Ruan Pienaar only heard about Alby Mathewson’s departure from Munster on Tuesday.

Well Christmas is well and truly over for another year.

I was in Copenhagen, the capital of the Nordic food scene, to attend the MAD Food Symposium and The World Food Summit. Both were inspirational.

It was a South African-like sun that brought the smiles and covered the RDS for Paul Simon’s farewell tour last night.

A talented student from Ballintemple had a respectable academic career ahead of her, but as

Heartbreaking.

Thanks to René Redzepi and his team at Noma, food tourists from all over the world are beating a path to the Nordic countries to check out the food revolution that this iconic restaurant has sparked.

Last Monday afternoon, Sergio Ramos was spotted getting into his gleaming white Mercedes AMG GT coupe on a Madrid street by reporters from local sports paper Marca.

Celine Dion will have only her sick husband in her thoughts when she returns to her Las Vegas residency this summer.

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Celine Dion's husband is her "life", and she has cancelled working engagements to be with him while he is ill.

Sergio Ramos is Real Madrid’s most interesting player.

Kya deLongchamps takes a look at the extraordinary glass legacy of René Jules Laliques.

This week social media - driven by ordinary people - once again wielded its power and achieved something extraordinary in the process.

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Fulham have sacked manager Martin Jol after defeat at West Ham on Saturday extended their run of consecutive defeats to six games.

A Frenchman who weighs 230kg and was deemed too heavy to fly on a jet has arrived in New York to head home by ship.

Manchester United have confirmed the departure of first team coach Rene Meulensteen.

The population has risen since 2008. Immigrants love our character and way of life, says Conor Power

Bridesmaid. It’s a word that seems to provoke equal amounts of fear and loathing from members of the opposite sex, much to the incomprehension of men everywhere.

A TABLE at Noma restaurant in Copenhagen is one of the hottest, most sought after meal slots in the whole world.

An Austrian couple got married in the nude.

Celine Dion baptised her twin sons in Las Vegas on Saturday.

Celine Dion’s twins are already developing different personalities.

Celine Dion has named her twin sons Eddy and Nelson.

Celine Dion was in tears after the birth of her twins.

Celine Dion has given birth to twin boys.

Amy Winehouse says Mark Ronson is “dead” to her.

TOMMY STACK’S Machaputo, a big disappointment when well fancied on his debut at Down Royal – but a major order morning-prices – strolled to victory in the Irish Stallion Farms’ EBF Maiden at Tipperary last night.

RIO FERDINAND and Wayne Rooney will be ready to face Bayern Munich tomorrow night, despite missing United’s victory over Bolton Wanderers.

SHANE MALLEY pulls opens the black steel hall door, a tiny baby girl cradled in his left arm. Born in January, her name is Rene, from the French word renaissance which means new beginnings.

Celine Dion has vowed to keep trying for another baby.

ACE ESMERIA and Rene Mesana accepted when they came to the British Isles that they would be earning just €435 per month.

MANCHESTER UNITED have appointed Mike Phelan as assistant manager, replacing Carlos Queiroz who left Old Trafford to become Portugal coach in July.

Republic of Ireland Under-21 boss Don Givens will throw 18-year-old Rene Gilmartin into the lion’s den tonight.

Republic of Ireland Under-21 manager Don Givens has urged his players to take heed of Huddersfield’s League One play-off semi-final misery as they target European success.

GERMANY U-21 goalkeeper Rene Adler has signed a new contract with Bayer Leverkusen.

France Albert René, one of the world’s longest-serving leaders, stepped down today after nearly three decades as president of the Seychelles.

THE European Parliament passed a contentious directive yesterday to crack down on the piracy of products including football shirts, video games and CDs.

HAITI descended into chaos yesterday hours after President Jean-Bertrand Aristide fled the island nation as looters ransacked Port-au-Prince police stations, prisons were opened and residents of the capital ran for cover as gunfire crackled.

THE promising young hooker shouldered his way through the post-match throng and placed the pints down on the table.

Hollywood’s homage to all those sugary sweet 1950s romantic comedies where Doris Day and Rock Hudson would spend more time talking to each other on the phone than they did face to face.

There’s no business like shoe business, Celine Dion has discovered in her latest, all-singing all-dancing spectacular.

Detectives in Manchester were today continuing to dig up a garden in their hunt for a schoolgirl who went missing 57 years ago.