We’ve heard of people doing the dog on it before but an actual terrier nursing a hangover is a new one.

Graeme McDowell expects the cream to rise to the top during the World Cup of Golf in Melbourne but is feeling confident about Ireland’s chances.

While the future of the International Rules series is still being debated in Ireland, some of Australian’s leading AFL writers have called for an end to the hybrid game following Saturday’s 79-point thrashing in Croke Park.

The man who murdered Irish woman Jill Meagher in Australia has lodged an appeal against the length of his jail term.

Limited edition cheese and onion crisp flavoured chocolate bars have quickly sold out in Ireland.

The curse of the Irish mammy is now complete, reaching the other side of the world.

The man accused of killing Jill Meagher has returned to jail after severely injuring himself while on remand at a maximum-security prison.

Jill Meagher’s accused killer was recovering in hospital after severely injuring himself while on remand at a maximum-security prison.

Two Irishmen remain in a critical condition in Australia after a horror hammer attack at a Melbourne hostel left them with life-threatening injuries.

Jamie Oliver has called a journalist who quizzed him about his weight a "bitch".

AN Australian hospital was investigating after a woman carrying 32-week-old twins had the wrong foetus terminated in a botched procedure it called “a terrible tragedy”.

AN Australian player has been stripped of his berth on the International Rules for leaving the scene of a car accident.

French raider Dunaden enhanced his Emirates Melbourne Cup claims with victory in the Centrebet Geelong Cup.

ANTHONY TOHILL’S task of winning the Cormac McAnallen Cup in Australia became a lot harder at the weekend when Mayo’s Pearce Hanley, pictured, was arrested and Kerry’s Darran O’Sullivan was ruled out of the panel.

Helena Christensen has no interest in returning to the catwalk.

A HERO helicopter pilot has spoken of his horror after he rescued a pregnant woman only to discover she lost grip of her baby only moments earlier.

Orlando Bloom’s wife Miranda Kerr has reportedly gone into labour in Los Angeles.

Melbourne: Australia & New Zealand Banking Group Ltd said it was shocked to learn that a drug trafficking ring was allegedly operating from a bank office in Melbourne, and is helping police with the investigation.

A BABY had an extraordinary escape when his pushchair rolled off a station platform and under a train.

A man has been arrested on charges of raping his daughter for 30 years and fathering four children with her, it has been reported today.

A QANTAS jet was forced to make an emergency landing at Adelaide airport yesterday after a door opened during a flight to Melbourne.

It would once have seemed an unlikely friendship, given their prowess in different sports and their counties' neighbourly rivalry, but Cork's Setanta Ó hAilpín and Kerryman Tadhg Kennelly are now professional footballers and firm friends.

Former Cork minor hurler Aisake Ó hAilpín will join his brother Setanta on the Carlton Blues' senior list next week, the Melbourne-based club have confirmed.

SETANTA Ó hAILPíN hit the headlines in Australia yesterday after pictures of a training ground bust-up with team-mate Cain Ackland appeared in the country’s biggest selling newspaper, The Melbourne Herald Sun.

Graham Geraghty has his family on his mind after coming out of tonight's hearing at Croke Park, which cleared him of foul play and made him eligible to play in Sunday's International Rules second Test.

Kieren Fallon voiced concerns as to whether the Emirates Melbourne Cup on November 7 will be run to suit Yeats.

Former world number one Lleyton Hewitt has decided not to represent Australia at next year’s Olympic Games as the event takes place too soon before the US Open.