Detectives are investigating the alleged murder of three young boys in connection with a Westminster paedophile ring and have appealed for any sexual abuse victims to come forward.

The provisional liquidator appointed to the company that publishes Buy and Sell magazine, yesterday asked the High Court for permission to sell it to a subsidiary firm of the Denis O’Brien-owned Communicorp.

Formula One supremo Bernie Ecclestone has confirmed there are likely to be two new teams on the grid from next season.

Midland rivals Carlow and Laois will make history next week when they meet in the first ever Championship match to be played on a Friday night.

A scrap metal company has sued Kilkenny County Council in the High Court over allegedly costing it hundreds of thousands of euro by wrongly classifying their product as hazardous waste.

British transport firm Arriva today said talks with France’s national rail operator about creating a new European industry giant had come to nothing.

Lufthansa’s takeover of British Midland was approved by the European Commission today.

Ireland beat the USA 9-3 at the National Stadium in Dublin last night to take a commanding advantage into Sundays second meeting between the nations at the Arch Centre in Athy.

DAVID OLIVER JOYCE (St Michael’s, Athy) and Carl Frampton (Midland) claim star billing when they meet for the third time in a year in the featherweight final at the National Senior Championships in the National Stadium tonight.

JOHN JOE JOYCE (St Michael’s, Athy) stamped his name on the list for next month’s European championships with an emphatic 20-4 victory over the plucky Ballymena light welterweight, Stephen Donnelly (All Saints), in the finals of the open tournament held to help select the team for Liverpool.

Reigning Irish featherweight champion David Oliver Joyce will miss tonight's Open Senior Competition final with Carl Frampton because of an illness.

Transport group Go-Ahead today said a strong performance from its bus division helped lift underlying pre-tax profits by more than 14% to £58.3m (€78.3m).

AER LINGUS filled just over a quarter of its seats on some flights from its new base in Belfast last month.

Formula One will stage its first night race next year after plans for a floodlit event in Singapore were confirmed.

Fernando Alonso took full advantage of Michael Schumacher’s Ferrari suffering engine failure to win the Japanese Grand Prix at Suzuka and put him within touching distance of retaining his world title.

Ferrari’s Michael Schumacher snatched a thrilling victory in the Chinese Grand Prix to take the world championship lead with just two races of the season remaining.

Spyker’s first full season in Formula One will be powered by Ferrari engines, the team have announced.

World champion Fernando Alonso will start the Chinese Grand Prix from pole position after setting the fastest time in qualifying today.

Jenson Button broke his Formula One duck in amazing style at the Hungaroring today when he won a thrilling Hungarian Grand Prix from 14th on the grid.

Kimi Raikkonen took a surprise pole position for the German Grand Prix today at Hockenheim.

Michael Schumacher bolstered his world championship ambitions with a dominant victory in the French Grand Prix at Magny-Cours today.

Michael Schumacher scampered into the lead of the French Grand Prix at the start as team-mate Felipe Massa fought a rearguard action to keep Fernando Alonso at bay.

Michael Schumacher took pole position for the French Grand Prix today as Ferrari delivered a body blow to Renault on their home ground at Magny-Cours.

Formula One could become a billion-dollar waste of money next season, according to leading team bosses.

BMW-Sauber raised eyebrows with an unusual addition to their car when practice began for the French Grand Prix at Magny-Cours this morning.

Michael Schumacher gave his world championship ambitions a shot in the arm by taking pole position for the United States Grand Prix at Indianapolis today.

Anthony Davidson was fastest when practice began for the United States Grand Prix but the first track action of the weekend at Indianapolis played second fiddle to this afternoon’s World Cup action.

Fernando Alonso kept his cool in the Montreal heat to win the Canadian Grand Prix for his fourth consecutive victory to bring a second world championship inexorably closer.

Robert Kubica was in a class of his own when practice began for the Canadian Grand Prix in Montreal today as Michael Schumacher gave his chances a boost.

Fernando Alonso dominated the British Grand Prix to win for the third consecutive race and move one step closer to retaining his world championship.

Fernando Alonso clinched his fourth successive pole position on a day of disaster for Jenson Button.

Michael Schumacher took pole position for the Monaco Grand Prix after his late spin ruined Fernando Alonso’s chances.

World champion Fernando Alonso scored an emotional home victory in the Spanish Grand Prix in Barcelona to end Michael Schumacher’s winning streak.

Fernando Alonso held off team-mate Giancarlo Fisichella to lead the opening lap of the Spanish Grand Prix in front of a sell-out 130,000 crowd in Barcelona.

Fernando Alonso sent his home crowd into raptures by taking pole position for the Spanish Grand Prix at Barcelona today.

The dispute over Formula One’s future is nearing a resolution after top-level talks at Imola today.

Fernando Alonso claimed his Australian Grand Prix win was never in doubt after a dominant display in a “crazy” race.

Formula One has moved a step closer to resolving the dispute which threatened its future after five manufacturer-backed teams entered the 2008 championship.

Renault’s Giancarlo Fisichella pipped Jenson Button in his Honda to pole position in a hectic qualifying session at Sepang.

World champion Fernando Alonso won a wheel-to-wheel duel with Michael Schumacher to start his title defence with victory in the Bahrain Grand Prix today.

Michael Schumacher held his pole position advantage at the start of the Bahrain Grand Prix as Jenson Button’s hopes took an early blow.

Michael Schumacher equalled Ayrton Senna’s pole position record to take top spot on the grid for the Bahrain Grand Prix today as Kimi Raikkonen’s title challenge got off to the worst possible start.

Jenson Button backed up his pre-season promise by setting the fastest time in practice for the Bahrain Grand Prix today.

Kimi Raikkonen’s world championship challenge got off to a familiarly frustrating start in Bahrain today.