A pet parrot that spoke with a British accent when it disappeared from its home four years ago has been reunited with its owner — and the bird now speaks Spanish.

And he bit his owner when he tried to pick him up.

Boylesports Hero, trained by Brendan Matthews for John Boyle, of Boylesports, ran out a most deserving winner of the Con and Annie Kirby Memorial on Saturday night at Limerick, justifying favouritism in some style.

Welsh pop sensation Charlotte Church fears Britain's new 24 hour drinking laws will cause a rise in the number of teenagers hospitalised with alcohol poisoning.

Dance impresarios The Chemical Brothers love Charlotte Church's latest single Crazy Chick and deeply regret turning down the chance to remix it.

Charlotte Church showed she is more Crazy Chick than voice of an angel as she gave fans a sample of her new album tonight.

THE spirit of Molly Malone lived on in Dublin’s Moore Street yesterday as traders took time out from the busy Christmas shopping to mark the death of one of the street’s best-known faces.