British politicians have welcomed reports that The Sun has dropped Page 3 girls — with one branding the feature “old-fashioned sexism”.

HE burst out onto Edinburgh’s Royal Mile from a side street after the results swung against separation, and channelling the words of that little-known unionist Amy Winehouse, loudly sang: "They tried to make me leave the UK, I said: No! No! No!"

The contents of the Micheál Martin tapes were shocking.

With an unrivalled site, oodles of space and a contemporary look with cedar trim, No 3 Kings Wood is ready to move into, writes Tommy Barker

HOSNI Mubarak, struggling to cling on as Egypt’s president in the face of unprecedented protests over poverty, corruption and oppression, said last night he would transfer powers to his vice president.

BUILT just too early for all the flashness of the boom-to-bust era, the big family homes at Berkeley, off Cork city’s Carr’s Hill outside Douglas are unflashy, timeless and well-designed houses, which are standing the test of time.

No Doubt are suing the makers of a music video game.

EUROPE Minister Dick Roche has become the first member of Government to express an interest in the job as Ireland’s European Commissioner, saying he would like to take up the position when Charlie McCreevy’s term ends next month.

One of the country's leading political summer schools has urged French President Nicolas Sarkozy to clear his diary and attend a public debate on the future of Europe.

U2 have knocked Eminem off the top of the American charts, with an album twice as successful as their previous offering.

Objectors to a proposed incinerator in Co. Meath have failed to have planning permission for the project overturned by the High Court.

MENTION Menloe, and Cork’s upwardly mobile house hunters get all misty-eyed: the address sets off alarm bells of covetousness.

ANTI-EU Nice Treaty campaigners last night were taken to task for a poster described as dangerous and offensive because it evoked suicide.

An anti-Treaty of Nice referendum group today failed to win a High Court injunction preventing Taoiseach Bertie Ahern from repeating allegations about the source of its funding.

The Yes and No camps in the Nice Treaty campaign will make a final push to gain votes later today.