20/06/2012

Other NI News In Brief

McGuinness 'To Greet Queen In Irish'

Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness may greet the Queen in Irish if he meets her at Stormont next week.

Speculation has been mounting that the ex-IRA commander may meet the head of the British state when she visits for her Diamond Jubilee tour.

Sinn Fein are thought to be holding talks on whether to let the meeting go ahead.

The Queen spoke some Irish on her tour of the Republic of Ireland last year.

A Quarter Of IRA Members 'Were Informers'

A tribunal has been told that one in four IRA members were informers during the Troubles.

Former garda Owen Corrigan told the Smithwick Tribunal that the RUC and the British army paid “endless sums of money” for "tittle tattle" because they were under pressure.

The Smithwick Tribunal is investigating alleged Gardai Siochana collusion in the IRA murder of RUC officers Harry Breen and Bob Buchanan in 1989.

Ferry Drugs Arrest

A man has been arrested following the seizure of £2.1m worth of cannabis at Cairnryan ferry port in south west Scotland.

The 60-year-old Manchester man is thought to have been on his way to Northern Ireland with the drugs.

He is due to appear at Stranraer Sheriff Court.

(NE)

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