A sheep farmer was so enraged by a garda refusal to give him a gun licence that he drove a tractor at speed into the yard of a Garda station, causing a retired officer who was gardening there to leap onto a flower bed.

Ulster's new coach Mark Anscombe has said that the players are training hard as he looks to develop the fundamentals.

This Gullane, Roscarbery farm, which hits the market this week, was the home of the late John Burns, a man who was well known in the Roscarbery/Glandore area of West Cork as a collector of vintage cars and tractors and a dealer in farm machinery.

MARION COLLINS — one of the army of local volunteers who doled out soup and sandwiches to search teams — knows more than most the perils involved for those trying to eke out a living from the sea.

Ulster prop Callum Black has been named on the Ravens starting team to play Leinster 'A' at Donnybrook on Friday night (6pm) after months of inactivity due to a neck injury.

Following Saturday’s 15-10 victory over the Scarlets in Llanelli, the Leinster management report no major fresh injury concerns aside from the usual bumps and bruises ahead of the visit of Aironi to the RDS on Saturday (6.30pm).

Ulster coach Brian McLaughlin has today named a 28-man preliminary squad for the weekend's PRO12 clash with Aironi.

Ulster have named a youthful side to take on Neath in this Friday's friendly at The Gnoll (kick off 19.15).

ARCHBISHOP of Dublin Diarmuid Martin has broken his week-long silence following the controversial speech where he spoke of “strong forces” operating within the Church to state that “he stands by the affirmations in his original speech”.

Ex-'EastEnders' star Wendy Richards' widower said he is "sickened" by rumours of a relationship with Natalie Cassidy.

Ulster Rugby have named the Phoenix Ulster Rugby Academy players for the current season.

Police in the North are to comply with a court order to hand over top secret reports on an alleged officer shoot-to-kill policy during the Troubles, a senior commander revealed today.

A Belfast coroner today gave the North's Chief Constable seven weeks to hand over top secret reports on an alleged police shoot-to-kill policy during the Troubles.

Wendy Richards wanted her ashes to be mixed with those of her pet dog.

MORE than 100 EastEnders stars past and present were reunited yesterday in a tearful farewell to “icon for ordinary folk” Wendy Richard.

Actress Wendy Richard sent a message of encouragement to fellow cancer sufferer Jade Goody shortly before she succumbed to the disease aged 65, it was reported today.

ACTRESS Wendy Richard died yesterday after a battle with cancer, her agent said.

Actress Wendy Richard died today after a battle with cancer, her agent said.

Terminally-ill Wendy Richard and her new husband smiled and waved following their star-studded wedding ceremony today.

EastEnders cast members arrived at a luxury hotel ahead of Wendy Richard’s wedding ceremony today.

Wendy Richard was planning to marry her long-term partner today, before beginning treatment for terminal cancer.

FORMER EastEnders star Wendy Richard said yesterday she was dying of cancer and would marry her long-term partner.

Former 'EastEnders' star Wendy Richard said today she was dying of cancer and would marry her long-term partner.

Former 'EastEnders' star Wendy Richard is dying of cancer and will marry her long-term partner before she dies, according to reports.

Top secret reports into allegations the security forces operated a shoot-to-kill policy in the North more than two decades ago are finally to be opened to the North's chief coroner, it was revealed today.

IRISH EXAMINER journalist Niamh Nolan yesterday won the Law Society’s justice award for daily newspapers.

A new book by former government press secretary Frank Dunlop is due to be published today.

Midfielder John Burns scored a crucial second half winner to restore Shelbourne's four point lead at the top of the table.

Shelbourne 1 Bohemians 0

Workmen's Dunleary 0 Shelbourne 3

Servicemen ordered to walk and crawl through a nuclear test site shortly after British authorities set off an atomic bomb were not endangering their health, a top radiation scientist said in New Zealand today.