AT 66 years of age I have belatedly begun reading Oscar Wilde’s The Picture of Dorian Gray and, lo and behold, on page seven I read: “A bishop keeps on saying at the age of 80 what he was told to say when he was a boy of 18, and as a natural consequence he always looks absolutely delightful.”

A 55-year-old woman died alone in a bedroom of her central Florida home after locking herself in the room for several weeks for a lengthy religious fast, authorities said.

A YELLOW parrot flew through my garden in Charleville, Co Cork, the other evening.

A US judge has agreed to consider a request from lawyers for an alleged Irish terrorist for transcripts of interviews in which an FBI undercover agent talked to reporters.

Jimmy Heggarty hit the birdie trail in earnest at Lisburn to fire a four-under-par 68 and win the £7,000 (€11,050) Healy Group annual pro-am tournament.