Jack Bruce, the composer, singer and multi-instrumentalist, died today of liver disease, aged 71.

Kya deLongchamps charts the change in Irish attitudes to access and security around the the family home and in particular, the use of remote access gates.

IN ITS 35 years, the Guinness Cork Jazz Festival has grown and broadened so far beyond its roots that it’s possible most years to preview it on two fronts: from the point of view of the jazz aficionado, and the perspective of the general music fan.

The family of a man who took his own life on the third anniversary of his son’s death says he was abandoned by the health service.

The family of a Donegal man who died by suicide claims not enough mental health supports are available for those who need them.

With only four heats, the entry for tonight's first round of the Tyrur McGuigan Open 575 is a touch disappointing but the richly talented Tibetan Skies can get his challenge off to a winning start by taking the second heat.

Locnamon Bridie, trained by Paul Hennessy for Bill Chawke, came out on top in a thrilling finish to the final of the Christmas Oaks at Shelbourne Park on Saturday night.

Toni Collette is in negotiations to star in 'Alfred Hitchcock and the Making of Psycho'.

Dame Helen Mirren is set to play Alfred Hitchcock's wife in a new biopic.

FARMHOUSE cheese producers will be given a lift tomorrow with the launch of a book illustrating the sector’s growth in recent years.

CANCER services and rising fuel prices were top of the agenda when Enda Kenny carried out a whistle-stop tour of Donegal yesterday.

‘Inception’ leads the pack for this year’s Saturn Awards with nine nominations.

Colin Firth continued his success today with a Bafta nomination for best actor for his role in 'The King’s Speech'.

'Black Swan' and 'The Fighter' are among the films nominated for the Writers Guild of America Awards.

IRELAND’s north west region is celebrating its status as Europe’s leading golf destination for next season.

THE affiliated clubs of Motorsport Ireland are set to receive the Way Forward document, hot on the heels of the governing body’s General Code of Conduct contained in this month’s Motorsport Bulletin.

HORSEPOWER of a different variety will reverberate at the Tralee Racecourse tomorrow for the Tyre Stop Kerry Rallysprint.

A TEENAGER killed in Ireland’s worst road accident will be buried on his 20th birthday.

ELECTION candidates hoping to get seats in Cork City Council’s north-east ward may have to walk a tightrope on an issue that proves just how local politics really is.

TENS OF thousands of jazz fans blew into Cork city yesterday as the 31st Guinness Jazz Festival roared into action.

Major traffic diversions are beginnging on the M50 motorway this morning and will continue until the end of November.

THE price of nearly 600 medicines will fall by a fifth from today on foot of an agreement between the pharmaceutical industry and the Health Service Executive (HSE).

The pharmaceutical industry in Ireland has to move up the value chain if Ireland is to remain a key location for the pharmaceutical industry into the future, the Irish Pharmaceutical Healthcare Association (IPHA) Annual Meeting heard today.

Director Oliver Stone has accused US President George W Bush of "setting America back 10 years" with over-zealous security policies.

Oliver Stone wants to make another movie about the 9/11 terrorist attacks, because the subject matter is too "huge" to cover in one film.

Eugene Donnelly and co-driver Paul Kiely now enjoy a substantial lead in the Meteor Electrical Circuit of Ireland Rally as the second leg concluded in Derry this evening.

Leading from the start, Kevin Lynch and Francis Regan (Subaru WRC) won the Midleton Park Hotel Moonraker Rally, round four of the McCauley Trailers Irish Forest Rally Championship.

The dead man who was pulled from the River Shannon yesterday has been identified as John McLaughlin from Macken near Leitrim Village.

The CIA is to send more spies on dangerous missions in enemy territory rather than rely on diplomats under flimsy cover in foreign embassies, it emerged today.

A highly classified National Intelligence Estimate assembled by some of the US government’s most senior analysts this summer provided a pessimistic assessment about the future security and stability of Iraq.

A Senate report detailing serious flaws in US intelligence-gathering highlights the urgent need for a permanent CIA director given the current terrorist threat, leaders of the Senate Intelligence Committee said.

The CIA is today expected to face heavy criticism by the US Senate for its flawed analysis of the alleged threat posed by Iraq’s weapons of mass destruction in the run-up to the Gulf War.

CIA director George Tenet has resigned for “personal reasons”, US President George Bush said today.

A former British serviceman, who took part in the march that turned into Bloody Sunday, today told the Saville Inquiry that troops were ordered to fire when the crowd had their backs turned.