A British mass killer who shot five people dead in 1978 has died while serving an indefinite sentence for firearms and explosives offences.

A mass killer who shot dead five people during a one-day "orgy of terror" in 1978 has admitted possessing firearms and making an improvised explosive device.

Castlemartyr in East Cork may have been founded in 2008 but they are already poised to win their first pennant when the Munster finals of the AIG Irish Senior Cup take place at Shannon GC next month.

British high street sales have grown at their fastest pace for more than a year in September, figures from the CBI showed today in a further sign of recovery in the retail sector.

The UK's high street remained under intense pressure in May as sales plunged at their fastest pace in more than a year.

You pop into a bookshop for a browse and you end up meeting a former American president.

Ospreys 37 Glasgow 23

BRIAN CARNEY gave another glimpse of his rugby union promise with a second try-scoring appearance though it was too late to save Munster’s season from freefall.

Ospreys 20 Munster 12

Cardiff Blues won their eighth successive Magners League game in the Arms Park today. They met Ospreys, who were a point ahead of the Blues before the match.

Ospreys head coach Lyn Jones believes his side’s landmark tour victory over Australia has done Wales a massive favour ahead of Saturday’s Test at the Millennium Stadium.

OF all the overseas signings that Ulster have made in recent seasons, Wallaby Justin Harrison jumps out as the one to have made the biggest impact.

Argentina will be a whole new experience for new Wales coach Gareth Jenkins when his squad travel there next month.

Ospreys 15 Leicester 17

Super-sub Dan Hipkiss got Leicester out of jail with a dramatic late try that kept alive their Heineken Cup quarter-final hopes.

Munster 37 Ospreys 10

Some outstanding finishing by Munster saw Celtic League champions Ospreys ripped apart in a 37-10 clash in Cork.

DENIS LEAMY has been named in the centre alongside South African international Trevor Halstead for tonight's Celtic League clash with champions, the Ospreys (Musgrave Park, 6.pm).

Ospreys 22-20 Leinster

Internationals David Humphreys and Tyrone Howe return to Ulster's fold for the daunting away trip to Neath-Swansea Ospreys in the Celtic Cup quarter-final on Saturday.

Neath-Swansea Ospreys 30 Newport Gwent Dragons 0

Neath-Swansea Ospreys 30 Newport Gwent Dragons 0

BEFORE this season began, the big question about Munster captain Anthony Foley was whether or not he could continue to deliver the same high level of consistency that he had delivered heretofore.

NOT for the first time does a Munster victory leave us with more questions than answers.

ROB HENDERSON has been ruled out of Munster’s Heineken Cup Pool Four clash with Neath Swansea Ospreys at Thomond Park this evening (5.15pm, RTE and Sky Sports).

AS a portent of things to come, starting the year with a thoroughly deserved victory over a highly talented Leinster side is as good as it gets for Munster.

MUNSTER and Leinster are set to field their strongest possible sides for Saturday’s Celtic League clash at Musgrave Park.

Neath Ospreys 28 Llanelli Scarlets 7

MUNSTER are serious about taming the Ospreys in the Celtic League at Musgrave Park tomorrow night even though they meet them again in the Heineken Cup in January.

PERHAPS the expectation level was too high. Maybe it was the memory of the outstanding fare on offer last season in both semi-finals and final.

Wales coach Mike Ruddock has unsuccessfully tried to talk former Lions hooker Barry Williams out of international retirement for his team’s autumn Test matches.

CHRISTIAN CULLEN'S Munster debut will ensure a huge attendance at Musgrave Park tonight (kick-off 7.35) for the visit of the Welsh Ospreys in the Celtic League.

PADDY WALLACE helped consolidate Ulster's position at the top of the Celtic League with a four-try victory over a never-say-die Neath-Swansea Ospreys at Ravenhill.

Neath-Swansea Ospreys 42 Edinburgh 18

Gordon D'Arcy returns from a week's training with Ireland in Bilbao and starts at full-back for Leinster in the Celtic Cup game against Neath Swansea Ospreys.

The Neath-Swansea Ospreys team to play Leinster Lions in the Celtic Cup, at Donnybrook, on Friday September19, 2003, with kick off at 7.30pm, will be selected from the following squad:

WALES captain Jonathan Humphreys has been ruled out of Saturday’s RBS 6 Nations Championship showdown with France in Paris, almost certainly ending his international career.

Wales have called up uncapped Bridgend hooker Gareth Williams to the squad preparing for next Saturday’s RBS 6 Nations Championship opener against Italy in Rome.

WELSH coach Steve Hansen has named two uncapped players in his squad for the RBS Six Nations Championship.

Neath handed Amatori & Calvisano their first ever win in European rugby with a shocking second-half performance in the Heineken Cup Pool 1 clash at the tiny Centro Sportivo ground.

Steve Hansen has plenty of problems to tackle after embarking on his new appointment as Wales rugby coach with the 27-22 defeat by Scotland - but the shambolic line-out is undoubtedly top of his list.