Frank Sinatra would have turned 100 this year, and his former home in Palm Springs is still drawing fans, writes Isabel Conway.          

Gardaí are chasing gangsters driving 12m-long trucks after they stole more than 15,000 bottles of whiskey in a Christmas party season heist.

A motorcycle garda who anticipated a potentially fatal accident and stopped traffic on a junction of the main Cork/Mallow road was seriously injured when struck by a stolen van, and yesterday, he was commended for his outstanding professionalism as the culprit got a 12-year jail term.

Former N-Dubz singer Dappy told police he slapped a man in self-defence as he lived in constant fear he might be stabbed, a court has heard.

POOR oul’ Marie Elisa Bullot. She was just in the wrong place at the wrong time. Or rather she was placed somewhere that over time eventually became wrong.

The Waterford five-piece’s second album, Vitreous, is as accomplished as their first, with reviews to match, but they still lug their own gear, says Marjorie Brennan

N-Dubz rapper Dappy has been given a six-month sentence suspended for 18 months for assault and affray at Guildford Crown Court today for a brawl he sparked at a petrol station.

A lawyer has said a price war between rival bar-owning cousins, with one selling cocktails for as little as 50c and another offering as much as customers could drink for €20, was in danger of putting a teenager in the morgue.

Two barmen charged with manslaughter after a customer downed a cocktail of shots have been found not guilty on the judge’s orders.

Mark Ronson used to drink a bottle of Jack Daniels a night.

IT’S hard to believe 10 years will have passed next week since the death (May 14) of a true American idol — singer, actor and entertainer Frank Sinatra.

The owners of a rival social networking website are trying to shut down Facebook, claiming the founder stole their ideas while they were students at Harvard.

Pádraig Harrington staged a brave comeback to keep in touch with leader Vijay Singh on the opening day of the 70th Masters at Augusta last night.

American Ryder Cup captain Tom Lehman scored a first round 76 in the Masters today and then relived one of the scariest moments of his life.

Bruce Willis poked fun at Dick Cheney's recent shooting accident by appearing on The Late Show With David Letterman made-up like the US vice president's hunting victim Harry Whittington.

ROLLING STONE Keith Richards has been voted the biggest hellraiser in rock.

Rolling Stone Keith Richards has been voted the biggest hell-raiser in rock.

HAZARIYA could be set for a tilt at the Darley Irish Oaks on July 17 following an impressive success at Gowran Park yesterday.

TOM MULLINS, the latest of the Mullins dynasty to join the training ranks, saddled his first Tramore winner last night when Bob What took the Tom Murphy Car Sales Mercedes Benz Handicap Chase.

CAMOGIE has a brand new fan in the US PGA champion Rich Beem.