John Mahoney has been to Galway so many times, there’s a danger people will forget what he’s best known for. Mahoney for years played Marty Crane, the cranky father to two psychiatrists in sublime US sitcom Frasier-

The head of one of the country’s largest private healthcare providers has confirmed that the Mater Private Hospital is planning to open in Cork on Jan 2.

A PRIVATE equity firm with a majority stake in the Mater Private hospital is believed to be one of a number of potential investors in discussions with a new hospital which has had to close because it cannot get VHI approval.

The drug-runner who murdered British backpacker Peter Falconio will serve at least 28 years in prison before being considered for parole, a court heard today.

Drug-runner Bradley Murdoch was today found guilty of murdering British backpacker Peter Falconio on a remote stretch of desert highway in the Australian Outback more than four years ago.

THE girlfriend of a British backpacker murdered on a desert road more than four years ago told a court yesterday she was “very positive” she had identified his killer.

The girlfriend of a British backpacker killed in the Australian outback more than four years ago identified her attacker to police in the year after her attack, a court heard today.

The Australian trial of a mechanic charged with murdering a British backpacker on an outback highway in 2001 was postponed today, less than two weeks before it was due to start – to allow further investigations in the case, a judge said.