Normal business has resumed at Limerick District Court after proceedings were interrupted when a man, who was appearing in front of judge Mary Larkin, ended up on the floor of the courtroom after his chair collapsed underneath him, writes David Raleigh.

In Northern Ireland a 14-year-old boy has gone in to kidney failure after he is suspected of taking drugs.

Doctors have warned of the dangers of alternative medicines after a four-year-old autistic boy was admitted to hospital suffering adverse effects from a cocktail of supplements.

Lamar Odom didn’t last long at the glittering intersection of championship success and Hollywood celebrity.

Former NBA and reality TV star, Lamar Odom, has been hospitalised after he was found unconscious at a US brothel.