The wife of one of Ireland’s richest men, JP McManus, has been stopped in her tracks, for now, from further extending a family home on a ‘millionaires’ row’ in Dublin 4.

Southampton have challenged Claude Puel to beat last season’s record sixth place Premier League finish, after confirming the Frenchman as their new manager on a three-year deal.

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ENGLAND: A Church of England vicar was named ‘funeral celebrant of the year’ at the Good Funeral Awards.

READERS may well have found the novel that captures the spirit of Ireland’s post-Celtic Tiger recession in Paul Murray’s The Mark and the Void, set in Dublin two years after “the collapse of Lehman Brothers finally ignited the bonfire that was the Irish economy”.

Faith Ryan takes the chair to suggest iconic choices to give your home designer appeal.

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Investigators were trying to pick through the icy rubble of a charred seniors’ facility in Quebec to try to identify more victims of a fire that killed at least five and left about 30 missing.

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West Brom have granted Nicolas Anelka indefinite compassionate leave following the death of his agent Eric Manasse.

A former girlfriend of the man accused of strangling Nicola Furlong has said the accused, American musician Richard Hinds, was a “sweet” man who “wouldn’t hurt a fly”.

The crypt and church of an East Cork town, with links to Walter Raleigh and Oliver Cromwell, is the focal point this weekend for the 10th annual Youghal Celebrates History conference.

As fashion prepares itself for autumn/winter — yes, it is that time already! — the catwalks have been filled with smoky, sultry, seductive eyes.

DOMINIQUE STRAUSS-KAHN, his presidential hopes shattered by a sex assault scandal that rocked his homeland, returned to France to a frosty public reception and unease among his political allies.

THEY withstood the unwanted attentions of the IRA and well over two centuries of inhospitable weather, but statues of Oliver Cromwell and William of Orange in a Co Cork estate have fallen to a gang of thieves.

A RETIRED French electrician and his wife have come forward with 271 undocumented, never-before-seen works by Pablo Picasso estimated to be worth at least €60 million.

A retired French couple have come forward with 271 undocumented, never-before-seen works by Pablo Picasso estimated to be worth at least £50 (€60m).

I NEVER thought I’d be so relieved to see Nicholas Bendtner back fit and in the squad, but along with Theo Walcott, it was great to see the return of some genuine firepower on the bench for the game against Birmingham.

BRITISH cyclist Russell Downing won the Tour of Ireland race yesterday amid torrential downpour at St Patrick’s Hill in Cork but spectators near the finish line searched in vain for the icon of the sport Lance Armstrong who dropped out in the final stages.

Lyon have emerged as a possible destination for unwanted Barcelona forward Samuel Eto’o after Les Gones president Jean-Michel Aulas revealed he had started talks with the Catalan club.

MIKEL JOHN OBI is confident he can take over from Claude Makelele in the Chelsea midfield after the departure of the veteran Frenchman.

New Paris St Germain signing Claude Makelele insists it has long been his dream to end his career in the French capital – but believes he may continue to play for some time yet.

Derby star Giles Barnes looks set to miss the rest of the season.

Derby defender Claude Davis will undergo a knee operation tomorrow that could rule him out for the remainder of the season.

Derby defender Claude Davis has won his appeal for a work permit and is finally ready to begin his Pride Park career.

Claude Makelele insists he wants to stay at Chelsea despite speculation over his future.

Injured Arsenal captain Thierry Henry has insisted he will stay with the club “for life”.

Sheffield United manager Neil Warnock fears defender Claude Davis could be “out for a few weeks.”

CHELSEA midfielder Claude Makelele insists he has no intention of retiring from the game even though his international career will end after France’s Euro 2008 qualifying campaign.

Jose Mourinho has been hit with a fresh blast from coach Raymond Domenech and defender Lilian Thuram as France refuse to back down in the row over the selection of midfielder Claude Makelele.

Chelsea are to hold top-level talks with the French Football Federation to try and persuade the governing body Claude Makelele should be allowed to retire from international football.

France coach Raymond Domenech insists that Chelsea midfielder Claude Makelele will run the risk of a two-game club ban if he does not link up with the international squad for their forthcoming Euro 2008 qualifiers.

Sheffield United have struck a deal to sign Preston defender Claude Davis ahead of their return to the Barclays Premiership.

ASHLEY COLE revealed his frustration at the refereeing decisions which may have cost his side two points at Stamford Bridge as he insisted: "These things are killing teams."

Ashley Cole revealed his frustration at the refereeing decisions which may have cost his side two points at Stamford Bridge as he insisted: “These things are killing teams.”

THE Irish Examiner (July 12) announced the trial of a new one-way traffic system in Bandon.

AS POOR as Chelsea were at Stamford Bridge last night, they still retain an edge over a Liverpool side denied the creativity of Xabi Alonso for the second leg of their Champions League semi-final.

Mark Roe’s anger turned to relief in the second round of the weather-disrupted Italian Open in Milan today.

Graeme McDowell shrugged off a niggling hamstring injury to set the clubhouse target before bad weather further disrupted the Italian Open today.

Graeme McDowell shrugged off a niggling hamstring injury to set the clubhouse target in the delayed second round of the Italian Open today.

DIVISION THREE strugglers Cambridge yesterday unveiled former Cameroon and Senegal coach Claude Le Roy as their new manager.