A memorial mass for the Huber family who were found dead in their home in Reno, Nevada is being held in Joan Huber’s native Killarney, on Wednesday.

An Irish woman has been found dead alongside her two children and husband in the US state of Nevada.

Padraig Harrington will look to take inspiration from Shane Lowry’s Open triumph in the Barracuda Championship, where high points totals rather than low scores will be the order of the day.

Why do sick animals develop high temperatures?

Willy Vlautin is glad to be returning to Ireland for Ballincollig Winter Music Festival. First, The Delines just had to get over a major accident for their singer, writes Ed Power.

Tiger Woods admits letting a 15th major title slip from his grasp will “sting for a while” after readjusting his expectations on his latest comeback from injury.

Elon Musk has built the Tesla Gigafactory in the midst of the Nevada desert. But even the deep pockets of the greenminded billionaire could be challenged by the investment needed to create mass-market cars that are electric and driverless, writes Jon Gertner.

Investigators still have not found a motive for the Las Vegas shooting rampage that killed 58 people, Undersheriff Kevin McMahill has said.

Innovative research into irritable bowel syndrome, a condition which causes agonising pain to thousands of sufferers, will be presented at a prestigious international conference in Cork this week.

Imprisoned former American football star OJ Simpson has a July 20 parole hearing that could have him released from a Nevada prison on October 1, a state parole official said.

A judge will let only one other accuser testify at Bill Cosby's sexual assault trial to bolster charges that the actor drugged and molested a woman at his estate near Philadelphia.

Jill Colvin looks at how Donald Trump kept reeling in support despite numerous gaffes that would have sunk anyone else

Donald Trump has vowed to spend some of the final hours of the presidential campaign in Democratic strongholds in a bid to pull off a shock in states that have not voted for a Republican in decades.

Willy Vlautin of Richmond Fontaine talks with Gerry Quinn about the band’s breakup and closing gigs

RUSSIA: A portly politician who somehow managed to get himself stuck inside a tank reportedly threatened to shoot bystanders who were standing around watching.

Jason Derulo is buying a private jet after being booted off a flight on Saturday.

Would you like a room with a view...of a cemetery...in a clown themed motel?

The first of the big European Stadium in Warsaw hosts the Europa League final – with the winners earning a place in next season’s Champions League for the first time.

Ten years on, former GAA president Sean Kelly reflects on the opening of Croke Park.

Embattled entertainer Bill Cosby has broken his silence over a series of rape and sex assault claims going back decades.

Police officers are being told to lighten up — with smiles-

Willy Vlautin has been busy of late. His fourth novel The Free was recently published by Faber & Faber, to widespread critical acclaim.

When I hear somebody saying politics and sport should never mix I often wonder what planet they are dialling in from.

The Free

A suicidal gunman opened fire at a Nevada hospital, killing one person, critically wounding two others and sending police on a door-to-door search at the sprawling complex.

Golf course shooting

Pupils cowered in fear and pleaded for their lives as a 12-year-old boy went on a rampage with a handgun in the US, waving the weapon at classmates and shooting dead a maths teacher.

A boy opened fire with a semi-automatic handgun at his Nevada school yesterday, killing a maths teacher who was trying to protect pupils and wounding two 12-year-old classmates, before turning the weapon on himself.

Two people killed in a US school shooting were a staff member and a student who was probably the attacker, police said.

Rachel Kushner’s sprawling new novel revels in steamy places, big ideas and a decade in turmoil, says Richard Fitzpatrick

Woman gives birth in Subway restroom in Nevada

President Barack Obama declared that the occupant of the White House must “work for everyone, not just for some”, jabbing back at Republican rival Mitt Romney’s jarring statement that as a candidate, he does not worry about the 47% of the country that pays no income taxes.

A US man has been arrested on suspicion of shooting and injuring a golfer after an errant ball broke a window at his home.

It does not seem 15 years ago that a young Padraig Harrington, in only his second full season as a professional, teamed up with Paul McGinley at Kiawah Island and gave Ireland their first victory in golf’s World Cup since 1958.

Ireland's three-time Major winner Padraig Harrington starts the Reno-Tahoe Open in Nevada tomorrow hoping victory could set him on a late run for a Ryder Cup place.

Pádraig Harrington starts the Reno-Tahoe Open in Nevada today hoping victory could set him on a late run for a Ryder Cup place.

A little sooner than he would probably have preferred after his British Open meltdown, Adam Scott renews rivalry with Ernie Els in this week’s WGC Bridgestone Invitational at Firestone Country Club.

Mitt Romney would respect an Israeli decision to make a unilateral military strike against Iran aimed at preventing Tehran from obtaining nuclear capability, a top foreign policy adviser said today.

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney issued a sweeping indictment yesterday of President Barack Obama’s conduct of foreign policy, including a charge that the White House sought political gain by leaking classified details of the military raid that killed Osama bin Laden.

Joseph Naso stands accused of a string of particularly vicious murders spanning half a century, many with a bizarre twist … Chris McGreal reports

Apple uses subsidiaries in Ireland, the Netherlands and other low-tax nations in a strategy that enables the technology giant to cut its global tax bill by billions every year, a report says.

WE ARE used to seeing stills from old movies, classic celluloid moments captured forever — Marilyn Monroe in a white halter-neck dress standing on a vent, James Dean frowning, Elizabeth Taylor kneeling in a bikini, Charlton Heston in a chariot.

Now here is a reboot to cheer for! 'The Muppets' heralds the return of Jim Henson's beloved furry creations, resurrected from pop-culture irrelevance and lovingly restored to their former greatness in a vibrant comedy-musical.

FIONNUALA BRITTON beat a quality field to notch up another victory in Saturday’s IAAF Grand Challenge Cross Country International over a rain sodden course in Greenmount, Antrim.

FIONNUALA BRITTON beat a quality field to notch up another victory in Saturday’s IAAF Grand Challenge Cross Country International over a rain-sodden course in Greenmount, Antrim.

More than 20 homes have been destroyed by a fast-moving brush fire near Reno, Nevada, that has forced about 10,000 people to evacuate their neighbourhoods.

A state of emergency has been declared in northern Nevada today after a wind-whipped wildfire in Reno has destroyed more than 20 homes and forced the evacuation of thousands.

THE scene of Reno’s air race crash that killed nine people reveals the violence of the plane’s missile-like impact — a crater in the tarmac roughly 3 feet deep and 8 feet across with debris spread out over more than an acre.

The death toll from an air race crash in Reno, Nevada, rose to nine as investigators said the 1940s plane appeared to lose a piece of its tail before slamming into a crowded tarmac.