An elderly American tourist feels like she is “being held hostage” by the Irish healthcare system after sustaining a serious injury in Cobh more than three weeks ago, writes Kelly O'Brien in Cork's Evening Echo.

A serving soldier who drove the getaway car in a bomb attack in Donegal has been jailed for a total of six years.

A woman’s body has been found washed up on a beach in the Mull of Kintyre.

THE third Irish victim of the Indian Ocean tsunami was laid to rest yesterday after an agonising four-month wait by her heartbroken family.

Leeds caretaker-manager Kevin Blackwell takes a threadbare squad to Chelsea as the Elland Road club take their final Premier League bow tomorrow.