The Kenyan air force claims to have destroyed two al-Shabaab camps in Somalia, in the first major military response since the Islamist group massacred students at a Kenyan university last week.

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A Castletownbere-based seafood company was served with a prohibition order last month and six food businesses around the country were closed down, according to the Food Safety Authority of Ireland in its latest announcement of enforcement orders.

At least 13 people have died after a suicide bomber detonated explosives inside a restaurant in a city north of the capital of Somalia.

A harrowing video filmed by the Kenyan Red Cross shows responders rushing to help the injured shortly after the assault on the Westgate mall began.

A worldwide search is underway for the most wanted woman.

The news that Interpol has issued a “Red Notice” for terror suspect Samantha Lewthwaite cements her status as the most wanted woman in the world.

Kenyan authorities prepared for the gruesome task of recovering dozens more victims than initially feared after the president declared an end to the four-day siege of a Nairobi shopping mall by al Qaida-linked terrorists.

A woman described as “British” – believed to actually be from Northern Ireland – was among the militants who laid siege to a Kenyan mall, the country’s foreign minister has claimed.

Americans and a 'British woman' – believed to be from the North – were among the terrorists who attacked a Nairobi shopping mall, killing more than 60 people, Kenya’s foreign minister said today.

Kenyan police said a “major” assault by security forces has begun to end the two-day hostage crisis at a Nairobi mall, in which 68 people have died.

'X Factor' contender Jade Richards vowed to “start believing” in herself after getting through to the next stage of the hit ITV talent show.

The Court of Criminal Appeal has overturned a suspended five-year sentence imposed on a Wexford man for dangerous driving causing death and has instead directed him to carry out 240 hours community service.

THERE’S already an offer of €685,000 on 18 The Crescent in Bishopstown, Cork, but it’s still not close enough to the asking price of €700,000, says Johnny O’Flynn of Sherry FitzGerald.

THE Office of Public Works last night portrayed as a “distortion” a Labour Party claim that the cost of acquiring land for the decentralisation programme was double the cost of that paid for the new prison site in North Dublin.

Police in Britain have arrested three men following an arms seizure linked to criminal activity in Limerick and the activities of dissident republican paramilitaries.

The Office of Public Works (OPW) and eircom have jointly made a planning application to develop housing and offices sites in south Dublin.

The Government has announced that a planning application for the €500m 'Westgate' development near Heuston Station in Dublin will be submitted this week.

A white man has reportedly been stabbed in Bradford and five people arrested after clashes between protesters.

An Asian gang has kicked a white man unconscious in Bradford city centre, leaving him with a fractured skull.