Relatives of gun spree killer Derrick Bird would apologise to his victims' families "if they had the strength", a close friend said today as memorial services were held to remember the dead.

THOSE who knew him were at a loss as to why Derrick Bird turned into a killer.

DESPITE advances in the past 100 years, Ireland remains one of the least wooded countries in Europe with only 10% of our land planted with trees compared to the European average of 40%.

Tom Selleck's dream of becoming a cattle rancher has hit a setback - he can't kill his cows and they're too fat for sex.

They renamed the Taoiseach on St Patrick’s Day in the United States.