Irish readers had legal matters on their minds last year with John Grisham’s The Litigators the most borrowed book from public libraries in 2012.

BEFORE John Gallagher took the final few steps of his journey from the streets of London into the inner sanctum of the All Blacks, one of the all-time greats had a word in his ear.

‘Mam, Dad and Niamh were lovely people to us. We will never forget what happened Tuesday morning. We didn’t think it was going to happen like this. In every way, they protected us and loved us. All our love, from Cian, Brianna and Aaron.’

Rocker Ozzy Osbourne has filed a complaint with the California state medical board, accusing a Beverly Hills doctor of overprescribing addictive drugs to him.

BARELY a week after the firstIsrael-Palestinian summit of his tenure, US President George W Bush is under pressure to show his mettle in containing the fallout from fresh Middle East violence and implementing the US-backed ‘roadmap’ to peace.