The OECD has hailed the Government’s decision to abolish the controversial ‘double Irish’ tax avoidance programme as "a very smart move" and said it had no concerns that it would take six years to fully phase out the scheme.

The US Secret Service sex scandal has spawned X-rated jokes, inspired a spicy song set to a local Caribbean beat, and made an unlikely celebrity of a 42-year-old taxi driver who lives with his mother and now seems to be in hiding.

TENS of thousands of South Korean farmers and workers clashed with riot police yesterday at a rally against a free trade agreement with the US.

KATE and Gerry McCann now have the headache of meeting hefty legal bills to try to prove their innocence.

European Union trade ministers yesterday backed a full investigation into allegations that cheap textiles and clothing from China were flooding the EU market, but disagreed on imposing fast action to block imports.

SOUTH KOREAN farmers and riot police clashed yesterday as thousands rallied to urge parliament not to ratify a free trade agreement with Chile.