An “alternative” G8 summit is to be organised by protesters in Ireland against global austerity measures.

A bomb found and made safe in a car in the North was destined for a police station, the PSNI has said.

Three-time Major winner Padraig Harrington and teenage sensation Rory McIIroy will play each other in a winner-takes-all showdown worth $300,000 (€223,182) on the new Lough Erne golf course in Co Fermanagh, the resort's owners announced last night.