New Zealand and former Ireland cricketer Jesse Ryder is in an induced coma after being seriously hurt in a fight outside a bar.

POLICE in New Zealand have arrested a man in connection with an alleged £28 billion (€40bn) conspiracy to defraud the Bank of England.

CLOSURE of three level crossings and their replacement with a large bridge are planned by Iarnród Eireann under the company’s proposed €139 million new rail network for Cork.