FOUR men have been arrested after houses were damaged and a woman assaulted in Co. Down. The incident occurred in the Brookfield Mill area of Banbridge on Saturday morning. The suspects fled the scene ...

A MAN has been sentenced to life for a second time for murdering his friend after his original conviction was quashed. William Phelan, 39, was found stabbed to death at his home in Harpurhey, ...

A WOMAN has died after falling at the Cliffs of Moher in Co. Clare. The incident occurred on Saturday afternoon while the woman, aged in her 20s, was visiting the popular tourist attraction with ...

SDLP leader Colum Eastwood has condemned a 'deluge of abuse' aimed at incoming Mayor of Derry, Lilian Seenoi-Barr. The SDLP councillor for Foyleside was recently selected by the party to serve as the ...

THE MOTHER of a man murdered by his friend after being falsely accused of theft has paid tribute to her big-hearted son after his killer was jailed for life. Tony McDermott, 38, was stabbed and beaten ...

A MAN has been sentenced to five years and four months in prison for a number of sexual offences involving children. Michael Sweeney, 51, of Stowmarket Road, Great Blakenham, Suffolk, appeared at ...

A MAN whose dangerous driving led to the deaths of two cyclists has been jailed after 24 years on the run. Bryan Kenealy, 69, and Roger Harris, 66, were cycling in Cheshire in November 1999 when ...

POLICE have condemned a 'sinister attack' in Co. Antrim in which a man was nailed to a fence. The incident, which also saw two vehicles set on fire, occurred in Bushmills in the early hours of Sunday ...

A PENSIONER has been assaulted during an attempted hijacking in Co. Down. The incident occurred in Dromore during the early hours of Saturday morning. Police say the victim, a man in his 70s, was left ...

THE British Government will grant historians full access to its State archives so that its policies towards Northern Ireland during the Troubles can be examined. An independent Public History project, ...

RYANAIR has cancelled more than 300 flights today as a strike by French air traffic controllers gets underway. CEO Michael O’Leary said most of the passengers disrupted by the industrial action would ...

POLICE are appealing to the public to call 999 if they see a sex offender who is on the run from police in Plymouth. Christopher McNamara, who was originally convicted for sexual assault, is wanted on ...