A Russian national coming home from a night out in Cork City was caught with a canister of CS gas in his possession and claimed he did not know it was illegal, as in his country they were commonly available from newsagents.

PARK STREET Cemetery in central Calcutta, or Kolkata as it is now known, is a good place to encounter the Irish who once served in the British army in India, including many who were employed as petty officials in the centuries before Indian independence.

The organiser of a fundraising national free-taking competition has strongly criticised Croke Park for forcing the event to be moved to a grounds outside the control of the GAA.

AN American motorcycle stuntman twice broke the world record for the longest distance jumped on a Harley-Davidson motorcycle yesterday, sailing through the air near Sydney Harbour to shatter the 10-year-old record.