Jennifer Hudson has forgiven her brother-in-law for murdering three members of her family.

Oscar-winning film star Jennifer Hudson and her sister Julia have said they pray God will forgive Julia's ex-husband William Balfour for the murders of their mother, brother, and Julia's seven-year-old son.

A jury in Chicago has convicted Oscar-winner Jennifer Hudson’s former brother-in-law of murdering her mother, brother and seven-year-old nephew in what prosecutors’ described as an act of vengeance by a jilted husband.

Singer and actress Jennifer Hudson shut her eyes as a police officer described finding her dead family members and later left the courtroom before harrowing photos of their bodies were shown.

Oscar-winning actress and singer Jennifer Hudson broke down in court after prosecutors put her on the witness stand as the trial of the man accused of killing her family opened.

Jennifer Hudson has taken the stand in the trial of the man accused of killing her family.

Actress Jennifer Hudson has decided not to hear the opening statements in the trial of the man accused of killing her mother, brother and seven-year-old nephew.

A judge will question would-be jurors today at the trial in Chicago of the man accused of murdering the mother, brother and nephew of singer and Oscar-winning actress Jennifer Hudson.

Accustomed to wearing Vera Wang gowns on red carpets, singing at the Grammys or autographing her weight-loss memoir, Oscar-winner Jennifer Hudson’s next role will be under a very different spotlight — in Chicago’s drab criminal courts building at the trial of the man charged with murdering her mother, brother and seven-year-old nephew.

Oscar winner Jennifer Hudson is on the witness list for the upcoming trial of a man accused of killing her mother, brother and seven-year-old nephew.

One of Britain’s most senior politicians has fallen for the delights of Cork — and is singing its praises to ambassadors around the globe.

Taoiseach Enda Kenny’s mother Eithne died proud knowing her son had reached the pinnacle of political life, her funeral has been told.

President Michael D. Higgins attended his first official ceremony as Uachtaráin na hÉireann this afternoon.

THE search is on for relatives of 39 soldiers who fought in the First World War.

THE wise-cracking Irish fishmonger who made the Queen laugh out loud has been asked to autograph one of her favourite photographs of her historic visit.

BUCKINGHAM Palace has been swamped with a record number of well-wishing letters following Queen Elizabeth II’s state visit to Ireland.

FIVE former taoisigh were among the mourners who attended Garret FitzGerald’s funeral — three Fianna Fáil office-holders, Brian Cowen, Bertie Ahern and Albert Reynolds, along with John Bruton and Liam Cosgrave of Fine Gael.

Former Taoiseach Garret FitzGerald woke in “his final agony” to see the culmination of his work when the Queen met President Mary McAleese on Irish soil, his state funeral heard today.

NOT quite London’s Palladium, but Dublin’s brand new National Convention Centre came pretty close last night as it hosted an Irish-style Royal Variety Performance to celebrate Queen Elizabeth’s visit to Ireland.

IT was a day when the world turned a little differently.

The British Queen will arrive in Dublin shortly to begin an historic four-day visit to Ireland.

Mary Byrne, Westlife and The Chieftains will all take part in a concert to mark Quenn Elizabeth II's visit to Ireland this monith.

AN AMBITIOUS tourism strategy will use Cork’s renowned food culture and its 23 annual festivals to tempt an extra one million visitors to Leeside.

THE British Ambassador to Ireland said he has “complete confidence” in the security arrangements being put in place for the visit of Queen Elizabeth II to Ireland later this month.

A NEW dedicated tourism unit has unveiled plans to attract a million extra tourists to Cork city and generate €120 million in tourism revenue.

TWO thousand guests have been invited to celebrate Ireland’s links with Britain at a special ceremony during the British queen’s first official visit to Ireland.

Two thousand guests have been invited to celebrate Ireland’s links with Britain at a special ceremony during the Queen’s first official visit to the country.

FROM Ajai Chopra and Olli Rehn to Barack Obama and now the Queen — our visitors’ book is showing gradual signs of improvement.

The British Queen’s state visit to Ireland will see her tour sites that are powerful reminders of Britain’s troubled relationship with the Republic.

HISTORY will be made later this year when Queen Elizabeth II becomes the first British monarch to visit Ireland since the foundation of the state.

The first State visit to the Republic of Ireland by a British monarch is to made by the Queen Elizabeth II later this year.

CARBERY Group was crowned Company of the Year last night at Ireland’s largest corporate entertainment event outside of Dublin.

Dozens of Irish servicemen and women forgotten for decades after being buried in unmarked graves were finally remembered today at a poignant Armistice Day ceremony.

THE President, Mary McAleese, and her husband, Dr Martin McAleese, were among the hundreds of mourners at the Mass of the Angels for little Léana Martin.

BRITISH ambassador Julian King yesterday remained ‘mum’ about the Queen’s likely visit to Ireland.

WILL she, or won’t she?

Jennifer Hudson has spoken out about her depression following the brutal murders of her mother, brother and nephew.

The British Ambassador to Ireland Julian King says public opinion here towards a visit by the Queen of England has been overwhelmingly positive.

I SEE the new British prime minister David Cameron, along with the incoming secretary of state for Northern Ireland Owen Paterson, have endorsed a proposed visit by Queen Elizabeth to the Republic sometime during the new British government’s term of office.

A finance boss who blew more than £100,000 (€111,741) in a lap-dancing bar using his firm’s credit card has walked free from court.

Irish theatre director Michael Colgan today said he was truly surprised to be awarded an honorary OBE by the British queen.

An Irish academic has been honoured by the Queen for radical reform of UK law to tackle institutional racism.