Ahead of a major conference in Paris next year, no climate plan can be successful without an effective and efficient carbon-pricing system, write Stéphane Dion and Éloi Laurent.

A sound operator on reality TV show Cops has been shot dead by police officers who opened fire during a robbery at a fast food restaurant.

A sound operator on reality TV show Cops has been shot dead by police officers who opened fire during a robbery at a fast food restaurant.

Celine Dion's husband is her "life", and she has cancelled working engagements to be with him while he is ill.

Opera: The Invader

Born Dionysius Lardner Boursiquot in 1820, ‘Boucicault’ — a man destined to become the most electrifying dramatist of the Victorian era — had a whiff of sensation about him from the start.

Celine Dion has refused to sing with Sam Bailey on 'The X Factor'.

Celine Dion has advised Britney Spears to prioritise her children over her Las Vegas residency.

Celine Dion is selling her mansion complete with a water-park for $72m (€54m).

A Limerick girl who was given just four days to live after she was born will be honoured this weekend for overcoming huge obstacles in her life.

The shuttle Endeavour has maintained a heading through the streets of Los Angeles toward its retirement home at a museum.

Des O'Driscoll casts his eye on this week's best television

THE late editor of the Sunday Independent Aengus Fanning was remembered yesterday as a newspaperman who had showed courage in exposing the hidden evils of Irish society.

TRIBUTES were paid yesterday to the editor of the Sunday Independent, Aengus Fanning, who has died following a battle with cancer.

CHRISTMAS is just five days away and for most this means the arrival of Santa.

A 36-year-old man has been charged after he allegedly broke into singer Celine Dion's home near Montreal, raided the fridge and even took the time to pour himself a bath, police said.

JERRY Leiber, who with longtime partner Mike Stoller wrote Hound Dog, Jailhouse Rock, Yakety Yak, Stand By Me and other hit songs that came to define early rock ‘n’ roll, has died. He was 78.

Mother-of-three and star performer Celine Dion thinks she can “have it all”.

Celine Dion baptised her twin sons in Las Vegas on Saturday.

Celine Dion’s twins are already developing different personalities.

Celine Dion has named her twin sons Eddy and Nelson.

Celine Dion thinks looking after twins will be “overwhelming”.

Celine Dion has given birth to twin boys.

Celine Dion has been hospitalised in Florida as a precaution to prevent the premature birth of her twins.

Singer Celine Dion has been admitted to hospital to prevent the premature delivery of her twins.

Celine Dion's new perfume was inspired by her pregnancy.

Celine Dion is expecting twin boys.

Celine Dion is expecting twins boys.

Gary Coleman did not want to be taken off life support if he was ever in that position, new documents have revealed.

Gary Coleman left all his assets to a mystery woman, a third will filed yesterday states.

Gary Coleman’s ex-wife filed another will in court yesterday.

AFTER a failed pregnancy last year, Celine Dion’s wish to have another child looks set to come true with the Canadian singer and her husband announcing that she is pregnant – and expecting twins.

Celine Dion’s struggle to have one more baby has more than paid off – she’s pregnant with two.

The 42-year-old singer Celine Dion – who has a nine-year-old son Rene-Charles with husband Rene Angelil – confesses she doesn’t like to talk about having more children but would love to add to her family in the future.

Celine Dion builds her career around her son.

Celine Dion has vowed to keep trying for another baby.

Celine Dion is pregnant with her second child.

A man believed to have shot dead his wife, her sister and three of her children, killed himself after police forced their way into the home where he had fled.

POLICE searched yesterday for a newlywed suspected of killing his wife, his sister-in-law and three young children in one of Cleveland’s most horrific shootings in years.

MADONNA and Celine Dion were the biggest worldwide concert draws in 2008, each selling more than $200 million (€143m) worth of tickets to their slickly produced shows, trade publication Pollstar said yesterday.

Canada’s opposition parties vowed to oust Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s government next month after he shut down parliament to avoid almost certain defeat in an imminent confidence vote, but infighting among one of the parties cast doubt on whether the coalition will hold.

Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper condemned an opposition plan to gain power by ousting his government in a confidence vote, calling the manoeuvres undemocratic.

Celine Dion is struggling to write songs - insisting she is "too busy" to pen new material.

Canada’s opposition parties signed an unprecedented agreement to topple the Conservative government in a no-confidence vote next week and form a coalition government less than two months after national elections.