A 55-year old man whose extradition is being sought by the authorities in the North on charges of rape has been remanded in custody with consent to bail.

Around 1,900 people have been seriously injured on the country’s roads so far this year, safety chiefs warned today.

Ulster Unionist leader David Trimble today condemned as ‘‘cowardly’’ the murder of well-known Northern Ireland journalist Martin O’Hagan near his home in Lurgan Co Armagh.