GERMANY: A court has ruled that a tenant who likes to pee standing up does not owe his landlord money for damages caused by splashing or missing his target altogether.

IN September, the Outdoors page carried a piece on domestic cats and the damage they do to wildlife.

THE world population of the Stephen’s Island wren was wiped out by Tibbles, the lighthouse keeper’s cat.

BP boss Tony Hayward disputed claims today that large undersea plumes had been set adrift by the Gulf oil spill.

THE GAA have lined up two overseas experts to address their annual ‘Games Development Conference’ which is expected to attract over 700 delegates to Croke Park on November 28/29.

A US government spy agency is funding research into the “mass harvesting” of information that people post about themselves on websites like MySpace, it has been claimed.

Christmas is still going strong for 14-year-old Nick Waters.

Sean O’Riordan on a man who has every incentive to keep Georgia on his mind.