No I haven’t walked the 200 feet of tunnel that reputedly leads from renowned London wine merchants Berry Brothers and Rudd to Buckingham Palace, but I am assured such a route exists, writes Ronan O’Gara.

A homeless man who started fires at St James Hospital, Heuston Station and James Street causing the evacuation of the station and cancellation of the Luas has been given a seven-year sentence.

Sixteen people, including a child, had to be rescued from a burning block of flats in Dublin today after fire broke out in the building.

Fourteen people were arrested today under British anti-terror laws after dawn raids on homes and businesses, police said.

British police were tonight searching two properties close to where a suspected al Qaida operative was arrested in Gloucester.