World crude oil prices have fallen by 3% in the past week, defying attempts by the producer group Opec to boost prices as demand splutters.

The death of Sr Paula Buckley in a double tragedy at Inch Strand last week in Kerry had left two families in mourning, the chief celebrant at her funeral Mass said yesterday.

Dublin Housewives star Lisa Murphy and high-profile fiancé Gerald Keane have spilt up after almost four years together, RSVP magazine reports.

ALL-IRELAND club hurling champions Clarinbridge’s qualification for next Sunday’s Galway SHC semi-final against Craughwell has prevented their senior stars from embarking on a trip of a lifetime to Australia this weekend.

A RETIRED Garda boss has called for prosecutions to be taken against gardaí who covered up clerical child sex abuse documented in the Murphy Report.

A former Deputy Garda Commissioner has said gardaí who failed children who were being abused by members of the Church should be prosecuted.

Hell-raising boxer Mike Tyson is desperate to record a song with Westlife - and has already been in touch with them.

Former boxing champion Mike Tyson is planning a comeback, a close friend said today.

GARDAÍ earned €83.5 million in overtime last year, figures released under the Freedom of Information Act reveal.

A GARDA working group is to be set up to examine the recommendations made in the first Morris Tribunal Report.

GARDA Noel McMahon yesterday rejected claims that he prepared explosives for bogus arms finds in a bid to advance his career.

Garda Noel McMahon today again rejected claims that he prepared explosives for bogus arms finds in a bid to advance his career.

GARDA clerical officers are still handwriting penalty points details into “Dickensian” ledgers despite official garda statements on Monday that they were now typing them into computers.

A COUPLE are due back in court today on charges of handling paintings stolen from the Beit Collection at Russborough House in Co Wicklow last September.

The director of Public Prosecutions has made an unprecedented decision to prosecute a sitting circuit court judge arising out of a major garda investigation into child pornography.

THE DIRECTOR of Public Prosecutions has made an unprecedented decision to prosecute a sitting circuit court judge arising out of a major garda investigation into child pornography.

GARDAÍ are to test a range of non-lethal weapons and safety equipment designed to protect members from violent attacks.

GARDAÍ are focusing on a well-known smuggling gang as part of their investigation into the kidnapping of Kildare mother-of-three Helen Judge.

GARDAÍ investigating the kidnapping of 41-year-old mother-of-three Helen Judge have not contacted her estranged husband, it emerged yesterday.

GARDAÍ investigating the kidnapping of a mother-of-three from her home were last night considering whether to contact her estranged husband.

Gardai were tonight continuing to hunt for the kidnappers of a 41-year-old woman believed to have been taken by force from her Co Kildare home.

THE availability of illegal drugs is not being affected greatly despite seizures of massive quantities of drugs, according to government and garda sources.