Sinn Fein has defended its decision to boycott Washington DC for St Patrick’s Day amid criticism from political opponents across the island of Ireland.

We were called at 5.20pm to reports of a car in collision with a pedal cyclist on the garage forecourt. “The road was closed from Monkey’s Jump to the [Esso] roundabout while emergency services tended ...

A jury found Hadi Matar, 27, guilty after a little less than two hours of deliberations following a trial in Chautauqua County Court, New York.

Parents who have spent a decade campaigning for answers about their baby’s death have described a coroner’s findings at his second inquest as “all we ever wanted and everything we have fought for”.