An eight-year-old girl died in a horrific road accident while on holiday in West Cork last year.

Cheryl Cole showed that she has put her X Factor experience behind her by referencing her foray into the movie world in her first tweet.

THE three most senior legal figures in the State now face intense scrutiny over their respective roles in the case that led to the section of the 1935 Act outlawing statutory rape of under 15s being struck down.

JUSTICE Minister Michael McDowell last night announced that emergency legislation to restore the crime of statutory rape would be rushed through tomorrow.

The world's first cloned kitten has been produced by scientists.