Temple Street goes ‘off-call’ as precaution, transferring critically ill children, cancelling surgeries

EVERY now and then a photograph appears that brings the world to a standstill and makes us all pause for breath. 

Following a ground-breaking case in Germany last week, in which a former Auschwitz guard apologised for his crimes, Andrew Nagorski looks at the refusal of many former Nazis to say sorry.

Emperor Haile Selassie, ‘the conquering lion of the tribe of Judah’ and a direct descendant of Solomon, was an animal lover. Lions were taken from the wild in Ethiopia for his private menagerie.

Game of Thrones is a groundbreaking show for a lot of reasons but one major one is that it manages to take the production quality of a major movie and bring it to the small screen for 13 jaw dropping hours a season.

SCIENCE is everywhere. But the science most of us encounter in our everyday lives — in newspaper reports and political rhetoric, for instance — bears very little resemblance to the real thing, and says very little of the theory, meaning, and importance (or lack thereof) behind it.

The Shut Eye

Hollywood couple Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel yesterday received an apology in the High Court over an article published last month in Heat magazine.

Vincenzo Nibali has vowed to "honour the yellow jersey" by going all out for stage victory in today’s time trial on the penultimate day of the Tour de France.

History was made in Clare yesterday when, for the first time in the 38-year history of the Junior Tour, a rider successfully retained the title.

Tom Cruise has told a court he maintains a close relationship with his daughter Suri, despite his divorce from her mother and a hectic film schedule.

IT’S easy to love a dog.

A sperm donor in Kansas is fighting a state effort to force him to pay child support for a child conceived through artificial insemination by a lesbian couple.

Pat McQuaid breezes into the hotel foyer, unruffled by the mayhem of Christmas shopping.

The publisher of Life & Style and In Touch, which is being sued by Tom Cruise for printing that the Jack Reacher star had abandoned his daughter Suri following his divorce from Katie Holmes, has fired back at the actor’s suit.

US President Barack Obama’s campaign has recruited thousands of lawyers to be on standby for this year’s election as legal disputes surrounding the voting process escalate.

A FIRST ever British victory in the Emirates Melbourne Cup was prevented by the narrowest possible margin once again as Ed Dunlop’s Red Cadeaux succumbed to well-fancied French stayer Dunaden.

Brian Ellison’s luck was right in on Saturday as both of his runners made the final field for the Emirates Melbourne Cup at Flemington.

Luca Cumani feels Bauer could have the strongest chance of his three potential Emirates Melbourne Cup runners – provided the grey makes the cut for next Tuesday’s race.

24's Jack Bauer has been named as the hottest TV crime fighter ever.

IRAN’S state news agency reports that the two Americans freed from a Tehran prison after more than two years in custody have been flown out of Iran.

Two Americans jailed in Iran as spies have been released from Tehran’s prison after more than two years in custody.

Two Americans jailed as spies in Iran will be released today after a US$1m bail-for-freedom deal was approved by the courts clearing the way for the release of the men after more than two years in custody.

GALILEO’S CHOICE, a smooth winner of the Group 3 Kilternan Stakes at Leopardstown last weekend, looks unlikely to try to emulate the achievements of Vintage Crop and Media Puzzle in winning the Melbourne Cup for Dermot Weld, having failed to meet the criteria for the race.

So You Think was not among those to stand their ground at the latest forfeit stage for the Cox Plate on October 22.

Bauer is set to tackle the Geelong Cup in preparation for another crack at the Melbourne Cup following his superb victory at Haydock on Saturday.

WHILE Aidan O’Brien has opted to stay away, Dermot Weld has entered Sense Of Purpose, a four-year-old mare who has won her past two starts at Leopardstown, and Galileo’s Choice, who two starts ago won a maiden hurdle at Galway, in the Emirates Melbourne Cup at Flemington on November 1, for which there have been 163 nominations.

THE lawyer for two American men arrested more than two years ago in Iran and convicted on charges that include espionage said yesterday he will appeal the verdict and his clients’ eight-year prison sentences.

Two American men arrested more than two years ago while hiking along the Iraq-Iran border have been sentenced to eight years in prison for espionage and illegally entering Iran, state TV reported today.

BRIAN ELLISON has booked Kieren Fallon to ride Saptapadi in the Betfred Ebor at York on August 20.

Bauer is set to make a belated seasonal debut at Haydock on Saturday.

THE hour of the apocalypse came quietly and went the same way — leaving those who believed that Saturday evening would mark the world’s end confused, or more faithful, or just philosophical.

AN IRANIAN court held closed-door proceedings yesterday in the espionage trial of three Americans — two in custody and one freed on bail — whose 18-month detention has been the subject of impassioned family appeals and backdoor outreach by Washington through an Arab ally in the Gulf.

AMERICAIN broke new ground for France as he outstayed the local hero So You Think in the Emirates Melbourne Cup yesterday.

Americain broke new ground for France as he outstayed the local hero So You Think in the Emirates Melbourne Cup.

UNLESS Bauer or Manighar fulfil Luca Cumani’s burning ambition to lift Tuesday’s Emirates Melbourne Cup it sounds as if he will continue his pilgrimage to Australia until he does.

Group One winner Campanologist heads the runners in the Dubai Duty Free Arc Trial at Newbury tomorrow.

An American woman released by Iran after more than a year in prison flew out of the country tonight to the nearby Gulf nation of Oman to be reunited with her mother.

Michael Jarvis intends to give Rainbow Peak the chance to shine over a longer trip at Newbury on Friday.

Kieren Fallon hopes to be back in action tomorrow after giving up his rides for the second day running as he is still suffering from the effects of flu.

Ex-Irish runner Alandi has been allotted top weight for the Emirates Melbourne Cup at Flemington on November 2.

US TV network Fox announced that its action-packed real-time show starring Kiefer Sutherland as anti-terrorism agent Jack Bauer will close at the end of its current eighth season on May 24.

Kiefer Sutherland says ‘24’ keeps him fit.

IRAN said yesterday it would try three Americans jailed since crossing the border from Iraq in July, a step certain to aggravate the US at a time when Tehran is locked in a standoff with the West over its nuclear programme.