Pentagon chief Robert Gates said he saw little sense in air strikes or major ground assaults by US or Turkish forces against Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq until more is known about their locations along the border.

YESTERDAY was a double anniversary. Both relate to the birth date of short-lived minority governments. Each lasted for less than a year.

No-one will ever know what caused a trawler to sink off the Connemara coast in severe weather last September claiming the lives of four fishermen, a report said today.

A war of words has broken out between Jamie Oliver and the makers of Heinz baked beans.

A US couple have received $180,000 from Heinz because a ketchup bottle was underfilled by one and a half ounce.