Police evacuated about 100 homes today after they discovered a “suspicious object”, reported to be three mortars, in a van, the Police Service of Northern Ireland said.

An 18 -year-old man has died following a road traffic collision in Co Donegal.

A FATHER and his only son were killed in a head-on collision last winter because a section of road they were travelling on was not gritted, an inquest has heard.

Northern Ireland First Minister Peter Robinson and deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness pledged to stand up to groups wedded to violence.

A man murdered by suspected dissident republicans in the North was about to get married, police said today.

TAOISEACH Brian Cowen and Tánaiste Mary Coughlan visited the north Donegal town of Buncrana to pay their respects following the death of 24-year-old Garda Gary McLoughlin who died from injuries he received when a vehicle ploughed into his patrol car at the weekend.

Up to 20 school children today escaped injury after the bus they were travelling in crashed.

Five mortar bombs have been found on the outskirts of Derry, it was revealed today.

Two men and a woman were being questioned tonight following a major security operation close to the border against suspected dissident republican terrorists.

Three people have been arrested following a major security operation in Derry.

A female pedestrian is in a serious condition in hospital today after being struck by a car in Co Donegal last night.

A man has died and nine other people are injured following a two-car collision in Co Donegal early today.

A man has died in a road accident in Co Donegal.