EUROPE could face an increase in outbreaks of diseases carried by insects and rodents as the climate on the continent becomes hotter and wetter, health experts said yesterday.

Veteran singer/actor Robert Goulet has died at the age of 73.

WITH nearly 400 entries, the 2007 Charolais National Show in Carrick on Shannon resulted in Co Cork exhibitors Kevin and Cynthia Foley from Killeagh exhibiting the overall champion female, Royal Pivoine, and the senior and overall reserve champion male, Royal Vangogh.

Ireland's Denis Lynch has earned a second place at the Mannheim Championship qualifying international jumping competition (1m45 against the clock).

THE Irish Farmers Association (IFA) this week said it is “outraged” by the Department of Agriculture’s refusal to provide compensation for four breeders it says are at a financial loss as a result of swamp fever restrictions.

SHOW JUMPER Denis Lynch is experiencing mixed emotions.

Spamalot, the eagerly awaited musical adaptation of the 1975 film Monty Python and the Holy Grail, opened last night on Broadway to rave reviews and a star-studded audience.

Once again we are gathered around the Round Table for another telling of the story - or legend, since there is one school of thought which insists the Good King,

King Arthur, producer Jerry Bruckheimer's $100m (€80.7m) blockbuster, which was filmed largely in Ireland, has climbed to third spot in the Stateside box office, with an opening weekend take of $23.5m.

Londis shopkeepers were today due to give their verdict on a £60m (€90m) takeover bid for the convenience store business from Irish retail giant Musgrave.

THE board of Britain's Londis chain has rejected a new offer for the company which is higher than the bid from Musgrave's.

Musgrave will face a new rival in their battle for convenience store business Londis this week with the launch of another £60m (€90m) bid for the group, it was reported today.

MUSGRAVE’S bid for the British Londis chain of convenience stores may be derailed for a second time.

TV presenter Ulrika Jonsson is to marry on her Swedish island hideaway, wedding banns published today show.

A divers’ watch used by James Bond in the film Tomorrow Never Dies, which starred Pierce Brosnan, could fetch up to £15,000 when it goes on sale at auction today.