Shannon Airport has confirmed operations are temporarily suspended after an incident involving a Boeing 763 aircraft and it is currently working to remove the aircraft from the scene
Prime Minister Boris Johnson has written to civil servants saying his "top priority" is preparing "urgently and rapidly" for a possible no deal Brexit on 31 October adding he "would very much prefer to leave with a deal" that abolishes the Irish backstop
2 month agoClashes with police in Belfast at the New Lodge republican bonfire today. One officer gets knocked out. Apparently police wanted to remove the bonfire
2 month agoA suspect Device has been identified in the alley way beside homes in Innisfree Gardens, Strabane. The PSNI have begun an evacuation process of some of the surrounding properties and have extended the cordon . Huge inconvenience to local residents, many disabled and elderly
2 month agoPolice have the Branch Road in Derry cordoned off after the discovery of a suspicious object at the side of the road earlier this afternoon
A man from Dublin has been charged with illegally importing firearms after 60 weapons were found in a car arriving in Dover from Calais.
'We should be afraid' - Irish PM @leovaradkar steps up warning about no deal Brexit - as it happened
Ryanair has told staff it has 500 more pilots and 400 more cabin crew than it needs and it will announce job cuts in the coming weeks
Sinn Fein leader Mary Lou McDonald says a 'no-deal' Brexit would be "catastrophic" for peace in Northern Ireland after meeting with Prime Minister Boris Johnson and other Northern Irish political parties in Belfast
2 month agoTaoiseach's view of the call
Boris Johnson told Leo Varadkar that the UK will leave the EU on October 31 "no matter what".
Boris Johnson will not meet EU leaders until they agree to change their position on the Northern Irish backstop
Brussels transmits to the Twenty-seven that Johnson's demands are unacceptable
Julian Smith has been appointed Northern Ireland Secretary
2 month agoMan in critical condition after being 'chased down' Belfast street and shot several times
Jeremy Hunt: 'the backstop has to go.'
Brexit Sec Stephen Barclay: 'We have said we will have no checks and no tariffs as a policy. there would be a finite period for that' On the Irish border in No Deal Brexit.
Stephen Barclay says he believes a No Deal Brexit should lead 'quickly' to talks on a future trade deal.
Brexit Sec Stephen Barclay says he has been saying for some time that a 'No Deal is underpriced'
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar says "enormous hostility" to another A50 extension, although he has "infinite patience"
Police officers attended the cemetery at Tarry Lane in Lurgan yesterday to conduct a search of the grounds as part of an ongoing operation into illegal drugs activity.
4 month agoPolice seized two assault rifles and a submachine gun in raids linked to INLA criminality in Derry today. Class B drugs, counterfeit clothing, DVDs, £13,000 in cash, phones, tablets, documentation, over 7,000 tobacco products also found. Two men, 44 and 43 were arrested
Just before boarding Air Force One in Ireland for the flight to France, @POTUS said about China and tariffs: "We're already getting 25% on $250 billion and I can go up at least another $300 billion."
4 month agoJoint statement just in from @LeoVaradkar and @theresa_may on intensifying talks in Northern Ireland
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar says 2 out of three MEPs in NI support remaining in the EU and the backstop. "I hope the British Govt and British people get that message".
4 month agoMasked men parade openly in West Belfast beside funeral cortege of former INLA prisoner Martin McElkerney. PSNI filming events as hundreds line streets. @BelTel
Theresa May is announcing she is offering members of parliament a *new* Brexit deal
'One last chance' to leave the eu with a deal - says @theresa_may Govt will be under a legal obligation to complete work on 'alternative arrangments' to the backstop by the end of the 2020
"The New IRA" admits responsibility for the death of journalist in Northern Ireland (media)
The Police Service of Northern Ireland says two men aged 18 and 19 who were arrested by detectives investigating the murder of journalist Lyra McKee in Londonderry on Thursday have been released without charge
