Liverpool footballer Jon Flanagan "slammed" his girlfriend against a wall before kicking her, a court has heard.

The Suppliant Women at the Gaiety (Dublin Theatre Festival) - 4/5

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British and Irish Lions rugby union head coach Warren Gatland has named his team for their opening match on the tour of New Zealand.

Anthony Foley has wasted no time in recalling Ireland’s Six Nations heroes as the province continue to seek the victories required to help them to a top two Guinness Pro12 finish.

Guinness PRO12

Glasgow’s Peter Horne has been given the nod to replace suspended stand-off Finn Russell for Scotland’s RBS 6 Nations clash with Italy tomorrow.

Scotland head coach Vern Cotter has named Greig Laidlaw as his replacement skipper for the Dark Blues’ opening autumn international with Argentina at BT Murrayfield on Saturday.

The Events uses a different Cork choir each night in the manner of a Greek-style chorus reacting to events, writes Colette Sheridan.

The Australian radio company behind a hoax royal phone call has donated a six-figure sum to the family of tragic nurse Jacintha Saldanha.

A radio DJ who made a hoax call to a hospital caring for the Duchess of Cambridge broke down in tears as she apologised to the family of a nurse who committed suicide after the hoax was broadcast.

A DJ who made a hoax call to a hospital caring for the Duchess of Cambridge broke down in tears today as she apologised to the family of a nurse who committed suicide after it was broadcast.

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One of the Australian DJs who made a prank call to the hospital where Britain’s Duchess of Cambridge was being treated during her pregnancy has admitted she "should have tried harder" to stop the call going to air.

Edinburgh have issued a worrying decree — Munster will have to fight for a productive result in Scotland tonight.

One of the Australian DJs who made a prank call to the hospital where the Kate Middleton was being treated during her pregnancy has resigned.

The boss of the parent company of the radio station behind a notorious royal prank call has come under fire after dismissing the outcome with the phrase “s**t happens”.

Scotland Yard has passed a file of evidence to Australian police over a prank call to the hospital where the duchess of Cambridge was treated for morning sickness during the early stages of her pregnancy.

One of the Australian DJs who made a prank call to the hospital where Kate Middleton was being treated during her pregnancy is taking legal action against the radio station, it has been reported

An Australian DJ who made a prank call to the hospital where the Duchess of Cambridge was being treated will give evidence at the inquest of a nurse who took the call.

Munster coach Rob Penney defended the decision of his players to kick for goal during the first half of their 26-17 Heineken Cup win over with Edinburgh at Murrayfield.

Scotland Yard has submitted a file to the Crown Prosecution Service relating to the prank call made to the hospital where the Duchess of Cambridge was treated for morning sickness.

The Australian DJs behind the hoax call to the hospital that treated Kate Middleton said they were “gutted, shattered, heartbroken” by the death of a nurse they had duped.

An Australian radio presenter who duped a nurse into helping reveal details about the pregnant Duchess of Cambridge’s health has spoken tearfully of the moment she heard that Jacintha Saldanha had died.

The shock jocks behind the prank call are said to be “fragile” and undergoing intensive psychological counselling.

The Australian radio station embroiled in the royal baby hoax scandal has said it tried to make contact with the hospital again after recording the prank call.

Police in London have contacted their Australian counterparts about speaking with the two radio presenters who made a prank phone call that led to the death of a nurse.

The Australian media regulator has been inundated with complaints about the prank call made by two DJs from the radio station 2Day FM.

2Day FM presenters Mel Greig and Michael Christian, whose initial apology for the prank call to the hospital treating the Duchess of Cambridge was followed by further boasts about it, have been bombarded with online abuse following the news that nurse Jacintha Saldanha had taken her own life.

Scotland have made two enforced changes for Sunday’s RBS 6 Nations clash with Wales in Cardiff, with Greig Laidlaw set to make his first Test start.

Comic Miranda Hart could be set to repeat her triumph of last year after she was nominated for four gongs at the British Comedy Awards.

John Greig and John McClelland have resigned as non-executive directors of Rangers Football Club PLC.

As the FBI chased leads on two continents, mob boss James "Whitey" Bulger spent nearly all of his 16 years as a fugitive in a quiet California seaside city, passing himself off as just another OAP, albeit one who kept a .357 Magnum and more than 100 rounds of ammunition in his modest apartment.

BOSTON mob boss James “Whitey” Bulger has been captured near Los Angeles 16 years after his run from the law sparked an international manhunt and served as a major embarrassment to the FBI as their onetime informant eluded authorities.

James “Whitey” Bulger, a notorious Boston gangster on the FBI’s “10 Most Wanted” list for his alleged role in 19 murders, has been captured after living on the run for 16 years, authorities said.

THE fashion world was in mourning yesterday following the death of one of the industry’s great eccentrics.