David Chapman, one of the greatest handball players of all time, died this week. He was 42.

James Chapman is a name that may not be obvious to you but his intervention in the Brexit debate is a profoundly important one.

Lotus has put its new Sprint Elise model on a strict diet — and it has shed 41kg compared to the old model.

The mother of a second girl repeatedly raped in the foster home at the centre of the Grace case has said her daughter must be included in the Commission of Inquiry into the scandal announced yesterday.

A 95-year-old man was assaulted in his own home in England when an intruder climbed through his bedroom window while he was asleep.

Pouring rain at Cheltenham failed to dampen the spirits of Ed Chamberlin as he led a new era for televised racing as the sport returned to ITV for the first time in 32 years yesterday.

A British nursery worker has been charged with a number of child sex offences including the rape of a boy.

Matt Chapman emerged with a good deal of credit from the television coverage of the Prix de I’Arc de Triomphe at Chantilly last Sunday.

Did Charles Dickens execute the most audacious literary fraud ever or was the Pickwick Papers a work of stunning originality? Mary Leland unravels the threads of a riveting fictionalised account of the book’s origins.

A white former police officer has been convicted of voluntary manslaughter in the shooting dead of an unarmed black man accused of shoplifting in Virginia.

Orange Is The New Black may masquerade as a fish-out-of-water drama, but it also acts as a much-needed celebration of diversity, its stars tell Ed Power.

A contractor says he negotiated with an Australian TV network to snatch two Lebanese-Australian children from their father's family in Beirut, but the network chose a cheaper option.

A judge in the Circuit Civil Court has yesterday warned parents of the dangers in using baby buggies as shopping baskets.

MICHAEL LONGLEY is one of the most popular Irish poets of the modern era. 

Galway native Niamh Fahey made a little bit of history on Saturday as the defender became the first Irish woman to win the FA Cup at Wembley after Chelsea Ladies beat Notts County 1-0.

CAMBODIA: Pit, only two and with just one eye, needed only 11 minutes before he detected a deadly mine buried in a Cambodian field, work that humans with metal detectors could have taken up to five days to investigate.

Described as “part Formula 1 car, part space rocket and part supersonic jet“, the Bloodhound Supersonic Car is aiming to be the world’s first 1,000mph car when it attempts to set a new world record in 2016.

YOU can see the final bend and five-furlong straight at Mallow Racecourse from the upstairs bedrooms of Firville House.

One of the engines on TransAsia Airways Flight 235 went idle 37 seconds after take-off, Taiwan’s top aviation safety official said today.

Five-star luxury and thatched Irish houses don’t normally go hand in hand – with the latter, you normally take the rough (and sometimes uncombed) with the smooth.

A News of the World reporter was told by a “tyrant” boss to write a story about one of James Bulger’s killers from an anonymous tipster, a court heard today.

Manchester based Rubberbear have a new record out which compiles the best of their material in a short yet prolific existence.

A man has been jailed for life after he was found guilty of murdering a former teacher, but a woman who took selfies next to the corpse has been cleared.

WE’VE all been there. Walked fresh out of the salon proudly swishing a blow-dry, only for a sudden downpour to trigger hair chaos.

Serial killer Joanna Dennehy laughed and smiled as she arrived in the dock to be sentenced for her crimes.

Two men in the “thrall” of “sadistic” serial killer Joanna Dennehy have been convicted of offences related to her killing spree.

Serial killer Joanna Dennehy took a grinning selfie photograph of herself as she searched out further victims.

THE skies around Dublin city centre and Cavan Town will have some unusual visitors today.

Monty Python's Terry Jones hopes their reunion will pay off his mortgage.

A female serial killer has pleaded guilty to murdering three men before dumping their bodies in ditches.

Ender’s Game (12A)

Alex Ferguson’s retirement has provoked an extraordinary response right across Europe, a wave of emotion almost comparable to the day Seve Ballesteros died, exactly two years earlier.

An Irish engineer robbed and murdered while working in Mozambique was killed for the cash he was carrying to pay local workers, detectives believe.

Rory McIlroy has taken the Golf Writers’ Trophy for 2012 ahead of Europe’s triumphant Ryder Cup team.

MONKEYS — it’s telling that after a month away from this column our furry little friends are the only ones to surprise.

The man who killed ex-Beatle John Lennon said in his most recent parole bid that he hoped to live and work with a New York minister if released.

John Lennon’s killer has been denied release from prison in his seventh appearance before a parole board.

Mark David Chapman, who shot dead former Beatle John Lennon 32 years ago, will have his seventh parole hearing this week, New York state’s department of corrections has said.

Radio presenter Mark Chapman was caught out when cricketer-turned commentator Geoffrey Boycott stopped an interview because one of his favourite television shows was about to start.