Security services are facing mounting questions over claims that the British graduate believed to be murderous extremist Jihadi John was known to MI5.

Mohammed Emwazi, the Briton identified in reports as Islamic State executioner ‘Jihadi John’, has been described as “extremely kind” and “extremely gentle” by a man who has known him since 2009.

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An Irish youth theatre group plans to stage for the first time here a bold adaptation of a critically-acclaimed play based on the 9/11 terrorist attacks.

After taking an enormous bite of the Big Apple over the last six days, courtesy of the National Lottery, 78 prize winners touch down in Dublin Airport this morning laden with shopping and wonderful memories.

Confined to the basement of a CIA secret prison in Romania about a decade ago, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the admitted mastermind of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, asked his jailers whether he could embark on an unusual project: Would the spy agency allow Mohammed, who had earned his bachelor degree in mechanical engineering, to design a vacuum cleaner?

THE significance and importance of Ryanair ordering the purchase of 175 aircraft from Boeing seems to have flown over the heads of many people in Ireland.

The US brokerage firm Cantor Fitzgerald has taken over the Dublin-based stockbroking firm Dolmen for an undisclosed fee.

From celeb-filled fundraisers in Manhattan’s Greenwich Village to state dinners at the White House, rumours of political aspirations for the Vogue editrix are flying around town.

FRANCE coach Marc Lievremont believes he has an international consensus to boot England out of the rugby World Cup.

Tánaiste and Foreign Affairs Minister Eamon Gilmore will address the UN General Assembly this week, setting out Ireland’s foreign policy priorities.

IT was that hapless England soccer manager Graham Taylor who, on the eve of the 1992 European Championships, urged his country’s armchair supporters to “put your feet up and enjoy the football”.

USA coach Eddie O’Sullivan appears to have hammered home the message that emotions must not ground his Eagles when they take on Ireland on the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks.

Lady Gaga thinks the city of New York is her "husband".

DECLAN KIDNEY has entrusted Conor Murray with steering Ireland to an opening World Cup win after giving the Munster scrum-half his first international start in Sunday’s Pool C clash with the United States.

IRELAND will join their American opponents on Sunday to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks before both sides aim to get their Rugby World Cup campaigns off to a winning start at Stadium Taranaki.

US president Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama will attend events in New York City, Pennsylvania and Washington next month to mark the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks.

Justin Bieber is set to meet a 9/11 victim's daughter after a request from US President Barack Obama.

Scores of people gathered in Afghanistan’s capital Kabul today to denounce a US church’s plan to burn the Islamic holy book the Koran.

All but a few flights in and out of the UK will remain grounded until 1am tomorrow, it was announced today.

Wesley Snipes is appealing his three-year prison sentence for tax evasion, arguing his work helping to thwart terrorists makes him a national hero, according to reports.

Controversial filmmaker Michael Moore confesses he shouldn't be allowed to make a sequel to his controversial documentary 'Fahrenheit 9/11' - because its plot is "toxic".

LOTFI RAISSI, the Algerian wrongly accused of training pilots involved in the 9/11 terrorist attacks in New York, should be allowed to claim compensation, the Court of Appeal ruled yesterday.

John Travolta has defended fellow Scientologist Tom Cruise's right to believe in what he likes after the actor attracted criticism for comments he made in video footage leaked online.

John Travolta has defended fellow Scientologist Tom Cruise's right to believe in what he likes after the actor attracted criticism for comments he made in video footage leaked online.

Tom Cruise's producer partner Paula Wagner has slammed the Hollywood star's critics, insisting the actor has become a victim of religious prejudice because he is a Scientologist.

The ISEQ index of Irish shares saw an upward swing this morning after yesterday's bruising losses.

The FTSE 100 Index is widely expected to enjoy a slight bounce back when markets open today with a recovery on Wall Street last week helping to boost investor confidence.

Investors were today hoping for an element of calm on the London market when trading commences this week.

British Airways' finances received a vote of confidence today after the company's credit rating was upgraded to its highest level for almost four years.

The Bank of England celebrates the 10th anniversary of its independence to set interest rates on Sunday.

A parish priest was today found guilty in England of sexually abusing a string of boys over nearly 30 years.

Taoiseach Bertie Ahern has today paid tribute to the emergency services which lost personnel in the Twin Towers following the 9/11 terrorist attacks in New York.

Oliver Stone is set to direct another movie based on the 9/11 terrorist attacks on America following his recent film World Trade Centre.

Oliver Stone wants to make another movie about the 9/11 terrorist attacks, because the subject matter is too "huge" to cover in one film.

AN AER RIANTA telephonist, who claimed she suffered post-traumatic stress disorder after taking a bomb call which later turned out to be a hoax at Dublin Airport, yesterday settled her action for damages in the High Court.

Osama bin Laden’s sister-in-law wants the terror chief brought to justice, she said.

MITRA Gopaul has trouble sleeping. Eddie Ho has repeated flashbacks. And some children are still clinging to their parents more than a week after surviving the Air France crash on the runway of Canada’s busiest airport.

A SIREN wailed and a bronze bell rang as Nagasaki marked the moment 60 years ago when an American plane dropped a plutonium bomb, killing 80,000 people and sealing Japan’s Second World War defeat.

A siren wailed and a bronze bell rang as Nagasaki marked the moment 60 years ago when an American plane appeared in its skies and dropped the “Fat Man” plutonium bomb, killing 80,000 people and sealing Japan’s Second World War defeat.

BRITISH Prime Minister Tony Blair said yesterday that Britain would not “give one inch” to terrorists on his policy on Iraq and the Middle East.

THERE have been no reported attacks directed at the 20,000-strong Muslim community living in Ireland as a result of the London bombings.

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THE US economy may grow 4% this year and has begun an “expansion phase,” said John Taylor, the treasury’s undersecretary for international affairs.