History was made in Clare yesterday when, for the first time in the 38-year history of the Junior Tour, a rider successfully retained the title.

Kiefer Sutherland fears he is too old to continue '24'.

Jack Bauer is back in 24, while Billy Connolly says goodbye. And there’s also the Eurovision semi-final.

Kiefer Sutherland says the '24' movie is an "ongoing situation".

Kiefer Sutherland whipped his shirt off on a boozy night out with Demi Moore.

Ireland’s Dan Martin and Nicolas Roche survived another nerve-shredder at the Tour de France yesterday, the duo crossing the line in the same time as stage winner Marcel Kittel after avoiding a nasty pile-up with two kilometres to go.

Kiefer Sutherland has been named Harvard University's Hasty Pudding Man of the Year.

Kiefer Sutherland has confirmed the big screen adaptation of '24' will start shooting next summer.

The big-screen adaptation of '24' has been postponed.

Birdsong, BBC One, tomorrow

24's Jack Bauer has been named as the hottest TV crime fighter ever.

Manchester United star Rio Ferdinand believes that he may have been the victim of the US security services after his photographs of inside the White House were removed from the internet.

Kiefer Sutherland has split from Siobhan Bonnouvrier.

IT could be boredom or maybe they have been watching too much television, but health professionals have begun to adopt a new phrase to describe a certain type of awkward patient — a “Father Jack”.

'Big Brother' housemate Andrew will be facing the public vote for eviction this Friday, after being put up for the chop by ex-serviceman amputee Steve.

Kiefer Sutherland is pleased the ‘24’ movie is “exempt” from being written minute-by-minute.

Kiefer Sutherland has confirmed the ‘24’ movie has been written.

The actor Kiefer Sutherland – who is filming the eighth and final season of the real-time drama '24' – has revealed his character, CTU (Counter-Terrorism Unit) Agent Jack Bauer will get up close and personal will fellow investigating officer Renee Walker (Annie Werschling).

US TV network Fox announced that its action-packed real-time show starring Kiefer Sutherland as anti-terrorism agent Jack Bauer will close at the end of its current eighth season on May 24.

NEW ZEALAND are to enter a team for the first time in the prestigious FBD Rás (May 23-30).

PRESIDENT Barack O’bama received the traditional bowl of shamrock yesterday to mark St Patrick’s Day, but if you thought the leader of the free world might add it to his garden patch, forget it.

Kiefer Sutherland will return to ‘24’ next week, after being given the all-clear by doctors.

Kiefer Sutherland has been forced to suspend filming of '24' to have minor surgery.

Kiefer Sutherland says ‘24’ keeps him fit.

Kiefer Sutherland is America’s highest paid TV actor.

‘30 Rock’ has been nominated for an astonishing 22 Emmy Awards.

Kiefer Sutherland has signed on to play Jack Bauer for an eighth season of the popular American counterterrorism drama '24' and remains committed to the show.

'Slumdog Millionaire' star Anil Kapoor will take on terrorists for his next role, in hit TV drama '24'.

Jack and Katie were the most popular babies’ names in the North this year, it was revealed today.

Producers of Kiefer Sutherland's hit drama '24' are urging fans to tune into their forthcoming made-for-TV movie when it finally airs, because a big screen outing for the action franchise will all depend on its ratings.

Kiefer Sutherland fans will have to wait until 2009 to see the next instalment of hit TV drama '24', thanks to the newly ended Hollywood writers strike.

KIEFER SUTHERLAND has chosen to spend Christmas behind bars doing the laundry and preparing food for fellow inmates after he was jailed for drink driving.

Actor Kiefer Sutherland was sentenced to 48 days in a US jail after being arrested for drunken driving for the second time in three years.

Kiefer Sutherland proves there’s still life in the thrilling ‘24: Season 6’ (Fox; €74.99), a seven-disc collection that brings you yet more incredible and murderous happenings in the world of Jack Bauer.

Jack Bauer will take on global warming in the hit show 24 as the series aims to become the first to make its season finale “carbon neutral”, Twentieth Century Fox said.

Actress Elisha Cuthbert is backing plans for a film version of the hit TV show 24, but only if her character plays a bigger part.

Hollywood hardman Kiefer Sutherland's action show 24 has been commissioned for two more seasons.

The big screen version of TV smash hit 24 has been put on hold because the writers are too busy.

Two years ago, Muslim groups protested when the plot of the hit drama ‘24’ cast Islamic terrorists as the villains who launched a stolen nuclear missile in an attack on America.

Actor Kiefer Sutherland has rubbished reports he has an alcohol problem, arguing he simply doesn't have the time to drink and film hit TV show 24.

KIEFER SUTHERLAND always comes through in the end on 24.

The real-time TV thriller '24' is headed to the big screen under a deal between movie studio 20th Century Fox and the show's producers.

Kiefer Sutherland has vowed to keep making hit US TV show 24 until fans start switching off.

Hollywood actor Kiefer Sutherland has confirmed popular TV drama 24 is to hit the big screen.