A roundup of today's other news stories in brief
Loyalist gets life for killing grandmother
Loyalist Jim Fulton, who confessed to undercover police of his involvement in the murder of grandmother Elizabeth O'Neill was yesterday jailed for life.
The 38-year-old Portadown man could face two further life sentences on charges of conspiring to murder Sinn Féin office workers and a man called Derek Wray. Belfast Crown Court judge Mr Justice Hart told Fulton he was guilty of 48 charges.
Woman killed in Schull road crash
Gardaí in Co Cork are investigating a road crash at Lowertown, Schull, yesterday when a 45-year-old woman driver was fatally injured in a two- car collision. The woman driver of the other car was taken to Bantry Hospital.
Woman (20) dies after hit-and-run
A 20-year-old woman died yesterday following a hit-and-run incident on Sunday, November 26th, at 10.55pm on Rathgar Road, Dublin. She was Lily Hastingsbass from Rathgar Court, Rathmines.
Landmark trust awarded funding
The Dublin-based Irish Landmark Trust has been awarded £161,000 by the Heritage Lottery Fund and €52,941 from Greenbox - an EU funding agency - to restore the Triumphal Arch Gatelodge, in Brookeborough, Co Fermanagh.
Byrne appointed DCU chancellor
Dublin City University yesterday announced the appointment of former attorney general and EU commissioner David Byrne as the new chancellor.
Irish language pressure group
An Irish language pressure group yesterday launched an All-Ireland campaign to help ensure an Irish Language Act is introduced by the British government as set out in the St Andrews Agreement.
ACHT ACT, comprising Irish language groups from throughout the country, was formed last week and yesterday outlined its campaign to have the Irish Language Act introduced before any re-establishment of the Assembly.
Suspect devices were bomb parts
The PSNI in Strabane, Co Tyrone, have said that suspect devices found in a building site in the town yesterday morning were component parts for either pipe bombs or blast bombs.