ENGLAND: The top cats in Whitehall have apparently ceased hostilities after a “fracas”, new Commons Leader David Lidington has reassured MPs.

Tommy Barker went halfway up the Wild Atlantic Way to dip a toe in the waters of Ennistymon Falls.

Noel Connolly with his bikes at home in Athenry, County Galway.

ONCE more associated with those who wanted to drop out, Harley-Davidson is targeting those logging in to boost sales.

Bikers from across Ireland, Britain and the United States have hit the road for Doolin, which is hosting an inaugural Harley Davidson festival.

Lego is giving children a chance to put their own blocks on the screen with a product that copies their creations into phone and tablet games-

A Harley-Davidson motorbike that briefly belonged to Pope Francis was sold to a mystery European buyer for €210,000 at a high-profile auction in Paris.

There was more than one storyline playing out on the US stock market today.

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A nearly-70ft dock torn from a fishing port in northern Japan during the tsunami drifted thousands of miles across the Pacific Ocean and floated ashore on an Oregon beach.

One of Ireland’s largest maritime festivals kicks off in Cork tonight marking the start of a bumper bank holiday weekend of water and land-based activity.

GEORGE Clooney has nothing to prove as an actor and he knows it.

Strong profits and a bipartisan plan to lift the US debt limit have driven a stock market rebound on Wall Street.

A MOTORCYCLIST participating in a protest ride against helmet laws in New York state died after he flipped over the bike’s handlebars and hit his head on the road.

STAR TREK creator Gene Roddenberry’s collection of personal effects and show memorabilia are going up for auction.

Kelly Brook is glad she can marry for love not money.

AN American motorcycle stuntman twice broke the world record for the longest distance jumped on a Harley-Davidson motorcycle yesterday, sailing through the air near Sydney Harbour to shatter the 10-year-old record.

Bruce Springsteen ended his world tour over the weekend, toned down but revved up.

DO you have any idea how much a Harley-Davidson motorcycle costs? I wanted to find out, because there was a time when you simply wouldn’t see one on Ireland’s roads.

HARLEY-Davidson says it has reached a tentative agreement to end a strike by 2,800 workers at its largest plant.

Gardaí are investigating a road crash in Co Kerry this morning which claimed the lives of two motorcyclists.

Officials today ordered residents to evacuate from the lower Florida Keys as a strengthening Tropical Storm Rita headed toward the island chain, threatening to grow into a hurricane with a potential eight-foot storm surge.

A sharp slide in oil prices was not enough to keep US stocks aloft today as March retail sales fell short of expectations and investors grew apprehensive about weak consumer spending.

A MOTHER-OF-TWO is gearing up for a 2,448-mile motorcycle ride along America’s famous Route 66, in a fundraising drive for Temple Street Children’s Hospital in Dublin.

European and Asian nations united today to demand that the US drop its duties on imported steel or face the billions of pounds in retaliation against products ranging from oranges to Harley-Davidson motorcycles.

FORGET ceasefires and free elections. The real sign of peace to come to Iraq could well be in the form of an Irish car salesman.

The US, still horrified by the September 11 attacks, will mark the second anniversary tomorrow with moments of silence and bursts of patriotic song, by gathering in peaceful memorial gardens and busy public squares, and by reaching out to each other.

US motorcycle giant Harley-Davidson's stock price is holding up even as the overall market plunges.