Geraldine Quinlivan broke down in tears as her dogs Lucky and Sandy were brought to her car on dry land, and away from their home surrounded by floodwater.

Lucky Pass gets the nap to stretch his unbeaten record to three in the bumper on day four of Leopardstown’s Christmas meeting.

ENGLAND: Memorabilia from the some of the world’s most famous films is going under the hammer at an auction held inside a cinema.

Controversial Italian footballer Mario Balotelli is believed to have made a large donation to Manchester Dogs' Home, which was badly damaged in a fire earlier this month.

Lucky teenager Stefan Montana saw his chance, and he took it.

It seems pop culture names like Arya and Cataleya are the breakout names in the US this year, but Irish people should think twice before scoffing.

Sixty years on, Waiting for Godot is as alluringly mysterious as ever, writes Jonathan deBurca Butler.

A shop worker has admitted attempting to falsely claim a £1m (€1.2m) lottery prize.

Two dogs have been married in the most expensive pet wedding ever at an extravaganza to benefit the Humane Society of New York.

“WE sat here like a family looking out for each other..

Mexican marines have captured a founding member of the brutal Zetas drug cartel, the navy announced.

Great Britain & Ireland captain Paul McGinley hailed the performance of his Vivendi Seve Trophy rookies after seeing his team fend off a spirited fightback by Continental Europe in Paris yesterday.

IT could be you, they tell us, but did you ever think that it could it be you twice?

AN Irishman has been found guilty of murdering a man after a pub row in Spain over a woman.

BENEFIT Of Porter is fancied to shrug off top weight in the Coola Handicap Hurdle at Kilbeggan tonight.

“LIFE ain’t easy for a boy named Sue” sang Johnny Cash. Well, imagine what it’s like for a boy named Timotei.

A GIANT lobster was saved from the cooker after the Youghal fisherman who caught him decided he was too exquisite to eat.

A marauding monkey confined to a zoo after it bit 120 people during a two-month rampage in resort towns of central Japan briefly escaped captivity before it was captured again.

A German man has been arrested for having a Christmas advent calendar filled with marijuana.

THE Powers of Carrickshock are no strangers to All-Ireland finals but Sunday’s events in Croke Park will be extra special even by their dizzyingly high standards.

Jonathan Ross said he was "grateful, lucky and honoured" to have worked at the BBC as he recorded his last chat show for the corporation.

DUAISEOIR is fancied to continue Jim Bolger’s excellent start to the season by landing the second division of the Connollys’ Bar and Red Mills Handicap at Roscommon tonight.

THE colourful Oliver Brady might well light up Naas this afternoon.

IT was a bird-brained idea climbing more than 70ft to a crow’s nest at the top of a tree, but after eight days of rainwater and little else this famished feline was finally rescued.

A DUCK who faced being put down after fracturing a leg has been given a new lease of life thanks to a specially made sandal.

Lucky by name — lucky by nature.

Far more punters on this Saturday’s Vodafone Derby will chose their selections on nice names or colours than serious form study, according to a nationwide survey by British equine welfare charity The Brooke.

WITH ruthless criminals barking mad and wanting to take their predecessors for a long walk off a short pier, two Irish labrador retrievers have been drafted in by the Malaysian government to sniff out pirate DVDs.

A 29-YEAR-OLD American woman who is still a virgin has begun an online hunt for a man to have sex with before she turns 30.

Britney Spears is so devoted to her dog Lucky, she wants to be buried with her pet when she dies.

A thug with a crossbow who attacked a kitten was being hunted by police in the North today.

Lucky Spin was well beaten when she visited York for the Royal Ascot meeting last month, but it was a totally different story at the sun-drenched course today.

Pop princess Britney Spears' marriage to dancer Kevin Federline is reportedly on the rocks after less than five months, according to two US magazines.

STORMY weather at sea for the past month has caused the deaths of hundreds of fish which are being washed up on some beaches in the South-West.

Hip-hop entrepreneur Damon Dash has married his long-term girlfriend Rachel Roy in secret.

A team of FBI agents in New York has begun digging for the remains of a half dozen or more victims of former Gambino crime family boss John Gotti, the so-called “Teflon Don”, who died in prison two years ago.

Lucky talisman Steve Stone is set to return to the Portsmouth side for their trip to strugglers Norwich tomorrow.

BOOKMAKERS are unanimous in making Attraction favourite to carve out her own piece of racing history at the Curragh this weekend.

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THE once-raced All Too Beautiful is the nap choice to land the Listed Irish Stallion Farms’ EBF Salsabil Stakes at Navan today.

Vodafone Derby favourite Yeats is set to make his seasonal reappearance at Leopardstown on Sunday as part of a card which should provide Classic clues aplenty.

Former Sex In The City star John Corbett did not have to go far to research his role as a gambling addict in Lucky, a television series about a professional Las Vegas gambler.

A Rottweiler mix who was stranded on an ice flow in a New Jersey river has been adopted by one of the firemen who came to his rescue.