A same-sex American-Spanish couple have won a high-profile custody fight against a Thai surrogate mother. She had wanted to keep the baby, Carmen, when she found out they were gay.

A same-sex American-Spanish couple have won a high-profile custody fight against a Thai surrogate mother who decided she wanted to keep the baby when she found out they were gay.

Des O’Sullivan previews a sale in Dublin, which is already exciting interest in previews in Cork and London.

The motto greeting visitors to the world’s largest mobile exhibition in Barcelona is another reminder, if needed, of the central role technology now plays in our lives, writes Peter O’Dwyer

At least 129 children were killed, with boys castrated and girls raped and some victims thrown to their deaths into burning buildings, during a government offensive against rebels last month in South Sudan, according to the UN children’s agency.

Warren Greatrex’s exciting novice Seedling is among 65 entries for the Betfair Hurdle at Newbury on February 7.

The UN children’s agency declared 2014 a devastating year for children with as many as 15m caught in conflicts in Central African Republic, Iraq, South Sudan, Syria, Ukraine and the Palestinian territories.

He has since been arrested.

Slowly, the Irish art market is climbing out of recession.

Pop star Katy Perry said becoming a goodwill ambassador for the UN children’s agency has made her realise that there is more to happiness than material possessions and social status.

Death rates for children under five have halved in some regions since 1990, but about 6.6 million still are thought to have died last year, according to a new report issued by Unicef.

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A JUDGE has given Facebook access to the personal email accounts of a man suing for half ownership of the social networking website and ordered him to explain why he can’t produce documents its lawyers believe are evidence.

A judge has given Facebook access to the personal email accounts of a man suing for half ownership of the social networking website and ordered him to explain why he cannot produce documents its lawyers believe are evidence.

DESSIE HUGHES’ Lenabane is fancied to make a flying start to the campaign by landing the Casey Enterprise Chase at Wexford today.

LOCAL jockey Gavin Sheehan led from pillar to post on the local owned and trained That Fellow in the Irish Examiner sponsored Ballabuidhe Derby before a huge crowd on the opening day of the sun-soaked Ballabuidhe Festival in Dunmanway yesterday.

AS INVESTIGATORS pore over forensic evidence and consider digging for bodies at a remote ranch where Charles Manson and his acolytes once hid out, new information has emerged to bolster reports of possible clandestine grave sites in the barren California desert, authorities say.

ACTOR John Travolta is to play the lead female role in the new film version of Hairspray, according to reports.

Richard Causey, the last of the top Enron Corporation executives to learn his punishment, has been jailed for five-and-a-half years for his role in one of the biggest corporate scandals in US history.

Roger Charlton's Group Captain stole the show at Windsor with a rousing victory the totesport.com November Handicap today.

Former Enron CEO Jeffrey Skilling, the most vilified figure from the most notorious financial scandal of the decade, was sentenced tonight to 24 years, four months in prison, the harshest sentence yet in the case that came to symbolise corporate fraud in America.

Former Enron Corporation chief executive officer Jeffrey Skilling, facing decades in prison for his company’s collapse, insisted he was innocent yet remorseful today as he appeared before the judge who will sentence him.

After his conviction earlier this year for orchestrating one of the biggest financial scandals in US history, former Enron chief executive officer Jeffrey Skilling is to learn today how long he will have to spend behind bars.

Colin Farrell has been seen wearing a wedding ring, prompting rumours he has married new love Lake Bell in secret.

Former Enron Corp chiefs Kenneth Lay and Jeffrey Skilling were convicted today of conspiracy and securities and wire fraud in one of the biggest business scandals in US history.

FORMER Enron boss Kenneth Lay awaits the outcome of two criminal cases.

A federal jury today began deliberating the fate of former Enron chiefs Kenneth Lay and Jeffrey Skilling, accused of fraud and conspiracy that preceded the collapse of the Houston-based energy giant in one of the biggest corporate scandals ever.

MOVING in with a boyfriend causes women to eat more unhealthily and put on weight, according to a study released yesterday.

Watson Lake bounced back from a disappointing show at the Cheltenham Festival to claim Nickname’s scalp in the Grade Three An Uaimh Chase at Navan.

DAVY RUSSELL consolidated his position in the jockeys’ championship when taking his tally for the campaign to 63 aboard Tiarella in the Murray O’Laoire Architects Mares Hurdle at Limerick yesterday.

Talented gelding Watson Lake is being primed for the Queen Mother Champion Chase at the Cheltenham Festival.

Watson Lake could run in the Ryanair Chase at next month's Cheltenham Festival rather than tackle the top two-milers in the Queen Mother Champion Chase.

Jurors who will decide whether former Enron Corp. chiefs Kenneth Lay and Jeffrey Skilling are criminals face a months-long journey into the heart of the scandal-ridden company. They’ll also face questions about just how illusory the “new-economy” powerhouse was in its glory days.

Fair or not, Enron Corp. founder Kenneth Lay and former CEO Jeffrey Skilling are used to being called crooks and liars in the aftermath of the scandal-ridden implosion of the company they once ran. What counts is whether a dozen people chosen as jurors in their fraud and conspiracy case agree.

Watson Lake is set to return to racecourse action at Fairyhouse next Sunday after recovering from a setback.

Watson Lake continued his education over fences with a facile success in the Woodlands Park 100 Poplar Square Chase at Naas.

WATSON LAKE is fancied to concede weight all round in the Woodlands Park 100 Poplar Square Chase at Naas this afternoon.

Champion chaser Moscow Flyer figures among the entries for the Fortria Chase at Navan on Sunday.

LIGHTLY-RACED Lake Vostock can keep the Dermot Weld bandwagon rolling by landing the John Perry Maiden at Sligo this evening.

Cloone River has been the subject of heavy support with Cashmans ahead of a possible defence of his Guinness Galway Hurdle crown.

CALLOW LAKE is a hopeful choice to land as wide open a Guinness Galway Hurdle as there has ever been at Ballybrit this afternoon.

TOM TAAFFE’S Kicking King consolidated his position near the head of Cheltenham’s Arkle Trophy market with a satisfactory display to land the Irish equivalent, the Arkle Cup at Leopardstown yesterday.