A round-up of today's other stories in brief.
36 foreign nationals held in North
A total of 36 foreign nationals have been arrested in Northern Ireland since the weekend.
Of that number, 17 have been detained for immigration offences.
A Home Office spokeswoman said: "We can confirm that Immigration Services has been employed in a series of operations across Northern Ireland which started on Saturday and ended on Tuesday.
"Thirty-six people were arrested at a number of locations including seaports and airports. Seventeen foreign nationals have been detained for immigration offences including working illegally and entering the UK illegally.
"If an individual is found to have no legal basis to be in the UK we would seek to remove them at the earliest opportunity."
Murder accused held in custody
A 49-year-old Naas man has been remanded in custody for four weeks in connection with the murder of a woman in the Kildare town last Thursday.
John Egan, Poplar Grove, Naas, appeared before Judge Gerard Haughton at Cloverhill District Court yesterday.
He was remanded in custody until September 22nd when he will appear before the court again.
Mr Egan was charged at Naas District Court last Friday with the murder of Frances Ralph. The 46-year-old mother of three was stabbed as she waited for a taxi with her husband.
The couple were returning to their home in Sallins Bridge, just outside Naas, after a night out to celebrate their 25th wedding anniversary.
Youth (15) is charged over riot
A 15-year-old youth was charged yesterday with riotous assembly at an Orange Order parade on the Twelfth of July.
The boy, who cannot be named because of his age, was remanded in custody at Belfast Magistrates Court. His solicitor said an application for bail would be made today.
A police officer said there would be no objection to the boy being released.
He is the 15th person to be charged in connection with rioting in which police were attacked as Orangemen were passing the Ardoyne shopfronts.
'Eureka' moment for magazine
A children's science magazine designed by two Waterford Institute of Technology academics has been awarded the 2005 World Young Reader Prize by the World Association of Newspapers (WAN).
Eureka magazine, aimed at the 8-12 age group, was produced at the institute's Centre for the Advancement of Learning of Maths, Science and Technology and published by the Irish Independent, joint winners of the award.
Arrest warrant for absent mother
Some parents have children and expect other people to look after them, said Judge Thomas Fitzpatrick yesterday as he issued a bench warrant for the arrest of a 15-year-old boy's mother when she failed to attend her son's Children's Court case.
It was the second time this week that the mother of three had failed to attend her child's case.
The north Dublin teenager had been arrested on Sunday for criminal damage and public order offences and was brought to the Dublin District Court on Monday. He was then remanded in custody until yesterday after the court heard that his mother had not attended proceedings.
When the case was called, Garda Geraldine Murray said the teen's mother was not present. She also added that on Wednesday night she had cautioned the woman that she had to attend her son's court case.
The judge issued a bench warrant for the mother's arrest and ordered she be brought before the court on September 1st, her son's next appearance.