Elton John’s plan to adopt a child from Ukraine could result in more youngsters being abandoned, a children’s charity warned today.

Liverpool’s American owners Tom Hicks and George Gillett may face some difficult decisions regarding their continued involvement at Anfield but the future of the club is not under threat.

Connacht have strengthened their backroom team with a new skills and fitness coach and two new physios joining Michael Bradley's side.

Liverpool FC supporters in Ireland could make up more than a third of fans gearing up for a bold takeover.

TWO men were yesterday convicted of killing a student and jailed for seven years each.

The Irish Government is to spend almost €7.5m to fund a Chair of Irish Studies at the University of Liverpool in honour of outgoing British Prime Minister Tony Blair.

Thousands of Liverpool fans are expected to make the journey to Istanbul without tickets for the Champions League final in the hope of buying one on the black market.

TOXIC waste incinerators pose a serious health risk to babies and can cause deformed genitalia, cleft lips and learning difficulties in children, it was claimed yesterday.

ONE of three teenagers killed in a horrific car crash in the North was preparing to begin a university career, it emerged last night.

One of three teenagers killed in a horrific car crash in Northern Ireland was preparing to begin a university career, it emerged tonight.

THE body of missing backpacker Sean Kennedy was found in Australia yesterday, local police said.

THE parents of an Irish backpacker who went missing in Australia after getting into an argument at a concert have appealed for information on his whereabouts.

Rock band Ash appealed today to concert-goers to help trace a British fan who went missing after one of their gigs in Australia.

The Irish parents of a British backpacker who went missing in Australia after getting into an argument at a concert have appealed for information on his whereabouts.

AN Irishwoman yesterday made a public appeal to help find her English boyfriend who is missing in Australia.

Up to 220 young children a day could have been exposed to potentially dangerous levels of pesticides, just from eating a single apple or pear, it was claimed today.

Mercury Music Prize nominee Gemma Hayes is to tour the UK and Ireland this autumn.

Teenage Fanclub have announced details of an Irish and UK tour.

The parents of a murdered British backpacker have spoken of their increasing frustration that their daughter's killer has not been brought to justice.

Yoko Ono has bought her late husband John Lennon's childhood home to save it for the nation.

Nine British tourists have reported they have been raped in Thailand since the beginning of last year, the British Embassy in Bangkok said today.