PSNI arrest woman following Belfast stabbing

Police in Belfast have arrested a woman in her 40s following the stabbing of a man at a house in the city yesterday afternoon.

The victim, who is in his 30s, is being treated in hospital for serious injuries. The attack happened at around 4.30pm yesterday at a house in Weston Drive. Source - breakingnews.ie.

Antrim firm secures major export orders

A Toomebridge, Co Antrim trailer firm has secured major export orders in Europe, Australia and Africa.

McCauley Trailers produces trailers for use in a range of sectors including construction, forestry and farming.

Amnesty claims rendition committee has met only once

A cabinet sub-committee set up to review the law on searching suspected rendition flights at Shannon Airport has met just once in the past eight months, a report being published by Amnesty International tomorrow claims.

The Irish Independent today says that the report calls into question the Government's commitment to dealing with accusations that Shannon has been used as a staging area or getaway route for CIA agents carrying out kidnapping operations.

It will say the members on the sub-committee -- Foreign Affairs Minister Micheal Martin, Justice Minister Dermot Ahern, Transport Minister Noel Dempsey, Communications Minister Eamon Ryan and Environment Minister John Gormley -- have held only one session to discuss the matter since it was formed last November.