Winston Churchill shaped the relationship between Ireland and the UK more than any other British politician but his motivation was not nationalism but personal ambition, according to a new biography, writes Ryle Dwyer.

Boris Johnson faced a furious political backlash after he compared European Union efforts to build a federal super state to Hitler’s plans to dominate the continent.

Egypt’s military leaders have been ridiculed after the chief army engineer unveiled what he described as a “miraculous” set of devices that detect and cure Aids, hepatitis and other viruses.

Egypt’s interim president has chosen outgoing housing minister Ibrahim Mehlib as the country’s new prime minister.

Egyptian state media is reporting the country's military-backed government has stepped down.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has wished Egypt’s military chief victory in the nation’s presidential vote, even though he has yet to announce his bid – a strong endorsement signalling Moscow’s desire to expand its ties with a key US ally in the Middle East.

Eamonn Cregan recently expressed concern with the growth of “hurling scrums”, claiming that players are determined to get the ball into their hand instead of pulling first-time. Is this true? Is ground hurling gone forever? Or is today’s game much more precise and controlled than the game of old?

Egypt’s President Mohammed Morsi gave a lengthy speech to the army in praise of its role during the run-up to his election, proclaiming that he, his government and the powerful generals would co-operate for the future.

Egypt’s incoming cabinet will have few Islamists and some holdovers from the outgoing military-backed team in key positions, according to a partial list.

The head of Egypt’s military took a tough line on the Muslim Brotherhood — warning yesterday he won’t let the fundamentalist group dominate the country.

Hosni Mubarak’s ex-prime minister Ahmed Shafiq is claiming victory in Egypt’s presidential election, countering the Muslim Brotherhood’s claims that its candidate was the winner and setting the stage for a divisive fight for the leadership.

Egypt’s agonised passage from revolution to democracy was in limbo last night as the Muslim Brotherhood claimed victory in a presidential election while the generals who took over from Hosni Mubarak decreed it was they who would keep most power.

The United States’ top general discussed an Egyptian crackdown on Western-funded pro-democracy groups with the head of the country’s ruling military council, as another two foreigners were arrested on charges of fomenting discontent on the first anniversary of Hosni Mubarak’s ousting.

The number of people killed in clashes with Egyptian security forces in the wake of a deadly football riot rose to 11 today, security officials said, as demonstrations continued in Cairo.

The number of people killed in clashes with Egyptian security forces in the wake of a deadly football riot rose to eight today, security officials said, as demonstrations continued in Cairo.

Police in Cairo fired salvos of tear gas and birdshot at rock-throwing protesters as popular anger over a deadly football riot spilled over into a second day of street violence that left five people dead and more than 1,500 injured, doctors and health officials said.

Three people have been shot dead in clashes between Egyptian police and protesters angry over a football match riot that left 74 dead.

Seventy-three people were killed and at least 1,000 injured on Wednesday after a soccer pitch invasion in the Egyptian city of Port Said, in what a minister called the biggest disaster in the nation’s soccer history.

Tens of thousands of Egyptians have gathered to mark the first anniversary of the country’s 2011 uprising, with liberals and Islamists on different sides of Cairo’s Tahrir Square in a reflection of the deep political divides.

EGYPT will celebrate with pomp and parade the revolt that unseated president Hosni Mubarak, making January 25 an official public holiday, said a member of the ruling military council last night.

THE trial of Hosni Mubarak resumed yesterday amid speculation that a recent acquittal of policemen tried for killing Egyptian protesters could be a prelude to the dismissal of charges against the ousted leader.

The trial of Hosni Mubarak has resumed in Egypt amid speculation that the recent acquittal of policemen tried for killing protesters could be a prelude to the dismissal of charges against the ousted leader.

EGYPTIAN president Hosni Mubarak, charged with the killing of protesters and abuse of power, was wheeled into court on a hospital trolley as his trial resumed after a delay of almost two months while lawyers demanded a new judge.

EGYPTIANS voted in droves in the first election since the fall of longtime ruler Hosni Mubarak, giving Islamists a chance to make political gains even as the army generals who replaced him cling to power.

EGYPT’s army ruler warned yesterday he would not tolerate any pressure ahead of new protests demanding that he step down on the eve of the country’s first elections since the January revolution.

TENS of thousands of Egyptians demanding an end to military rule packed Cairo’s Tahrir square in the biggest turnout of a week of protests and violence that has killed 41 people.

Egypt’s military rulers picked a prime minister from ousted leader Hosni Mubarak’s era to head the next government today.

Egypt’s military rulers rejected protesters’ demands for them to step down immediately and said they would start the first round of parliamentary elections on time next week, despite serious unrest in Cairo and other cities.

Egypt’s parliamentary elections will be held on schedule next week despite spreading unrest, the country’s military leaders said today.

Police and protesters demanding that Egypt’s ruling military council step down are observing a truce after five days of deadly street battles in which at least 40 people died.

International criticism of Egypt’s military rulers mounted today as police clashed for a fifth day with protesters demanding the generals relinquish power immediately.

Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, whose reforms helped lead to the fall of communism, threw his weight behind the pro-democracy protests in Egypt, saying they were “well-grounded and of vital importance”.

EGYPT’S ruling generals offered last night to transfer power to a civilian president by July in a dramatic attempt to placate protesters and defuse a political crisis that has jolted plans for the country’s first free election in decades.

Egyptians responded to a call for a mass protest by flowing on to Tahrir Square today as calls continued for the country’s military rulers to step down.

Egypt’s civilian cabinet offered to resign after three days of violent clashes between demonstrators and security forces in Tahrir Square – but the action failed to satisfy protesters deeply frustrated with the new military rulers.

Egyptian doctors said tonight that three people have been killed in a police and army assault to evict protesters at Cairo’s central Tahrir Square.

Doctors say at least three people have been killed in today's violence in the Egyptian capital.

Firing tear gas and rubber bullets, Egyptian riot police clashed for a second day with thousands of rock-throwing protesters demanding that the ruling military quickly announce a date to hand over power to an elected government.

Egyptian riot police firing tear gas and rubber bullets stormed into Cairo’s Tahrir Square today to dismantle a protest tent camp, setting off intense clashes which injured at least 507 people.

EGYPT’S deputy prime minister has resigned over clashes that killed 25 people, mainly Coptic Christians, amid mounting anger at the ruling military and calls for the premier to quit.

WOMEN in Cairo’s Coptic hospital wailed for their dead and Christians accused Egypt’s generals of failing to protect them from strict Islamists after 25 people, most of them Coptic demonstrators, were killed in clashes with troops.

Flames lit up central Cairo, where massive clashes raged yesterday, drawing Christians angry over a recent church attack, hard-line Muslims and Egyptian security forces.

The judge in the trial of Hosni Mubarak has summoned the top brass in Egypt’s new ruling military council and his former vice president to testify in closed sessions on the ousted leader’s role in putting down protests against his rule.

Groups of men armed with knives and sticks attacked protesters trying to march to the headquarters of Egypt's military rulers today, setting off fierce street clashes.