DUBLIN looks set to host a Connacht old boys reunion after Leinster and Brive’s Heineken Cup battle on Saturday.

Fulham boss Lawrie Sanchez revealed Wigan’s offer for skipper Michael Brown was too good to turn down.

A Congressman has hit back at former US disaster agency chief Michael Brown in an astonishing war of words after being described as “that little twerp”.

FORMER FEMA Director Michael Brown, heavily criticised for his agency's slow response to Hurricane Katrina, is starting a disaster preparedness consulting firm to help clients avoid the sort of errors that cost him his job.

AMERICA’S embattled emergencies chief resigned last night three days after losing his onsite command of the Hurricane Katrina relief effort.

MICHAEL BROWN, director of the US Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), has been removed from his role managing relief efforts for the victims of Hurricane Katrina and is returning to Washington.

THE White House was under fire again yesterday with reports US President George W Bush chose unqualified political supporters instead of disaster experts to head the agency leading the Katrina relief effort.

Michael Brown, director of the US Federal Emergency Management Agency, is being removed from his role managing relief efforts for the victims of Hurricane Katrina and is returning to Washington.

The man sentenced to four years for the manslaughter of student Brian Murphy outside Dublin’s Club Anabel was unfairly put “in the spotlight” for the killing, a court heard today.

TAOISEACH Bertie Ahern yesterday stood over his assumption that Gerry Adams was a member of the IRA.