Dublin sauntered into the Bord Gais Energy All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling final with 26 points to spare over a hapless Antrim at Pairc Esler in Newry.

ANTRIM’S U21 hurlers remain on course to retain their title after a four-point win over Down at a rain-lashed Casement Park last night.

Antrim 4-16 Derry 0-09

A gunman with a grudge against civic leaders stormed a city council meeting early today, killing two police officers and three others before being shot dead.

Tipperary goalkeeper Brendan Cummins retained his M Donnelly All-Ireland Poc Fada title at the Cooley Mountains in Louth today in wet conditions.

DETECTIVES believe a man accused of kidnapping two teenagers, one of whom was held for more than four years, could be linked to a third child.

Detectives believe a man accused of kidnapping two teenagers, one of whom was held for more than four years, could be linked to the disappearance of a third child.

A kidnapped Missouri boy gave a hint as to the ordeal he suffered when he told a US television audience he “never wanted any kid to go through what I went through".

Kidnap victim Shawn Hornbeck appeared poised and stoic in his first major television interview after his four-year abduction.

A man pleaded not guilty today to charges of kidnapping a 13-year-old boy who was found four days later in the man’s apartment with another boy who had been missing for more than four years.

The man accused of abducting two teenage boys in the US is scheduled for to appear in court today for arraignment in one of the cases.

A boy who was kidnapped in the US said it was great to be back with his family, during an interview at his home.

WHILE his alleged kidnapper was away at work, teenager Shawn Hornbeck apparently had access to a computer, and may have put photos of himself online and posted a chilling message on a site created by his own desperate parents: “How long are you planning to look for your son?”

THE uncle of a 13-year-old American boy rescued four days after he was snatched on his way home from school said yesterday that no one is pushing the boy to talk about his ordeal.

For more than four years, Shawn Hornbeck seemed to have had every chance to escape, left alone for hours to ride his bike, play video games and walk past missing-child posters showing his own age-progressed image.

Two boys kidnapped four years apart and found in the same US flat smiled shyly but said nothing to media at two packed news conferences today, a day after they were rescued.

A 41-year old man has been charged with kidnap after shocked police discovered a 13-year-old boy who vanished five days ago – along with a 15-year-old boy who had missing since 2002.