The first republican Speaker has been elected at the North’s Assembly.

Dave Lee Travis knew that Jimmy Savile liked young girls and thought “good luck to him”, a jury has been told.

FOR fiddle virtuoso Martin Hayes, every Masters of Tradition festival in Bantry, West Cork, is special, so how to celebrate its 10th anniversary?

Presenter Chris Evans missed his Radio 2 Breakfast Show this morning after his wife gave birth to a baby boy.

Angry Celtic boss Neil Lennon claimed referee Willie Collum had cost his club the chance of a possible treble after a “criminal decision’’ not to award the Bhoys a last-minute penalty in the Scottish Communities League Cup final at Hampden.

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ALLY MCCOIST insists there is no reason to push the panic button despite yesterday’s 1-0 defeat at Kilmarnock leaving Rangers with just a four-point advantage over Celtic at the summit of the SPL.

AIDAN O’BRIEN bids to round his Royal Ascot off with another big winner when the potentially high-class Await The Dawn tackles the Hardwicke Stakes.

Just two years since the legendary Yeats created history by winning a fourth Ascot Gold Cup, Aidan O’Brien sends Fame And Glory to Berkshire to pick up his mantle.

Peter Robinson and Martin McGuinness today pledged to re-double their efforts to create a better and shared future in the North as they were reappointed First and Deputy First Minister.

A Sinn Féin member will take up the symbolic role of Stormont Assembly speaker in three years after the party struck a deal with the DUP to share the post.

CELTIC manager Neil Lennon has urged Dundee United to “compete” against Rangers in tomorrow night’s crucial Clydesdale Bank Premier League clash at Ibrox.

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Neil Lennon rang the changes for the Clydesdale Bank Premier League game against Kilmarnock at Rugby Park.

CELTIC moved within a point of Rangers at the top of the Clydesdale Bank Premier League after trouncing Kilmarnock 4-0 at Rugby Park last night.

OWNER Jim Hay will be the bridge between racing’s two superpowers as Aidan O’Brien and the Coolmore partnership have a rare Dubai World Cup runner in the shape of Cape Blanco.

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Niall McGinn, James Forrest and Emilio Izaguirre returned to a reshuffled Celtic side for their Clydesdale Bank Premier League clash with Kilmarnock at a freezing Parkhead.

A BARRISTER told a taxi driver “I’m going to die”, hours before he was killed by police after blasting a shotgun through a window of his home.

NEIL LENNON praised his players after Irish duo Daryl Murphy and Anthony Stokes grabbed a goal apiece as Celtic came from behind for the first time this season in the Clydesdale Bank Premier League to beat Kilmarnock at Rugby Park yesterday.

Education minister Caitriona Ruane has been asked to explain why she failed to appear in the Stormont chamber today to deliver a scheduled statement.

Michael Dods has his team in good form and is hoping for better things from Tiger Reigns after watching him get home in game fashion at Ripon today.

A VIETNAMESE man who died this week and whose hair was so long it resembled a boa constrictor, may have had the world’s longest mane.

ROBBIE KEANE’S Celtic debut went spectacularly awry as Tony Mowbray’s reign hit a new low with the club’s first defeat to Kilmarnock in 32 meetings.

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Robbie Keane was thrown straight into the action for Celtic as Tony Mowbray went for all-out attack in tonight’s SPL game at Kilmarnock.

DUP leader Peter Robinson has asked a party colleague to step in as First Minister, the Northern Ireland Assembly was told today.

GORDON STRACHAN is expecting more shocks in the title race after Rangers’ sensational home defeat to Inverness allowed Celtic to go top of the Clydesdale Bank Premier League with their win at Kilmarnock.

Politicians clashed today at the Stormont Assembly over attempts by Ulster Unionists to hand Sinn Féin’s Martin McGuinness the title of First Minister.

KILMARNOCK goalkeeper Alan Combe was unhappy with referee Mike McCurry’s decision to give Celtic a penalty in the closing stages of yesterday’s 3-1 Premier League match at Rugby Park.

Tom Tate cemented his new partnership with Jim Hay as Mull Of Dubai sprinted clear in the 10-furlong Bank Of Ireland Handicap at Chester.

Paul Hartley replaces suspended Aiden McGeady for Celtic’s SPL match against Kilmarnock at Parkhead today.

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Leinster House plays host to another political milestone today with a visit from the speaker of the Northern Ireland Assembly.

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Gordon Smith will be installed as the new chief executive of the Scottish Football Association this morning – with his former boss confident he is the right man for the job.

It could have been a humdrum day in any parliament, with low-key speeches in a hushed, panelled and pillared room.

The new speaker of the Northern Ireland Assembly will be the Democratic Unionist Party’s William Hay.

The new speaker of the Northern Ireland Assembly is set to be the Democratic Unionist Party's Willie Hay, it was confirmed today.

HIBERNIAN manager John Collins was elated as the club ended a 16-year wait for a major trophy by crushing Kilmarnock in the CIS Insurance Cup final at Hampden Park.

The DUP’s William Hay yesterday created electoral history when he became the first member of his party to top the poll in the nationalist dominated Foyle constituency.

Public health experts have warned that an H5N1 vaccine deal Indonesia has struck with a pharmaceutical company may jeopardise the world’s access to a pandemic vaccine, if the country becomes the epicentre of a global outbreak.

A man was immersed in bath water and had petrol poured over him during a terrifying armed robbery in Co Tyrone, it emerged today.