AS Donal Hickey reported on this page last week, a sea-eagle has been killed by a turbine blade in Kerry.

EATING for two — or three — increases the chances of having a heavy baby at risk of becoming obese, research suggests.

BUBBA LUDWIG can't walk, talk or open the refrigerator door — but he does have his very own Illinois gun permit.

A Pennsylvania teen pleaded not guilty to two counts of criminal homicide for the shooting deaths of his girlfriend’s parents – a case that sparked a national manhunt when he fled the state with the 14-year-old girl.

A 14-year-old girl whose 18-year-old boyfriend is accused of killing her parents left with him willingly after the shootings, prosecutors in Pennsylvania said in court papers.

Police seized 54 guns from the home of an 18-year-old accused of killing his girlfriend’s parents in the United States, it emerged tonight.

A MAN wanted in a Pennsylvania double homicide and apparent abduction of 14-year-old girl was captured last night after a car he was driving crashed in Indiana following a police pursuit, State Police said.

A man wanted in a Pennsylvania double homicide and apparent abduction of 14-year-old girl was captured today after a car he was driving crashed in Indiana following a police pursuit, State Police said.

Police in Pennsylvania are searching for an 18-year-old man and his girlfriend after her parents were found shot dead in their home.

AIB has turned to the man who investigated the activities of rogue trader John Rusnak to advise on the bank’s risk control and compliance.

Millions of children and teenagers could be damaging their health by watching too much television, a new study showed today.

The former Chief Executive of the AIB subsidiary at the centre of the Rusnak affair has been handed a retirement package of just under €2m.

Telekom have confirmed that rider Jan Ullrich has failed an out-of-competition drug test.

A rogue currency trader accused of hiding €800m in trading losses at AIB-owned Allfirst Financial was today indicted by a US federal grand jury.

Allied Irish Banks PLC has reached an agreement with US, Irish and Maryland regulators to conduct reforms after a dealer at its Baltimore-based subsidiary was accused of covering up a massive five-year fraud.

Staff at Allied Irish Banks are demanding a meeting with the bank's management to discuss the fall-out from the Ludwig report.

Two foreign exchange traders from American giant Citibank were suspended today in the wake of the report into the €486m loss suffered by Allied Irish Bank's US subsidiary.

Six executives of the AIB subsidiary Allfirst, including its Vice President and Treasurer David Cronin, have been sacked following the publication of the Ludwig Report.

Six executives at Allfirst, the US-based AIB subsidiary where losses of up to €750m were sustained due to rogue trading by John Rusnak, have been dismissed.

Allied Irish Banks was today set to announce if heads would roll following its foreign exchange loss of almost €700 m at American subsidiary Allfirst.

Group chief executive of Allied Irish Banks Michael Buckley is safe in his job, despite the loss of $691m (€789m) by a trader at a US subsidiary, it was reported today.

AIB officials should be called before the Dail to explain the €746m loss it made through a complex fraud at a US subsidiary, the Labour Party said today.

Officials at AIB bank were today being presented with a report into the €746m fraud at its American subsidiary Allfirst.

It is reported that the AIB's chief executive, Michael Buckley, was aware of potentially high-volume foreign exchange dealings at its US subsidiary, AllFirst in May of last year.

AIB will he handed an expert’s report on a €760m suspected fraud at its main American subsidiary next week.

AIB chief executive Michael Buckley has said the American-led investigation into the Maryland losses of €866m euro by a rogue trader had made ‘‘a good bit of progress’’.

Allied Irish Bank, Ireland’s biggest bank, today confirmed the consequences on its results of the suspected $750m (€866m) fraud loss at one of its American subsidiaries.

A top American banker was today preparing to head a probe by the AIB bank into the loss of more than $750m through a US subsidiary company.

The Board of Directors of Allied Irish Bank have appointed a top US expert to lead the investigation into the loss of $750m through its American subsidiary Allfirst.