A workplace accident has claimed the life of one man and injured two others.

Olympian Oscar Pistorius has been treated for injuries at a private hospital after claiming he fell out of bed in his cell at a South Africa prison where he is serving a six-year sentence for killing girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp.

The husband of Jo Cox has released a statement following her tragic death.

A man has died following a single car accident on the Killowen Road between Kilkeel and Rostrevor in Co Down.

Mike Ross is in danger of missing his major Ireland Test match since 2010.

Seven people have now been arrested in the stand-off in the north suburbs of Paris.

A man is in hospital after being hit by a bus in Dublin shortly after midnight.

A factory building under construction in an industrial area on the outskirts of Pakistan’s eastern city of Lahore has collapsed, killing at least 10 workers and injuring dozens.

The Open Championship is likely to be without its star attraction next week as world number one Rory McIlroy nurses a serious ankle injury.

The balcony collapse that killed six students in California may have been caused by rotten wooden beams.

A bison has seriously injured a tourist in Yellowstone National Park for the second time in three weeks.

Plans for Hidden Cyclone are on hold after the 10-year-old sustained a nasty gash on his leg in the Ryanair Chase at Cheltenham.

An engineer has told the High Court a “proper risk assessment” should be carried out in advance of throwing items in the air at Ann Summers lingerie parties in venues where alcohol is being served. He was not saying such parties should be banned, Barry Tennyson said.