Foreign Affairs Minister Charlie Flanagan has called on Israel to accept "tough compromises" in a peace deal with the Palestinians and for Ireland to play a role in the talks between both sides.

Former US Democrat presidential candidate Gary Hart will begin discussions next week with the Irish and British governments in what is being viewed as a bid to restart peace talks in the North.

To mark the end of the elections, Dave Kenny picks the top 10 political gaffes of all time

IN THE land of comebacks, Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton and John McCain revived their sagging campaigns on Tuesday night and catapulted the Democratic and Republican presidential races into a surprise state of chaos.

SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY condemned Brighton, Crewe and Millwall to life in League One next season by beating the Seagulls 2-0 at the Withdean Stadium.

Reading extended their lead at the top of the Coca-Cola Championship to nine points as two Dave Kitson goals gave them a 2-0 win at home to Coventry.

Sunderland will be playing top-flight football next season after today’s victory against Leicester ensured promotion from the Coca-Cola Championship.

Tottenham striker Robbie Keane returned to haunt his former manager Mark McGhee today – with a late winner to dump Brighton out of the FA Cup in the third round today.

IPSWICH opened up a five-point lead at the top of the Coca-Cola Championship yesterday as both Wigan and Reading were defeated. Joe Royle’s side grabbed a vital home victory over Stoke, emerging 1-0 winners thanks to Shefki Kuqi’s winner.

WHEN my boss formally announced that the office computer system allowed management to monitor internet use, it focused our minds wonderfully. We realised that what we thought was private was in fact as public as a water-cooler.

Bristol City manager Danny Wilson was without top scorer Lee Peacock for the nationwide Division Two play-off final against Brighton.

An affair will not derail John Kerry’s presidential hopes, but Ralph Nader just might, writes Tom Wright from Washington.

A British High Court judge today rejected a claim that a motorway design defect was partly to blame for the Selby rail crash.

The six passengers and four railway employees killed in the Selby train disaster were unlawfully killed, an inquest jury decided today.

Livewire striker Leon Knight scored twice as Brighton maintained their 100% start to the season with a 2-1 victory over highly-fancied QPR.

THE driver jailed for causing the deaths of 10 people in the Selby train crash yesterday lost a Court of Appeal bid to challenge his conviction.

Bobby Zamora took his goal tally to four in the last five games as Brighton edged closer to life away from the bottom of the table.

THE US remains "dangerously unprepared" to deal with another major terrorist attack, said a report by former top government officials, academics and business leaders.

Gary Hart, the driver convicted of causing the deaths of 10 people in the Selby rail crash, has been jailed for five years.

Gary Hart has been found guilty of causing the deaths of 10 passengers in the Selby train crash.

The jury in the trial of a man accused of causing the deaths of 10 passengers in the Selby train crash has retired to consider its verdict.

The man at the centre of the Selby rail crash court case in Britain saw the train passengers' faces as it ploughed into his Land Rover.

A father-of-four is due in court charged with causing the deaths of 10 people in the Selby rail disaster.

The driver of the Land Rover involved in the Selby rail disaster has been charged with causing the death of 10 people by dangerous driving.

The goods train involved in the Selby rail disaster was running 20 minutes early.

An expert is warning that the Selby rail crash could cost the insurance industry £100m and make it more expensive to travel .

Insurance claims by victims of the Selby rail crash could run into tens of millions of pounds.

The wife of rail disaster Land Rover driver Gary Hart has scotched suggestions that he had fallen asleep at the wheel.

Rescuers at the scene of the Selby train accident can still hear mobile phones ringing from inside the mangled carriages.

Police say the driver of the Land Rover that caused the Selby rail disaster may have fallen asleep at the wheel.

The driver of the Land Rover which sparked the Selby train disaster is said to be "inconsolable with grief".

Rescue workers are recovering six bodies from the tangled wreckage of the Selby train disaster.