Michael Collins never lived in the Georgian house in the West Cork town of Clonakilty, which is being painstakingly restored as a museum dedicated to the life of Ireland’s best known freedom fighter.

The LA Galaxy, in third in the MLS table, saw off bottom side Colorado Rapids with a 3-1 comeback win after Marcelo Sarvas had given the hosts the lead.

The Rubik's Cube - a head-wrecking pain for some, the source of world internet fame for others.

Rotherham 2 Leeds United 1

The Prison Service is to respond to the High Court shortly explaining how a high-profile gangland inmate was able to brandish an object he claimed was a mobile phone before judges at the high-security Special Criminal Court.

League One play-off final: Leyton Orient 2 Rotherham 2 (aet, Rotherham win 4-3 on penalties)

More than a year after the death of Steve Jobs, Walter Isaacson’s authorised biography of the Apple founder remains a fixture on the bestseller lists.

Arsene Wenger today hit out at Alex Ferguson for his on-field haranguing of referee Mike Dean.

Alex Ferguson today defended his on-field outburst at referee Mike Dean and launched into an astonishing tirade at Newcastle boss Alan Pardew, describing him as a manager of a “wee club in the north east”.

Rio Ferdinand has demanded Manchester United sort their defensive problems out before they start to eat away at their season.

Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson will not face punishment for confronting referee Mike Dean at Old Trafford yesterday, the Football Association has confirmed.

Alex Ferguson faces an anxious wait to see whether referee Mike Dean reports his half-time rant at Old Trafford yesterday.

Anything the noisy neighbours, and defending champions, from across the city can do, Manchester United can do just as effectively, as Newcastle discovered to their cost, losing a pulsating game which they had led on no fewer than three occasions.

A senior vice president of a mobile phone technology firm, accused of being rude, aggressive and unprofessional to customers, has asked the High Court for an injunction aimed at stopping what she says is a potentially biased inquiry by her employer.

Ireland U21 manager Noel King is refusing to give up the Euro qualification quest following last night’s defeat to 10-man Turkey.

Manchester United 1 Sunderland 0

SHARON “Lying Eyes” Collins has lost her appeal against her conviction for soliciting a man to kill her partner and his two sons.

There is a “strong possibility” of Celtic signing former Gretna defender Aurelien Collin, according to the Frenchman’s current club.

A 24-year old Limerick man, who associated with the notorious Dundon-McCarthy criminal gang in the city, has been jailed for life for the murder of businessman and father of two Roy Collins last year.

THE manner of Everton’s FA Cup win over brave Carlisle was not what returning captain Phil Neville wanted, but the end product was spot on.

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Detectives were today granted extra time to quiz two men about the murder of Limerick business man Roy Collins.

A Clare man whose partner is accused of hiring a hitman to kill him and his two sons has told a jury at the Central Criminal Court that he found it “very, very, very hard to believe” that she was guilty of the charges.

A man whose partner is accused of conspiring with a Las Vegas poker dealer to organise his assassination and those of his two sons, has told a jury in the Central Criminal Court he decided not get married a second time after his solicitor told him prenuptial agreements had no legal standing in Ireland.

Gretna's administrators slashed the club's staff with 29 redundancies on a grim day for the Black and Whites - but stressed it was a vital step towards completing the season.

GORDON STRACHAN revealed that Paul Hartley is out of Scotland’s Euro 2008 double-header against Ukraine and Georgia next week after injuring his hamstring in the 2-1 win over Gretna at Fir Park.

A MAN was recovering from stab wounds last night after confronting vandals in a seaside Cork town.

RUMPLESTILTSKIN landed her first Group One success with a battling performance under Kieren Fallon in the Moyglare Stud Stakes at the Curragh yesterday.

The Government has been asked to intervene immediately in the case of a black man on death row for 28 years in the US.

Ireland's favourite bad boy Colin Farrell showed his chivalrous side when he was leaving the Hollywood bowl after a concert recently.

Newcastle striker Craig Bellamy will miss out on his side’s vital Champions League clash with Juventus in Turin as he starts a three-match ban.

The British Government says it will press on with its NATO Operation Essential Harvest in Macedonia despite the death of one of its soldiers.