Flamboyant Ryanair boss Michael O’Leary is to ease stringent travelling conditions for passengers.

A grieving neurosurgeon whose family died in a suspected arson attack has told mourners at a funeral service that he is "a bird without any wings".

Prayers are being said this morning for four members of the family of a Dublin-based doctor who died in a house fire in Leicester in England last month.

About 1,000 mourners are expected to attend a funeral prayer service for the family of a neurosurgeon who died in a suspected arson attack.

An eighth man is to appear in a British court today charged with the murder of the family of a Dublin surgeon - his wife and three children - who died in a suspected arson attack on their home.

Thousands of mourners yesterday attended a funeral prayer service for a mother and her three children who died in a suspected arson attack.

Two more men have been charged with murdering four members of a Dublin surgeon's family after a deadly house fire.

Three men and a youth have appeared in court charged with murder over a house fire which killed four members of a Dublin surgeon's family.

Four people including a 16-year-old have been charged with murder after a fatal house fire in Britain in which the wife and children of an Irish-based doctor were killed.

Seven men have been arrested in connection with the deaths of a mother and her three children who were killed in a house fire.

A neurosurgeon whose family died in a suspected arson attack said the evil deed was part of God’s plan and he was not supposed to be angry with him for allowing it to happen.

A grieving father whose wife and three children were killed in a suspected arson attack on their home had planned to be with his family on the night of the blaze.

An 18-year-old man has appeared in court today charged with murdering the family of a Dublin-based doctor, after they died in a house fire.

US secretary of state John Kerry yesterday rejected Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s suggestion he begin submitting data on his chemical weapons arsenal a month after signing an international chemical weapons ban.

One of the victims of a paedophile ring convicted of grooming vulnerable underage girls for sexual exploitation has considered suicide, a UK court heard today.

A Syrian government official warned the United States today that military intervention in Syria could lead to regional turmoil as regime forces bombed a northern village and stormed a rebel-held Damascus suburb, killing dozens of people.

A leading Syrian minister has indicated that President Assad could step down as part of a negotiated settlement to the 17-month uprising against his rule.

A car bomb exploded in south-western Pakistan today, killing at least five people.

Malaysia’s government said it will appeal against a court ruling that Christians have the constitutional right to use the word Allah to refer to God.

THE father of a Jordanian doctor reportedly arrested by police investigating three failed bombings said yesterday his son was devoted to becoming a surgeon and incapable of carrying out such attacks.

Five-time European Tour winner Jarmo Sandelin expressed his relief at posting a 66 in the first round of the Madeira Island Open.

Ryder Cup hopeful Nick Dougherty has saluted the work of his mind man as he returns to the scene of the finest moment of his short career.

The estimated death toll in South Asia’s earthquake jumped to more than 87,000 today, the one-month anniversary of the disaster, as survivors prepared for the region’s savage Himalayan winter.

When Nick Dougherty was fearing for his European tour future a year ago, mixing it with Tiger Woods and Vijay Singh seemed a long way off.

Europe’s wait for a winner of a major golf title will now go into a seventh year – but Thomas Bjorn is more convinced than ever that he can be the man to end the barren spell.

Veteran Roger Chapman is hoping he can cash in on some good omens and regain his European Tour card at the Cadillac Russian Open by following in the footsteps of last year’s winner Gary Emerson.

TEN years on from beating Tiger Woods and becoming top amateur at the British Open, England’s Steve Webster finally lifted his first European Tour title yesterday.

Ten years on from beating Tiger Woods and becoming top amateur at the Open, England’s Steve Webster finally lifted his first European Tour title today.

Steve Webster hopes to crack his European Tour duck at the 247th attempt tomorrow – and if he does a lot of the credit will go to a “mind magician”.

A BLAST at a Shi’ite mosque in the eastern Pakistan city of Lahore yesterday killed four people, including the bomber, amid fears of spiralling sectarian violence.

Police fired tear gas and shots in the air to disperse angry Sunni Muslims today after thousands of mourners joined the funeral of a prominent pro-Taliban cleric gunned down on a busy Karachi street.

Police in Pakistan tightened security today for the funeral of one of two prominent Sunni Muslim clerics whose murders on a busy Karachi street set off night-time riots by supporters, officials said.

Kariem Baraka revealed some advice from his uncle and double Masters champion Bernhard Langer helped him maintain his lead in the BMW Russian Open at the Le Meridien Moscow Country Club.

A roadside bomb exploded near a vehicle carrying religious students in the southern city of Karachi today, killing one person and injuring seven others, police said.

Five police officers were killed when unidentified gunmen stormed a police station in the southern Pakistani city of Karachi today, authorities said.

Two people were killed today when a bomb tore through an office block in Pakistan’s troubled port city Karachi.

Israel’s Security Cabinet has endorsed a plan to gradually reoccupy Palestinian land until attacks on Israelis stop, a major shift in its strategy after an especially bloody week in the 21-month-old conflict.

Israel has admitted its forces made a mistake in firing tank shells on shoppers violating a curfew in Jenin.

The man suspected of masterminding the abduction of Daniel Pearl is said to be co-operating with authorities.