East London, five o’clock in the morning. I’m in a taxi, heading from my son’s house towards my sister’s apartment and, I hope, complete oblivion.

In his WWII victory address 70 years ago, Ryle Dwyer argues that Winston Churchill’s comments sparked Eamon de Valera’s finest hour.

Cork-based oncologist Aileen Flavin describes the moment the earthquake struck in Nepal, and the chaos that ensued as locals and tourists alike struggled to survive in the aftermath of the disaster.

ALL IS suspense and tension upstairs in bed; we are watching the final episode of The Last Tango in Halifax, series two, on Netflix. 

Japanese men, not unlike their Irish counterparts, can find romance hard, says Jonathan de Burca Butler . So they created Love Your Wife Day to help men express their love for thier other halves

Neuroscientists are finding out that the context in which we eat or drink, influences our taste buds, reports Dan Buckley

THEY can fight the Pakistani army, attempt to kill the country’s commander-in-chief, and even wage a glorious holy war against the US and other imperial forces.

A former BBC radio presenter, who was hailed by Burma’s Aung San Suu Kyi for entertaining her over the airwaves during her years in captivity, has been charged with numerous sex crimes over a 30-year period, London police said yesterday.

I’m going to go back to my RTÉ days for my best interview.

One of the BBC’s most familiar voices for four decades, James Alexander Gordon, is bowing out from reading the classified football results on radio after having his larynx removed.

FIFA’s ethics committee have opened investigation proceedings against Mohamed bin Hammam.

IT was just after 9am when the phone rang in my hotel room in Montecatini.

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BBC World Service broadcasts will benefit from a £90m British government grant less than a year after the body revealed cuts to jobs and services.

EU leaders are today set to demand that Colonel Muammar Gaddafi gives up power in Libya with immediate effect – just as his regime regains ground from rebel forces trying to overthrow him.

The British government was warned today that it risked hitting Britain's reputation across the world after funding cuts were blamed for the loss of 650 jobs and the closure of five language services at the BBC World Service.

THE GOVERNMENT could announce its restructuring plan for the country’s major banks in the coming days — possibly before the end of the weekend.

FOR MOST of the last 10 years I’ve presented a programme called ‘World Football’ on BBC World Service.

IAN PAISLEY has condemned an invitation for the Pope to visit Britain later this year and slammed child-abusing Catholic priests as “anti-Christ”.

South Africa is ready to stage a "Ferrari" of a World Cup as today's big kick-off approaches.

CLAIMS that aid money sent to Ethiopia was spent on weapons are “palpable nonsense”, Band Aid founder Bob Geldof said yesterday.

Claims that aid money sent to Ethiopia was spent on weapons are “palpable nonsense”, Band Aid founder Bob Geldof said today.

The Band Aid Trust will complain to the British broadcasting watchdog Ofcom about a BBC report that alleged millions of pounds raised for famine relief in Ethiopia was spent on weapons, one of its trustees said today.

Vast sums promised by rich nations including the UK to help developing countries tackle climate change cannot be accounted for, according to a study revealed today.

Huge quantities of drugs such as cannabis and cocaine are feeding the rapid spread of violent behaviour, warns consultant Chris Luke

ONE man’s violent revolution to end oppression is another man’s treason.

THE practice by BBC Northern Ireland of insisting that all their TV broadcasters and presenters wear the poppy while at work must surely tarnish the image of impartiality which the BBC likes to portray of itself.

Zimbabwe holds its one-candidate presidential run-off today with President Robert Mugabe expected to orchestrate a mass turnout of voters in a show of strength designed to emphasise his hold on power.

GLOBAL fame beckons, but Irish voters have just six days left to claim a space for either Cork or Waterford on the first worldwide Monopoly board game.

A global media watchdog today protested against the decision by a Russian radio station to take Russian-language FM broadcasts by the BBC off the air.

The BBC World Service is to be removed from FM radio in Russia at the request of the Russian authorities, the BBC said today.

Football Association chief executive Brian Barwick has expressed his disappointment following remarks criticising England by FIFA vice-president Jack Warner.

THE parents of kidnapped BBC journalist Alan Johnston yesterday said “the nightmare is over” as they arrived to smiles and applause at London’s Heathrow Airport.

A MASS grave containing hundreds of bodies has been discovered in an underground prison north of the Afghan capital, the BBC reported last night.

THE former head of the World Bank Paul Wolfowitz, who resigned in a row about his companion’s promotion, yesterday said he had been forced to quit because emotions at the organisation had become “overheated”.

A tape purportedly from the kidnappers of journalist Alan Johnston is being looked at by the BBC.

A claim that kidnapped journalist Alan Johnston has been killed remains unconfirmed today.

The alleged poisoning of Alexander Litvinenko recalls the case of Bulgarian dissident Georgi Markov, who was assassinated nearly 30 years ago.

ALMOST two-thirds of the world’s population do not believe their country is governed by the will of the people, according to one of the biggest surveys of public opinion ever undertaken.

IN Geneva, they read patriotic poetry. In Vienna, they drowned their sorrows and plotted their revenge. In London, they staged a candlelight protest outside the US Embassy.

In Geneva, they’ll read patriotic poetry. In Vienna, they’ll drown their sorrows and plot their revenge.

REBEL Shi’ite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr’s gunmen removed their weapons from the revered Imam Ali Shrine in Najaf yesterday in a step aimed at ending the two-week-old uprising.

Militiamen loyal to rebel Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr removed their weapons from the revered Imam Ali Shrine in Najaf today as a two-week-old uprising centred on the holy site appeared to be drawing to an end.