In horrifying detail, prosecutors described how three children, trapped in the back seat of their mother’s car, screamed for help before they drowned in four feet of water in an Illinois lake while their mother and her boyfriend escaped unharmed.

Game Of Thrones has set a new record, winning 12 prizes at the 67th Emmy Awards.

USA: Police have charged a man with trespassing, public drunkenness, and indecent exposure after he was caught on a neighbour’s Pennsylvania farm in the nude, drinking beer among pigs.

It’s almost time to bid a final farewell to the 1960s-set show. But first, from suave suits to subtle storylines to swift drinks, Keeley Bolger looks at what made it so special

Never one to mince his words, Charlie Brooker returns to the BBC with a new instalment of satirical show Weekly Wipe. Kate Samuelson finds out what to expect from series three – and why nothing should be off-limits in comedy.

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Jon Hamm admits working on porn movies was "soul-crushing".

IT’S the end of another long day on set and Jon Hamm sounds a little croaky. But while the hours might be proving arduous for the actor, his schedule’s nothing compared to that of his co-star Daniel Radcliffe.

Jon Hamm is obsessed with 'Downton Abbey'.

OWEN Roe is one of Irish theatre’s most prized actors.

Love is unpredictable, messy, sometimes violent and occasionally soppy.

Jon Hamm felt "a little bit left behind" when all his friends started having children.

Jon Hamm and his girlfriend Jennifer Westfeldt were robbed while on a recent stay in London.

Jon Hamm has again lashed out at Kim Kardashian.

Jon Hamm doesn’t consider himself to be ‘handsome’.

Pulitzer Prize nominee Will Eno suggested collaboration with Cork actor and Beckett interpreter Conor Lovett, says Richard Fitzpatrick

JON Hamm, who plays 1960s advertising executive Don Draper in “Mad Men,” has signed a new contract with the series’ studio Lionsgate Television Group. Hamm’s publicist, Slate PR, said the deal keeps him with the show for a further three years.

MONAGHAN United eased to their third successive win in the eircom League First Division when they dominated a lifeless Athlone Town at Kingspan Century Park.

LIMERICK 37 and basement club Athlone Town played out a drab goalless draw at Jackman Park last night.

A woman saved her husband’s life by clubbing a mountain lion that attacked him while the couple were hiking in a California state park.

ATHLONE withstood a second half Dundalk rally to claim the points at Oriel Park last night.

A man who was behind the wheel when a car went into a lake, killing three children strapped inside, has been charged with driving under the influence of drugs.

Europe completed a highly successful opening day to the Junior Ryder Cup Matches at a sunny K Club, finishing 4-1 ahead in the boys and girls betterball matches with one halved.

Charges are likely soon following an inquiry into whether illegal payments were made in the takeover of German mobile phone company Mannesmann by British rival Vodafone, a lawyer for a top union official who is under investigation said today.