The Ger Loughnane Cancer Challenge dominates the Clare GAA scene this weekend as the former All-Ireland-winning boss attempts to raise €40,000 to improve facilities for patients and their families at hospitals in Limerick and Dublin.

A religious campaign in Australia has been criticised for playing down the effects of smoking with billboards outside churches saying: “Smoking won’t kill you in the next life. Sin will.”

The wait was finally over this morning as thousands of Harry Potter fans got their hands on copies of the seventh and final book.

A Ken Dodd fan is in custody in the UK after she was accused of harassing the legendary comic's long-term partner.