New location, same old Conor McGregor. The self-anointed king of combat sports hit New York City last night with all of the trademark ferocity and farce we have come to expect, turning the final pre-fight press conference for UFC 205 into an off-Broadway pantomime.

Dubai shattered the world record for the largest ever pyrotechnic display on New Year’s Eve with a show involving more than half a million fireworks, Guinness World Records said yesterday.

FIREWORKS exploded over Sydney’s shimmering harbour yesterday as the world’s first major city to ring in 2009 celebrated the end of a rocky year with cheers, beers and a sense of relief.

A 14-year-old boy has today been remanded in custody in connection with the petrol bombing of a nightclub in Newcastle West in Limerick during the early hours of Sunday morning.

FIREWORKS should be legalised. That way they could be sold in shops under strict supervision and substandard crackers would be eliminated.