A teacher from the North married the Crown Prince of Lagos in Co Armagh earlier today.

Ireland’s show jumpers battled to second place in the world’s richest nations cup on a superb weekend that saw their compatriots pick up medals at the European Junior Eventing Championships and in the pentathlon at the Junior World Championships.

The Football Association have been urged to charge John Terry despite the Chelsea captain being cleared in court of racially abusing QPR’s Anton Ferdinand.

The Football Association will study the findings of the John Terry court case before deciding whether or not to bring any charges against the Chelsea captain.

IRELAND’S show jumpers yesterday won their second Nations Cup in a week, taking top spot in the Promotional League contest in Copenhagen.

A drinker who had taken the dance drug mephedrone died after downing a pint of vodka in four seconds, an inquest heard.

Human tolerance is clearly finite, whether in the Middle East or this country.

JERMAIN DEFOE scored twice to shrug off the controversy over his bite on West Ham’s Javier Mascherano and fire Tottenham into the fourth round of the Carling Cup.

It took police controllers 10 minutes to alert officers in the North to a bomb planted outside their station, a terrorism trial in Northern Ireland heard today.

A Belfast loyalist accused of attempted murder has been freed from jail following a prosecution decision to drop the charges against him.

IRELAND'S show jumping chef d'equipe designate Eddie Macken answered his detractors in emphatic fashion at the weekend as he led a makeshift team to victory in the Nations Cup at Wellington, Florida.

A WHITE police officer videotaped punching a black teenager during an arrest in Los Angeles has been charged with assault.

A white police officer videotaped punching a black teenager during an arrest in Los Angeles has been charged with assault.