A man obsessed with the Batman villain the Joker will today be sentenced for attempting to murder a stranger in a UK leisure centre.

An advertising firm apologised today for placing a billboard for a TV show called 'The Walking Dead' on the side of a funeral parlour.

McInerney Holdings plc today announced it has acquired UK based Bowey Homes Holdings Limited, a regional home builder in the north east of England for €34.52m.

AN inquest jury yesterday returned a verdict of unlawful killing on the death of a young RAF engineer who took part in secret nerve gas tests 51 years ago.