Piers Morgan will appear before the Leveson Inquiry today via videolink from the United States.

SIX years after Australian captain Chris Johnson and Co. dragged the International Rules series into the mire there, Ireland return to the stadium previously known as the Telstra Dome.

A man who was jailed for four years for using Facebook to incite disorder will appeal against his sentence.

Government ministers in Britain are resisting intense pressure to reveal more about the recall to prison of James Bulger killer Jon Venables.

JAMES BULGER’S killer Jon Venables was recalled to prison on suspicion of child porn offences, it was reported yesterday.

James Bulger killer Jon Venables should be stripped of his new identity if he is charged with a new offence, the toddler’s mother said.

Wall Street turned cautious today as downbeat corporate news reminded investors that the economy’s troubles will not ease soon.

FORMER Australia boss Kevin Sheedy has blamed the Irish team for inciting the violence which erupted in the 2005 International Rules Test in Melbourne.

BRETT FAVRE has returned to his record-setting ways with the New York Jets as Washington rocked old rivals Dallas in the NFL.

Wall Street’s worst fears came to pass today, when the government’s financial bail-out plan failed in Congress and stocks plunged precipitously – hurtling the Dow Jones industrials down nearly 780 points in their largest one-day point drop ever.

ANDY LEE is aiming to produce a knockout performance against Willie Gibbs at the UL Arena tonight which will put the Limerick man back into contention for a world title shot.

FORMER Australia manager Kevin Sheedy has praised the GAA for reviving the International Rules Series.

Wall Street plunged today, pulling the Dow Jones industrial average down more than 360 points as investors found themselves confronted by two uncomfortable prospects: an end to interest rate cuts and a slowing US economy.

EILEEN O’KEEFFE could break the Irish record in the hammer for a third time in just over a week if things go according to plan at the Lee Strand international track and field meeting in Castleisland tonight.

WE have been down this road before — many times in fact, since the beginning of the experiment in 1984.

A sharp drop in oil prices helped Wall Street extend its rally for a third straight session today, with strong earnings from Hewlett-Packard also giving stocks a modest lift.

Wall Street retreated today as mixed earnings news and rising oil prices prompted investors to take profits from a sharp rally in the previous trading session. A disappointing forecast from Intel also dragged down the Nasdaq composite index.

A series of multibillion dollar acquisitions gave Wall Street a modest advance today although many investors remained cautious ahead of the Federal Reserve’s decision on interest rates later in the week.

US stocks dropped today, extending investors’ losses for the third straight session and pushing the Dow Jones industrial average below 11,000 for the first time since March 9.

US stocks finished another erratic session modestly higher today after durable goods and home sales data helped ease investors’ anxiety about whether the Federal Reserve will continue raising interest rates.

The Nasdaq composite and Standard & Poor’s 500 indexes closed at five-year highs today after a positive report on the US economy’s service sector pushed stocks modestly higher.

A plunge in Treasury bond yields propelled stocks sharply higher today as investors grew optimistic that the Federal Reserve’s streak of interest rate hikes will soon end.

Falling oil prices and strong earnings from home improvement retailer Lowe’s sent US stocks higher today as investors regained their optimism about corporate profits and the health of the economy.

Disappointed investors bid stocks lower today after the Federal Reserve, raising interest rates for the 14th time in nearly two years, failed to give Wall Street a clear signal on when those rate hikes would end.

THE GAA’S best footballers may have left Australia empty handed after the last International Rules Series but the Association’s president and top officials certainly achieved more than a little revenge yesterday.

Australian football officials agreed a new code of conduct for the International Rules series today to eliminate the violent tackles that had put its future at risk.

A sharp jump in productivity, the biggest surge in two years, lifted stocks today, but early gains sputtered, leaving the market up only slightly at the close.

Ciaran McManus has backed the value of the International Rules Series despite the Offaly County Board's call for the annual two-Test clash between Ireland and Australia to be abandoned.

ULSTER Secretary Danny Murphy believes that the GAA should carry out an immediate review of their link with the Australian Football League following the violence in the second test game in Melbourne last month.

Mattie Forde, one of the players at the centre of Chris Johnson's controversial sending-off in the recent International Rules Series, has been named on the bench for Leinster's M Donnelly Interprovincial football final clash with Ulster.

Chris Johnson is unlikely to play for his country again after being handed a five-match suspension from the International Rules Series today.

Under-fire Australian co-captain Chris Johnson will defend the actions which saw him red-card in last month's International Rules second Test by video link later today.

Cork's All-Ireland winning captain Seán Óg Ó hAilpín has thrown his weight behind efforts to alter the International Rules Series' controversial red card rule.

GAA PRESIDENT Sean Kelly explained yesterday why he did not condemn foul play by Australia in the second International Rules test more strongly.

The Australian Football League (AFL) are not interested in altering the rules so that players who commit offences in International Rules risk being suspended from their domestic game.

US stocks fell slightly today after the Federal Reserve raised interest rates as expected.

DERRY stalwart Sean Marty Lockhart has called a halt to his 14 Test International Rules Series career.

TWO of the leading figures in the GAA are opposed to continuing with the International Rules Series unless and until the Australian Football League consents to a more disciplined approach and to the adoption of a new regulation that would properly penalise players who are red-carded.

CORK footballer Anthony Lynch does not believe the controversial International Rules Series should be abandoned.

THE GAA will not hesitate to break off contact with the Australian Football League if there is a repeat next year of the thuggery witnessed in the second test in the Telstra Dome at the week-end — specifically when Australian captain Chris Johnson struck three Irish players in quick succession.

Australian co-captain Chris Johnson has admitted the incidents that led to his sending-off in yesterday's International Rules second Test were "so out of character".

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