Curragh-based handler Con Collins, successful with Princess Pati in the Irish Oaks of 1984, died on Tuesday morning at the age of 82.

A US judge has thrown out a lawsuit against Michael Jackson filed by a man who claimed that the pop star molested him more than 20 years ago.

A host of music artists including Bono have recorded a new version of the charity song Do They Know It’s Christmas?

George Bush plans to spend a record €186m on his re-election campaign which will be launched near the third anniversary of the September 11 attacks, it was reported today.

Figure skating star Katarina Witt stepped up her resistance to the release of her East German secret police file today, as the government agency that controls the files confirmed she was ‘‘significantly supported’’ by the Stasi.