A former part-time supermarket worker who injured herself when she fell while operating a pallet truck to move stock has had a €105,000 award over the accident upheld by the Court of Appeal.

Renowned skill acquisition and high-performance coach Richard Shuttleworth has worked with elite coaches worldwide, from Eddie Jones to Mickey Whelan. Of Jones, he notes an ability to make a coach or player ‘bleed’, but then bandage them up. In both Jones and Whelan, he sees coaches who teach through games rather than drills.

Latest: A car and knife attack on a police officer and a high-speed chase of a moving van that left four people injured appear to be the work of a single suspected terrorist, Canadian authorities said.

Former US president Jimmy Carter is out of hospital after being treated for dehydration, a spokeswoman has said.

Khalid Mohammed Omar Ali was arrested last month in Whitehall, where he was allegedly carrying three knives.

A Canadian man who groomed an Irish teenager before coming here to have sex with her has been jailed for four and a half years.

BioWare is giving two Mass Effect fans the chance to voice a character in the upcoming Mass Effect Andromeda.

He has full blown nonsensical conversations with her - and doesn't remember anything about them.

 

It’s all too easy to believe that the success of Olympians is due to their talent. But a US author and White House advisor says their achievements are earned through endless hours of practice. 

"Any concert postponements/rescheduled dates will be announced at a later time. Thank you for your support and understanding."

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A massive wildfire could double in size by the end of today, Canadian officials fear, as they continue to evacuate residents of fire-ravaged Fort McMurray from work camps north of Alberta's oil sands city.

A Limerick doctor working in the Canadian city ravaged by Alberta’s wildfires has told of the devastation caused by the blaze now raging over an area bigger than New York city.

Alberta has declared a state of emergency as crews battle to hold back wildfires that have destroyed 1,600 homes and buildings in Canada’s main oil sands city of Fort McMurray, forcing more than 80,000 people to flee.

Police in England have issued a warning that a “dangerous” mentally ill man has gone missing from his home.

Usain Bolt and Justin Gatlin will renew their battle for World Championship gold this afternoon after the pair cruised into today’s 200 metres final (1.55pm Irish time, live on BBC2).

Every city wants their people to take public transport. But the city of Edmonton really wants you to understand just how awesome the god damn bus is.

Two of the leading lights of the official Irish squad are on track to meet in the World Handball Championships in Calgary, Canada, the draws for which were released yesterday.

The build-up to this summer’s Women’s World Cup was overshadowed by one thing: a dispute about turf.

A deranged cage fighter, who was caught on CCTV beheading an elderly woman and two cats during a 45-minute rampage through back gardens will be locked up indefinitely in a psychiatric hospital.

A 13-year-old boy, who murdered Cobh man Christopher ‘Jack’ Barry just before Christmas, has been locked up for a minimum of 11 years.

A mother wept in court as one of the youngest children to plead guilty to murder was locked up at the UK's Old Bailey for a minimum of 11 years.

 

Two Royal Canadian Mounted Police officers were seriously injured when they were shot at a casino yesterday.

Two Royal Canadian Mounted Police officers were seriously wounded when they were shot at a casino today.

Two Royal Canadian Mounted Police officers were seriously injured when they were shot at a casino today.

A large group of family and friends paid tribute to a “kind, sincere gentleman”, Christopher ‘Jackie’ Barry, as he was laid to rest in Cobh, Co Cork, yesterday.

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A man with a lengthy criminal record killed six adults and two young children before taking his own life in what a Canadian police chief called a “senseless mass murder”.

Police in Canada are investigating the deaths of seven adults and two young children at three separate but connected Edmonton-area crime scenes.

A 13-year-old boy has appeared in court accused of stabbing an Irish man to death after an alleged altercation at a block of flats.

A 13-year-old boy is appearing in court in London this morning charged with the murder of an Irishman in the city over the weekend.

Tributes have been paid to the “quiet and unassuming” Cork man Jack Barry who was brutally stabbed to death in front of his girlfriend outside their apartment in London over the weekend.

Police investigating the murder of a man outside his home after a “verbal altercation” with a group of youngsters tonight charged a 13-year-old boy with killing him.

One of Britain’s most senior police officers attacked retailers after ‘Black Friday’ promotions sparked chaos and violence in stores around the country.

A fire has hit a business locked in a stadium redevelopment dispute with Tottenham Hotspur.

Men should not get a common blood test to screen for prostate cancer, according to new healthcare guidelines from Canada.

Oh sure - NO one could have predicted this.

The crazed knife attacker who beheaded an 82-year-old grandmother after killing a pet cat remains in hospital under police guard.

An elderly woman was beheaded in broad daylight in a horrific attack in a back garden in London by a man who witnesses say "was looking for a cat".

A woman was beheaded in broad daylight in a suburban back garden yesterday.

A woman has been beheaded in a London back garden.

There’s a sign in the Irish dressing room that reads ‘The winning qualities of this team will be reflected by the standards we set’.

There have been concerts, cover albums, books and films paying homage to his oeuvre and now an entire festival dedicated to the work of Leonard Cohen is coming to Ireland.