The State has unconditionally apologised to a family who claimed they were harassed and intimidated by gardaí who called to their home on several occasions asking about a person who didn’t live there.

Elber Twomey considers her inability to remember the car crash that wiped out her family as a blessing.

The Irish mother who lost her family in a car crash on the last day of their holiday in England yesterday told the inquest: “I lost my everybody.”

It was her request for them to separate that sent him to his death, according to the distraught wife of the suicidal Polish taxi driver who caused multiple deaths when he deliberately ploughed into the car of a Cork family.

By now, you’ve probably all seen the video of the Irish fans greeting the English team’s coach in Krakow. It was hard to miss. And even harder not to laugh at, even if there’s something a little sad about how the English – by contrast – are so supportive of Ireland.

SLOVAKIAN playmaker Marek Hamsik has no more than a 50-50 chance of featuring in tonight’s European Championship clash against the Republic of Ireland, according to his manager Vladimir Weiss.

Vladimir Weiss will not rely on his enviable record against Italians as he attempts to guide Slovakia past the Republic of Ireland tomorrow night.

THE teacher of one of the children believed to have been killed after their father went on a knife rampage on Jersey described them as “little angels” yesterday.

One of the two women killed in a knife rampage on Jersey died of multiple stab wounds, a post-mortem examination revealed.

A man suspected of killing six people, including his wife and two young children, has been described by friends as a “really good father”.

Nurnberg have signed Slovakian youngster Robert Mak for an undisclosed fee from Manchester City.

Celtic coach Peter Grant revealed the Parkhead club are still looking to augment their squad ahead of their crucial Champions League qualifier against Dinamo Moscow in Glasgow next Wednesday.

Slovakian left-back Marek Cech has revealed he wants to leave West Brom after claiming he has “been lied to” by manager Tony Mowbray

Shane Meadows’s new film is a companion piece to the superb 'This Is England', crafting another coming of age tale, this time set against the backdrop of the titular area of central London buffered by Euston and King’s Cross mainline railway stations.

A charmer – shot mainly in black and white – set in the title’s district of London about friendship and love.

Slovak doctors have successfully separated twins joined at the chest in what was only the second operation of its kind in the country, an official said today.

AC Milan are ready to step up their bid to sign Argentinian striker Hernan Crespo on a permanent transfer from Chelsea.

CELTIC have been warned the value of Marek Heinz has doubled following his success with the Czech Republic at Euro 2004.

PASSENGERS yesterday spoke of their terror following yesterday’s attack on an Israeli charter airliner.

Passengers targeted in today’s failed missile attack on an Israeli airliner said they heard a loud boom just after takeoff, but were told by the crew it was a technical problem.