USA: A stuffed armadillo that serves as an on-stage mascot for country music legend Willie Nelson has been returned after being kidnapped from a Las Vegas-area show.

A couple who bought a sofa from a charity shop got an extra surprise when they found a cat trapped inside it.

A MISSOURI man and his four sons were charged with the ritualistic sexual abuse of his six grandchildren and police were yesterday searching the family farm for bodies that may be buried there.

TÁNAISTE Mary Harney insisted yesterday that the IDA was close to finding a replacement plant for more than 300 Donegal workers who have lost their jobs.

The Government today claimed it would fully support almost 300 people who are to lose their jobs with the closure of a textile factory in Donegal.