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Murder probe launched as Ballymena teen dies

Declan O'Loan, local SDLP Councillor, says action is needed over sectarian violence following the death of Michael McIlveen

Conor Hunt reports that there has been a flurry of hate-filled chat on websites since the death of the teenager

Road safety report ranks all 25 EU states

Seán Whelan, Europe Editor, reports that Ireland was particularly faulted for poor enforcement of drink-drive laws

Ellen Townsend, programme officer with the European Transport Safety Council, and co-author of the report, explains how they went about the comparisons

US defends treatment of suspects held externally

John Bellinger, chief legal adviser to US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, says allegations of mistreatment are exaggerated

Fatal shooting in Finglas, Dublin

Paul Reynolds, Crime Correspondent, says last night's attack killed a recovering drug addict

GRA mood bleak as delegates gather

Paul Reynolds, Crime Correspondent, reports that resources, road deaths and reservists are the issues set to dominate the GRA conference agenda

Compliments for freed Australian miners

Roisin McCann, reporter with ABC News in northern Tasmania, has been at the gold mine in Beaconsfield for the past two weeks

Previously unknown dinosaur unveiled

Helen Donohue reports on a new species unearthed by UCD scientists in Kazakhstan, now on show at the Natural History Museum