McAliskey extradition bid refused A Belfast court turns down an application for the extradition of Roisin McAliskey to Germany.

Three held over 2005 boy murder A man and two women are questioned by police investigating the murder of north Belfast schoolboy Thomas Devlin.

Ireland scrape victory over Italy Ireland need a controversial injury-time try by Ronan OGara to earn a 23-20 win over Italy in the World Cup warm-up in Belfast.

Sex attackers target teenage girl A teenage girl is severely traumatised after she was attacked by two men in south Belfast.

Police in cyanide death search Police carry out a search in south Belfast after the death of a man - possibly from cyanide poisoning - in a hotel.