JOHNNY ‘Fang’ Murphy is a founder member of the Stargazers. From Blackrock in Cork, he now lives in Macroom. The Stargazers perform tonight at Triskel Christchurch in Cork on a double bill with the Lee Valley String Band in support of Médecins Sans Frontières.

Phyllis Diller, the housewife turned humorist who aimed some of her sharpest barbs at herself, died yesterday in her Los Angeles home aged 95.

A fire swept through a department store in north-eastern China today, killing 51 people and injuring dozens more.