Two Dublin brothers who were found guilty of murdering a father-of-six in front of his wife and children have begun an appeal against their conviction for a second time.

'Coronation Street' actor Michael Le Vell took the oath in a trembling voice before he gave evidence in his defence from the witness box at Manchester Crown Court today.

The jury in the trial of two Dublin brothers accused of murdering a man in Inchicore five years ago, has today been warned to approach evidence given by the victim's family with the "utmost caution".

The State Pathologist has told the trial of brothers Warren and Jeffrey Dumbrell, that the man they're accused of murdering died from a stab wound that severed major blood vessels in his leg causing massive blood loss.

THE death of a woman in a fire at her home has stunned the village of Crosshaven in Cork harbour.

Josie would love to marry and have children with John James.

“WE struggled so hard to get this help, for years, and now it’s taken away in the blink of an eye.

The mother of murdered 11-year-old Rhys Jones has said bad parenting led to the fatal shooting of her son.

US physicist John Archibald Wheeler, who had a key role in the development of the atom bomb and later gave the space phenomenon black holes their name, has died at 96.

MOURNERS at the funeral of Vicky Hamilton yesterday were told the schoolgirl’s family had been “robbed” of seeing her grow up.

I WRITE in the wake of the uncertainty surrounding the exclusion of oncologist John Crown from the Late Late Show panel.

THE Mater Hospital has apologised to the mother of a patients’ rights campaigner after she was incorrectly told she needed her stomach removed due to cancer.

THERE was a time Janette Byrne couldn’t bear the thought of people seeing her bald head. Now she has put it on the cover of a book for all to see.

TWO Irish rowers who cheated death after a wave reduced their boat to smithereens are due back in Ireland tomorrow.

IF Andrea Bocelli’s star could have been eclipsed last night, the weather would have been the only contender.

Australian Prime Minister John Howard attended a solemn commemoration today for victims of the nightclub bombings two years ago on Indonesia’s Bali island, which claimed the lives of 88 Australians.

One Irish mother has conquered her greatest fear today so she could see her son battle it out for an Olympic gold medal in Athens.