THE minister responsible for women’s equality denies the Government has anything to apologise for.

THE Fianna Fáil/Pegressive Democrat coalition has presided over many a fiasco, but its treatment of victims of sexual assault and violence is particularly shameful.

Northern California residents were braced for a second storm to hit the region tonight, a day after the first sent rivers flooding into cities and mud sliding into homes and on highways.

Australia LNG said the 25-year contract won by its North West Shelf (NWS) Venture from China National Offshore Oil Corp to supply 3 million tonnes a year of LNG to a terminal being built in Guangdong could be the first step in a wider energy alliance between the two countries.