The senior officer was seriously injured in a shooting in Co Tyrone last year.

The musical group said that they had been denied ‘significant music funding because a Tory minister doesn’t like our art’.

Sinn Fein is attending the event for the first time on Friday.

Sinn Fein had previously turned down invitations to attend graduations at the PSNI College.

Sinn Fein MLA and Policing Board member Gerry Kelly will also attend the event for student officers.

Sub-zero weather conditions were affecting parts of the UK this week.

John Tate is accused of setting fire to a Luas tram during the ‘unprecedented’ Dublin riots on November 23.

Sinn Fein’s Pearse Doherty criticised the government for ‘dithering’, ‘bickering’ and ‘indecision’.

Catherine Martin said the idea that certain rules applied to some staff but not others was ‘appalling’.

The Tanaiste said he does ‘not anticipate any difficulties’ from the EU side on a deal on trade arrangements for Northern Ireland.

‘If you’re going to be Prime Minister of the UK, either you’re against this stuff, or you just let it happen,’ an Irish parliamentarian said.

The Tanaiste called for ‘a sense of perspective’ about the number of employees the UNRWA allegations relate to.

From Wednesday, Great Britain will ask for the pre-lodgement of customs declarations and the pre-notification of agri-food exports.

Liveline presenter Joe Duffy was the Irish broadcaster’s second-highest earner, after Ryan Tubridy.

Brandon Hennessy appeared in court charged with two offences in relation to the incident at Browne’s Steakhouse.

Micheal Martin said the Irish government will instead continue its dialogue in a bid to increase pressure and end the violence in the Middle East.

Trocaire said that Ireland’s calls for a Gaza ceasefire, though welcome, were no longer enough.

Tens of thousands of homes were left without power after the storm.

Micheal Martin and other EU foreign ministers are to have talks with their counterparts from the Middle East and Ukraine in Brussels.

Further warnings have been issued ahead of Storm Jocelyn’s arrival on Tuesday.