A 28-year-old Irish man wanted in the US and described by an FBI agent as “the largest facilitator of child porn on the planet”, will find out today if he is going to be released on bail.

An FBI agent has claimed a man accused of being the largest facilitator of child porn in the world was attempting to move to Russia to avoid extradition to the United States.

A murderer told jurors of his days as a close associate of James “Whitey” Bulger, joining him in a double murder in which Bulger wore a wig and fake mustache and escaped in a car capable of sending out a smokescreen or oil slick to deter pursuers.

ELAINE Hyland left her home soon after 9am on December 12, 2006. She was accompanied by her two daughters, aged four and two. The older girl was being dropped to school.

Seven brothers who were among a group of people who violently took over a north Dublin pub and caused €90,000 of damage have received sentences of between four and two-and-a-half years each.

A reforming drug addict has received a four-year sentence at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court for a string of burglaries committed in one month while he was on bail for possession of heroin.

Nelly has saved the lives of eight leukaemia sufferers through his non-profit foundation Jes Us 4 Jackie.

Eight England fans kicked out of Portugal after riots erupted on the Algarve were appearing in court in the UK today to face football banning orders.

Rap star Nelly is to spearhead a nationwide bone marrow drive and awareness campaign to find a donor for his sister who has leukaemia.

Parents and Western diplomats pressed the Taliban today to be allowed to see eight jailed foreign aid workers to develop a legal defence as their trial into charges of preaching Christianity went into its second week.

Open de Argentina, The Jockey Club, Buenos Aires (Gbr & Irl unless stated, par 70)