A retired French secret service agent has apologised for planting the bombs which sank a Greenpeace ship 30 years ago, killing a photographer and causing an international incident that tarnished the image of France.

If you’d asked me about The Vamps two weeks ago, I would have furrowed my brow, pursed my lips and eventually asked, ‘Aren’t they kind of like One Direction?

One Direction superstar Niall Horan will caddie for Rory McIlroy at the Masters Par 3 competition which takes place today in Augusta.

Parents in Raheen Gaelscoil in Limerick have voted to hold next year's Holy Communion on May 24 - despite the fact that it clashes with a One Direction Concert.

Chart-topping star Florence Welch showed she was also number one in the glamour stakes at the Brit Awards tonight as she became pop royalty in a dazzling gown.