Gardaí were ordered by a former Taoiseach not to cooperate with an investigation into the IRA killing of 18 British soldiers because of paratroopers’ involvement in the Bloody Sunday shootings in Derry, it was claimed tonight.

DOUBLE DIZZY landed a dramatic Sussex National at Plumpton yesterday, in which five of the nine runners either fell or were brought down.

Irish teenage swimming sensation, 14-year-old Darragh McDonald has won Paralympic silver Ireland in the 400m freestyle (S6 class) in the Water Cube in Beijing.