A father and his young son cheated death in the Shoreham air disaster only because wedding limousine driver Maurice Abrahams let their car go ahead of his.

One of the suspects is said to have had an Irish accent.

SEWN together with as much care as this landmark State visit, it was joint admiration of a fan made from handcrafted Youghal lace which saw queen Elizabeth and President Higgins relax into laughter after the spectacle of the welcome to Windsor Castle.

A lavish royal welcome is being extended to President Michael D Higgins as he begins a landmark four-day state visit to Britain.

An uncle of mine, a proud Corkman, served as a Catholic chaplin with the Grenadier Guards during the Second World War.

A rogue Afghan soldier was being hunted today after he killed three British troops and wounded another four.

Afghan President Hamid Karzai today ordered an investigation into reports that his forces fired on international troops in the country’s south, killing three.

The Taliban claimed responsibility today for the killing of five British soldiers by a rogue Afghan policeman.

Five British soldiers were killed when a rogue Afghan policeman turned his gun on them inside a checkpoint.

Five British soldiers have been killed by a rogue Afghan policeman, British and Afghan officials said today.

PATRICK HENNESSEY read English at Oxford before joining the Grenadier Guards at the age of 22, going to Sandhurst, seeing spells guarding Buckingham Palace and in Bosnia before serving in Iraq and seeing some of the fiercest fighting in decades in Afghanistan.

Protesters standing behind barriers attempted to interrupt George W Bush's official arrival ceremony today with one man using a loud speaker to chant his objections at the US President's controversial visit to the UK.