Self-confessed UVF killer Paul Beattie has been forced to flee his Lisburn home after a UDA squad turned up to “do him in” last week.

A senior garda has been suspended from duty after appearing in court charged with a number of rape offences.

The Catholic priest who married TV presenters Patrick Kielty and Cat Deeley in Italy 13 years ago has told of his sadness at their split.

Gardai have identified a chief suspect for an arson attack on Conor McGregor’s Dublin pub — who is also suspected of carrying out an unprovoked assault in the capital.

MMA star Conor McGregor has launched a petition this evening declaring his intentions to seek the office of President of Ireland.

Belfast City Council has still not settled a compensation package for a volunteer zoo worker who was locked in the lions’ enclosure.

A businessman whose company was paid €10m to house asylum seekers was named in a CAB case brought against members of a feuding crime gang.

The US Drug Enforcement Agency used an undercover agent to infiltrate the Kinahan Cartel’s international drug smuggling network, new court documents have revealed.

Folk and country singer Sina Theil famously sported a hat whenever she performed in public — and today she reveals her personal trauma behind the image.

An easyJet landing in Belfast was delayed following an aborted landing caused by a “suspected technical issue”.

Police were called to a university graduation after a student’s father was threatened with having his throat cut.

The right-wing Irish anti-immigration movement has been split in two by the presence at protests of former UVF paramilitary and cousin of an infamous Shankill Butcher, the Sunday World can reveal.