Belgian police say two bodies have been found after a fire at a student residence connected to the Irish college in the University town of Leuven in Belgium.

Irish media over the weekend has given publicity and expressed concern for the safety of four Irish citizens in Cairo.

After torching a Franciscan school, Islamists paraded three nuns on the streets like “prisoners of war” before a Muslim woman offered them refuge.

AUTHOR Frank McCourt has revisited the places of his wretched Limerick childhood.

AROUND 40 members of the Polish community in Cork were confirmed by the Bishop of Cork and Ross, John Buckley, in a packed church last night.