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 ...

CILLIAN MURPHY has added another gong to his trophy collection after winning the Lead Actor in a Film award at the annual Irish Film and Television Academy (IFTA) ceremony. The Cork native was named ...

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 ...

A COMMUNITY has been left in shock after a gun was found in an area close to a graveyard. The suspected firearm was found in Ardmore in Derry yesterday “in the vicinity of a graveyard” the PSNI has ...

POPULAR Irish sitcom The Young Offenders returns with its much-anticipated fourth series next month. Created and written by Peter Foott, the show follows lovable Cork teens Conor MacSweeney and Jock O ...

Marjorie “Mo” Mowlam (1949-2005), was a British Labour Party politician who served as Northern Ireland Secretary from 1997-2001. She led talks that resulted in the Good Friday Agreement in 1998. Mo ...

A JOINT funding injection by the British and Northern Irish governments will see £100m invested in the Causeway Coast and Glens. Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council has announced their "landmark ...

PSNI officers missed opportunities to identify and warn a man who dissident republicans had threatened to kill six months before they executed him. James ‘Jim’ Donegan was shot numerous times by a ...

A MOTORCYCLIST has died after being involved in a collision with a car on a road in Co. Carlow last night. The man, aged in his 30s, was pronounced dead at the scene of the incident, which happened ...

A ‘CLEAR LINK’ has been found between homelessness and human trafficking in Ireland. Research, commissioned by London-based homeless charity The Passage, reveals that homelessness organisations in ...

A KILLER who used a champagne bottle to attack his victim has been given a life sentence for murder. Dean Hughes, 47, who is currently serving time in prison, must serve at least 16 more years after ...