Freddie Scappaticci was believed to be Britain’s top agent inside the IRA, which he always denied before his death in 2023.

The two died in hospital after they were pulled from a water tanker that rolled while heading to a forest fire in the north west, a news agency said.

The SNP leader called for the May 2026 Holyrood elections to be ‘a springboard for Scotland taking charge of our own destiny’.

A tariff rate of 15% is “challenging” but avoids a rate of 30% – which would have “closed the market” in the US, Ireland’s enterprise minister has said. Peter Burke said that the EU-US deal avoids ...

Prosecutors allege the youth murdered 12-year-old Leo, who was stabbed in the stomach on a riverside path in the Hall Green area, on January 21 this year.

A statement released by his family through Horse Racing Ireland read: “It is with profound sadness that we announce the death of Edward O’Grady, who passed away peacefully yesterday evening at St ...