Ireland’s folkloric past provides a rich seam for an Australian novelist to follow on from the success of her last novel, writes Sue Leonard.

A woman who raised a child kidnapped 23 years ago from a New York hospital was in custody today after surrendering on a probation violation charge.

A WOMAN kidnapped as a baby from Harlem Hospital in 1987 — abducted at 19 days old by a woman who had been lurking around the hospital for weeks wearing a nurse’s uniform — has been found alive and well.

US death row inmate Eric Nance was executed by injection early today following a 90 minute delay so US Supreme Court judges could consider separate claims that he was mentally retarded and that additional DNA testing might clear his name.