance at the state’s university.

A 29-year-old man is recovering in hospital in Drogheda today after he was injured in a paramilitary-style shooting last night.

A man whose brother was shot dead by his own INLA associates a year ago has been further remanded in custody for sentence on a charge of conspiring to threaten a factory forman.