So he wrote a letter to a UK newspaper about it. As you do.

Roberts Cove Vintage Festival and DeCourcey Harvest Day take place this weekend

Barack Obama will meet relatives of the five police officers killed in Dallas when a gunman opened fire on a protest march, the White House said.

Responsibility for the murder of five police officers in Dallas has been claimed by a radical civil rights group called the Black Power Political Organization.

A suspect in the gun attack on police in the heart of Dallas told officers he was upset over recent police shootings of black men and wanted to kill white people, particularly police, according to officials.

Indaver has rejected Air Corps safety fears over the proposed incinerator for Cork Harbour and said existing regulations and flying behaviours would mean little or no risk to aircraft.

Aston Martin has done exactly the right thing with its new DB9.

Alan King has paid tribute to the retiring Robert Thornton, highlighting the 2008 Albert Bartlett Novices’ Hurdle victory of Nenuphar Collonges as the ride that best showcased his talents.

Buratino is set to take on the might of Ballydoyle after being confirmed for the Keeneland Phoenix Stakes at the Curragh on Sunday.

A man planted pipe bombs outside Dallas Police headquarters and sprayed the building with bullets during a wild street battle before being shot and killed in his van by a police sniper.

US authorities have confirmed the death of a suspect accused of opening fire on officers outside the Dallas police headquarters.

A US police sniper has shot the suspect in an overnight attack on Dallas police headquarters and officers are now checking to see if he is still alive.

To celebrate its anniversary, Mark Evans describes the legacy of Spielberg’s shark movie - how it invented the summer blockbuster and made millions afraid to go in the water

Hans Holbein bids to give Aidan O’Brien a third successive triumph in the MBNA Chester Vase and his sixth in all when facing five rivals on the Roodee tomorrow.

A rare Aston Martin car once owned by actor Sir Peter Ustinov is up for auction and could fetch more than 1 million.

Teenager was found dead in Dublin while in HSE aftercare

A mechanical fault is said to have caused a horrific crash in which a Halloween-themed hay ride plummeted down a wooded hill and slammed into a tree, killing a teenage girl and injuring more than 20 others.

Women who have made a “significant contribution” to golf will be first in line to join the Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews, if the club votes in favour of women members.

Wind Fire carries plenty of stable confidence as she takes on her own sex in the Princess Margaret Juddmonte Stakes at Ascot.

No Nay Never propelled American trainer Wesley Ward back into the Royal Ascot winner’s enclosure with a fine performance in the Norfolk Stakes.

A bouncer at Hillbilly’s in Cork City centre, who claimed he had to put up with a lot of blackguarding, punched a man twice in the face leaving him bleeding from the nose and ear.

Beach Club looks another fine juvenile from the David Brown supply line judged by his debut success at Thirsk this afternoon.

Nine unbeaten colts will put their perfect records on the line in what looks a high-class renewal of the Coventry Stakes at Royal Ascot tomorrow.

Connections of New Pearl are upbeat about the colt’s chance in the Coventry Stakes at Royal Ascot on Tuesday – despite an odds-on reverse last time ou

Coolnagree might go in search of Pattern-race success at Leopardstown in two weeks’ time.

A case of rabies has been confirmed in the UK, the Health Protection Agency (HPA) said.

POLICE in Texas, have honoured a man whose “keen observation skills and strong sense of civic duty” led them to Lee Harvey Oswald, who had crept into the back of a cinema to hide shortly after the assassination of president John F Kennedy.

A WOMAN was jailed for 18 months yesterday for sinking her husband’s yacht on Valentine’s Day.

A British woman was jailed for 18 months today for sinking her husband’s yacht on Valentine’s Day.

A SCIENTIFIC study has confirmed a “truly spectacular find” that proves oak timbers from a church in a heritage town are over 500 years old.

LEADING owner Khalid Abdullah enjoyed another notable big-race one-two as Announce just denied Timepiece in the Darley Prix Jean Romanet at Deauville yesterday.

Doncaster Rover got the better of a thrilling battle with Majestic Myles to land the Debenhams City of York Stakes on the Knavesmire.

Roger Charlton’s unbridled excitement was clear for all to see after Top Offer translated some impressive homework into a winning racecourse debut at Newbury.

La Collina collared Power close home to land a 33-1 surprise success in the Keeneland Phoenix Stakes at the Curragh.

TOMORROW’S Keeneland Phoenix Stakes at the Curragh promises to be one of the hottest juvenile races of the season and trainer David Brown sends Frederick Engels in the hope of interrupting Aidan O’Brien’s domination of the Group 1 contest.

THE unbeaten Power heads a team of six possibles from the Aidan O’Brien stable for Sunday’s Keeneland Phoenix Stakes at the Curragh.

The unbeaten Power heads a team of six possibles from the Aidan O’Brien stable for Sunday’s Keeneland Phoenix Stakes at the Curragh.

BANIMPIRE, beaten a short head by Blue Bunting in the Darley Irish Oaks at the Curragh on Sunday, could join the star line-up for the Markel Insurance Nassau Stakes at Goodwood on July 30.

JOHNNY MURTAGH showed his style at Royal Ascot when Frederick Engels landed a bit of a touch to provide trainer David Brown with his first winner at the Royal meeting in the Windsor Castle Stakes.

A CALIFORNIAN agency has agreed not to oppose U2 guitarist The Edge’s plan to build five mansions on a ridgeline overlooking Malibu in exchange for more than $1 million (€670,000) in funding and other services.