A mother yesterday gave an emotional testimony to a Medical Council inquiry after her son was left brain damaged following a lack of oxygen to his brain during birth.

Outside the Hawthorns stands a statue to The Bomber. Not the Bavarian one, he of the 72 goals in the 68 internationals, but the Black Country one, whose statistics were pretty impressive too.

Cian Healy was delighted to catch former team-mate Brian O’Driscoll out in a mistake on Twitter earlier today, but was soon forced to eat his words.

A Fingal man has been jailed for eight years for his role in a €600,000 cocaine conspiracy.

The Pentagon is adjusting its tactics for the war in Iraq after US commanders on the ground said they were surprised by the resistance put up by Saddam Hussein’s paramilitaries.