It may centre on three days of bumper-packed horse racing but the Easter weekend in Mallow will offer festival fun for all the family.

More than 300 women braved unpredictable British summer weather today as they attempted to break a world record for the most bikini-clad women ever photographed together

A STATUE of legendary playwright John B Keane, in his hometown Listowel, has been removed temporarily after it became unsteady during Christmas.

Pop stars, film stars, royalty and supermodels strutted down the catwalk to raise money for the victims of the UK floods – while supermodel Kate Moss donated £25,000 (€35,844) to the cause.

AN AFGHAN infant taken to the US for critical heart surgery died yesterday, two days after his joyous homecoming.

Red Cross officials in India’s remote Andaman islands accused the government of ”hijacking” their relief materials today, as squabbles over aid continued in the archipelago devastated by the tsunami.

HUNGRY, thirsty and increasingly desperate Haitians burned tyres in protest and attacked aid trucks and people carrying scarce food and water as workers struggled to bury thousands of victims of Tropical Storm Jeanne.

A MINUTE’S silence will mark a million screams today as the country stands still to remember the dead of the September 11 attacks.

THE parents of Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman faced added torment last night after post mortem examinations on their daughters’ bodies failed to pin-point the cause of death.

Four people died when a light aircraft crashed in Portugal, UK diplomatic sources said today.