VETERANS honouring the return of a British soldier killed in Afghanistan during the rescue of a kidnapped Irish journalist questioned the mission yesterday, as crowds lined the streets in tribute.

INDONESIAN police arrested 10 terrorist suspects with a cache of powerful homemade bombs yesterday.

Singer Amy Winehouse has settled a claim for copyright infringement over a song on her best-selling album Back to Black, a solicitor said today.

VIRGIN boss Richard Branson yesterday offered a $25 million (€19.2m) prize to scientists to find a way to help save the planet from climate change.

Cork writer/director Margaret Corkery's film Killing the Afternoon has won Best short film 'Gold Moon of Valencia' at Cinema Jove in Spain.

The Crocodile Hunter became the hunted today when Steve Irwin, the Australian TV wildlife host went into hiding after sparking a frenzy by hand-feeding a crocodile while holding his month-old son.

ENGLAND’S Kenneth Ferrie kept his nerve to win his first European tour title in Tenerife yesterday.

England's Kenneth Ferrie kept his nerve to win his first European tour title in Tenerife today.

An investigation into how a British teenager was killed as she abseiled down South Africa's Table Mountain has been completed.

The family of a teenage British holidaymaker watched in horror as she was crushed to death in a cable car mechanism as she prepared to abseil down a South African mountain.

The family of a teenage British holidaymaker watched in horror as she was crushed to death in a cable car mechanism as she prepared to abseil down a South African mountain.