A man in England has been jailed for plotting to have his pregnant lover attacked to kill their unborn child.

100-YEAR-OLD GERMAN TURNS TABLES ON TRICKSTER

An elderly woman had her purse containing €300 snatched by a woman who pretended to be helping her at a hair salon.

A team nutritionist is charged with sending players out on the field in as good a shape as they can be — a huge challenge in rugby, with the different needs of a tight head to a scrum-half.

The brother of the late journalist Eugene Moloney has called his violent death senseless and unnecessary.

Glenn Close is "very proud" of 'Albert Nobbs'.

Behind every great man, there is supposedly a great woman.

GET ready to see leading lady Glenn Close as you’ve never seen her before — as a leading man.

A GHOST-LIKE character shuffles slowly, almost anonymously, into a sparsely furnished room on the top floor of Dublin’s Cabinteely House.

World number one Katie Taylor cruised to an emphatic lightweight decision over Jessica Belder in last night’s Ireland versus Holland women’s international at the National Stadium.

Glenn Close is tipped for an Oscar nomination for her role as an Irishwoman who dresses as a man to get work, says Helen Barlow

A film produced by an Irish production company has received three Golden Globe nominations today.

THE love and sex lives of some Aer Lingus workers at Dublin Airport were almost a daily source of gossip and confidential social interplay, a judge heard yesterday.

HOLLYWOOD actress Glenn Close has revealed it was her dream to make her latest movie in Dublin.

Hollywood actress Glenn Close has revealed it was her dream to make her latest movie in Dublin.

REMEMBER the bit in the old baseball movie ‘The Natural’ when the eponymous Robert Redford is lamenting his sorry past (he was shot by Barbara Hershey), beating himself up to Glenn Close?

A man appeared in court today charged with murdering a former prisoner more than 20 years ago.

Michael Douglas and Glenn Close have been reunited 22 years after 'Fatal Attraction'.

Kerry 2-12 Antrim 1-10

Liverpool schoolboy Rhys Jones was murdered because of the “intense hatred” of alleged gunman Sean Mercer towards members of a rival gang, a jury was told today.

A defendant on trial in connection with the killing of 11-year-old Liverpool boy Rhys Jones trial says he was at home with accused gunman Sean Mercer watching a documentary about the rapper 50 Cent when the schoolboy was killed, a court was told today.

A teenager told a jury today how the gun used to kill Rhys Jones was hidden from police in the loft of his home.

ANTRIM 3-12 WICKLOW 1-15, Croke Park

SCHOOL friends and members of the soccer team Roman Vysochan played with joined hundreds of mourners last night for the removal of the remains of the teenage student who was stabbed to death in Limerick at the weekend.

CLOSE on eight months after being surrendering his European super bantamweight title Bernard Dunne bids to get his professional boxing career back on the rails when he takes on the former world champion Felix Machado at the Breaffy House Resort in Castlebar tonight.

Glenn Close is desperate for her teenage daughter to follow in her footsteps and become an actress.

Actress Glenn Close says her role as a psychotic man-eater in 'Fatal Attraction' has saved marriages.

2005 All-Star full-forward Stephen O’Neill was sent-off but Tyrone’s newcomers did enough to claim a 2-14 to 0-9 win over Queen’s University in an entertaining clash in Omagh today.

The former deputy leader of the non-sectarian Alliance Party in the North is to leave politics.

ALL who read Shay Given’s account of the agony he experienced following his recent freak injury will have felt the Donegal man’s pain. Or, rather, felt relieved that they didn’t have to.

Louth 0-22 Antrim 0-08

Denis Russell helped Clare through to the second round of the All-Ireland SFC qualifiers at Casement Park.

Fermanagh emerged as 1-09 to 0-09 victors in a tight Ulster SFC quarter-final tussle with Antrim in Enniskillen.

IN the last hours before Shannon Sickels and Gráinne Close made history today, they sat in a Belfast nail bar sipping champagne with their feet soaking in warm soapy water.

Glenn Close has handed over her badge after just one season of cult TV cop show The Shield.

ANDY WARHOL’S portrait of actress Elizabeth Taylor, Liz, has been snapped up at a New York auction for $12.6 million.

Andy Warhol’s portrait of actress Elizabeth Taylor, Liz, has been snapped up at a New York auction for $12.6m (€9.8m).

Actress Glenn Close has been so moved by the tragic September 11 terrorist attacks that she's shunning blockbusters and the glamorous Hollywood lifestyle to spend time with her loved ones.

Limerick 3-21 Antrim 2-12

Limerick 3-21 Antrim 2-12

AS the competitive hurling season finally kicks into gear for the 2005 season, it’s all systems go in the club semi-finals this weekend.

The British government faced more demands today to pump funds into a devolved executive’s budget in Northern Ireland to cement any peace process deal.

Millions of pounds were poured down the drain by a computerised payroll system for the Northern Ireland Civil service which never produced a single payslip, an official report said today.