An all-Ireland fiddle champion several times over, Martin Hayes is artistic director of the Masters of Tradition Festival, which runs in Bantry until Sunday.

Between Shades of Gray

A CORONER has warned that using a standard scissors-style car jack on its own to hold up a car is not safe after hearing that a man died when a car he was working underneath fell on top of him.

For the past 200 years, the subterranean metropolis of Ember has survived with the help of its massive generator, but as food stores dwindle and machinery fails, this microcosm of life threatens to slip into eternal darkness.

Willie Murphy, who trains near the Curragh in County Kildare, ended a lean spell when Beechside made the long trip from Ireland to Newcastle pay off with victory in the CPD Distribution Maiden Stakes.

Tearful parents searched today for missing children and soldiers dug through the debris of homes flattened by the second tsunami to hit Indonesia in as many years.

Nancy Dell’Olio disclosed today she had miscarried England coach Sven-Goran Eriksson’s baby.

Two female Palestinian university students, suspected of planning to carry out a twin suicide bombing in Tel Aviv, have surrendered to the Israeli army.

Tom Cruise maintained his reputation as the fans’ favourite tonight with a marathon two-and-a-half hour walkabout at his latest premiere.