A man and a woman are recovering this morning after being shot during separate incidents in Dublin and Limerick yesterday evening.

A Dublin man and woman who beat an alcoholic to death during a drinking session had the last two years of their 10-year jail sentences suspended today.

An attack on children outside a Belfast secondary school today was being treated by police as sectarian.

The homes of Catholics and Protestants in north Belfast were damaged in attacks by rival groups late last night, police said today.