The Army bomb disposal team has made safe an improvised bomb and a quantity of dangerous chemicals discovered at two separate locations in Dublin today.

Supermodel Rachel Hunter was rushed to a London hospital on Sunday after doubling up with stomach pains.

A BABY born using sperm which was frozen for 21 years is believed to mark a world record in fertility treatment, British researchers said yesterday.

AFTER being trapped under a boulder for five days in a remote area of southern Utah, USA, Aron Ralston resorted to a desperate measure. He cut off his arm with a pocketknife, according to the sheriff’s deputies. Officers found Ralston around 3pm on Thursday walking and covered in blood.

Student nurses at a hospital in Co Louth are to protest today in a row over travel expenses.

The Irish Nurses Organisation (INO) has begun a work-to-rule at St Mary's Hospital in Delvin, Co Westmeath.

Workers in the Meath Community Unit and St Mary's Hospital in Dublin's Phoenix Park are due to go on strike today to show solidarity with sacked cleaning staff.

Siamese twin Jodie could be discharged from hospital in as little as two weeks' time.

British police say six people were injured when a 6,000-ton mudslide hit a seaside hotel.

Conjoined twin Mary - who died during an operation to save her sister Jodie in Manchester - has been buried on the Maltese island of Gozo.

Hospital managers say surviving Siamese twin Jodie should be allowed home by spring or early summer.