LATEST research says that butter is better for you than margarine. After 40 years, we discover that butter, a natural product made from cream, is better for us than margarine, which contains ten ingredients.

Butter should be eaten instead of low-fat spreads, according to a leading heart specialist who says that dairy products and fat may actually protect the heart rather than harm it.

Millions of euro left by Irish emigrants with no next of kin have been repatriated here by heir-hunting firms while more fortunes go unclaimed at the British treasury.

India’s ruling Hindu nationalist party wrested control of three of four state legislatures in elections seen as a strong indicator for the country’s parliamentary ballot next year.

DISSIDENT republicans opposed to the peace process in Northern Ireland yesterday warned of new bomb attacks.