Outbreaks the size of small cities are spreading across East Africa, with the flying insects devouring crops and depriving many millions of people of food, says Anne O’Mahony

SECRETIVE North Korea finally admitted last night that several hundred people were killed and thousands injured when trains carrying explosives and blew up in a station.

IF you fancy the West Cork country house lifestyle, then a former rectory will always fit the bill.

The parents of a 14-year-old severely disabled boy, who failed to win an action alleging medical negligence against a Cork hospital, have been hit with a bill for £3m.