Scores of young bookworms packed Cork City Library yesterday to hear international best-selling author Darren Shan read from his latest book.

Benedict Cumberbatch is scarred from his carjacking horror.

Bereaved families and survivors of the 7/7 attacks have withdrawn a legal attempt to force the Government to hold an independent inquiry into the atrocity.

Former News of the World editor Andy Coulson was released from police custody tonight after being arrested over allegations of phone hacking and payments to officers.

AN Irish journalist whose phone may have been hacked by the News of the World after he wrote a book on Provisional IRA informer “Stakeknife” has insisted there are more victims in this country.

A SENATOR has called on Irish authorities to investigate if the News of the World phone-hacking scandal was repeated here.

Each of the 52 victims of the July 7 2005 terrorist attacks in London would have died "whatever time the emergency services reached and rescued them", a coroner ruled today.

Relatives of those killed in the 7/7 bombings called on a coroner today to make a series of recommendations to prevent future deaths.

Only half the ambulances available were sent to help victims of the 7/7 bombings, the inquest into the attacks heard today.

A survivor of the 7/7 attacks today relived the moment a suicide bomber targeted his Tube train and the horrific scenes that followed the blast.

Tube travellers displayed “remarkable heroism” in risking their lives to help injured and dying victims of the 7/7 attacks, an inquest heard today.

The 52 victims of the 7/7 London bombings were murdered in acts of “mindless savagery”, the inquests into their deaths heard today.

The inquests into the 7/7 London bombings got under way today with a minute’s silence for those who died.

BRITISH MPs launched a major new inquiry into the July 7 bombings on the anniversary of the attacks yesterday.

Fears over the US financial sector sent blue chips more than 2% lower today in another turbulent session for the London market.

Britain’s top police officer was criticised by a watchdog today for delaying the investigation into the shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes.

A MAN who lost both legs in the July 7 London bombings hopes to walk down the aisle when he gets married next week.

THE image is still clear in Tony Whelan’s mind. His 17-year-old daughter stands in the doorway, home from a night out, no longer a girl, but a woman.

The suspect package that sparked the second major security scare at Dublin Airport this week was a bag inadvertently left behind by a departing passenger, it was confirmed tonight.