The Department of Foreign Affairs has confirmed that a man on death row in America has now been granted Irish citizenship and is receiving consular assistance.

The judge presiding over the case of an unarmed Florida teenager’s shooting death has removed herself after the defendant’s lawyer said she had a possible conflict of interest.

A SEVEN-YEAR legal battle was drawing to a tragic end for the parents of Terri Schiavo last night, as last-ditch efforts to have her feeding tube re-inserted were blocked yet again by the courts.