The HSE has written to a mental health nurse it put off duty for speaking to the media, clearing him for a return to work.

A mental health nurse who went public with his concerns about a new psychiatric unit has been suspended indefinitely.

A nurse motivated by his desire for patient safety has been placed off duty, writes Catherine Shanahan

Eric Cantona was relaxed and even ate McDonald’s in the moments after he received a two-week prison sentence for his kung fu-style attack on a Crystal Palace fan, according Manchester United’s former head of security.

“If you were ever in GF, you’d appreciate how fantastic this new unit is.”

Fashion and the economy have long been linked (although they’ll never admit to it). 

For those with money to invest, and there are still many of those out there in the Irish economy, these are interesting, uncertain times.

Bullets bounced off Ned Kelly “like hail” as the Australian outlaw made his last stand, according to an eyewitness account that has surfaced more than 130 years after his capture.

G'day. I'm a Jedi.

An ancient log boat, possibly thousands of years old, has been discovered partly embedded in the banks of the Boyne river in Drogheda, possibly where it originally sank and indicating that Drogheda could have other hidden treasures.

The priest who presided over the funeral Mass of Ned Kelly — more than 130 years after he was hanged for murder — said he has received a torrent of abuse for granting the infamous outlaw a Catholic church service.

The remains of Australia’s most famous outlaw, Ned Kelly, are finally to be laid to rest, 132 years after he was hanged for murder.

NED Kelly rides again at the Irish Museum of Modern Art at the Royal Hospital, Kilmainham, where Sidney Nolan’s celebrated paintings of the outlaw are on loan until January.

MUSIC NEWS: While no Irish dates have been announced yet, the Stone Roses have confirmed they’ll be gigging into next year, and have lined up shows for London’s Finsbury Park on Jun 7-8, and Glasgow Green on Jun 15.

MUSIC NEWS: Thom Yorke of Radiohead has unveiled some tracks from his Atoms For Peace project during a DJ set in the US.

Ned Kelly, the Irish-Australian folk hero, was a man who robbed, pillaged and murdered his way through life.

The skeleton of Australia’s most notorious criminal will finally be returned to his family 132 years after he was executed.

INFAMOUS Australian outlaw Ned Kelly has had his final wish granted 131 years after being executed, with officials agreeing to release his remains so he can be buried with his family.

IT EXISTED in folklore and fairy tales — a bit like Tír na nÓg — until 21st century technology confirmed a tiny village in Ireland was in fact home to one of the most important Viking sites in the world.

“Never forget the importance of history. Not to know what has been transacted in former times is to be always a child. If no use is made of the labours of past ages, the world must remain always in the infancy of knowledge.”

Often derided as evidence of a backward nation, Ireland’s bogs reveal instead that our ancient ancestors were a sophisticated people rich in culture — albeit with a taste for savage ritual killings. Dan Buckley goes back in time

THE headless remains of Australia’s most infamous criminal Ned Kelly have been identified, ending a decades-long mystery surrounding the whereabouts of the folk hero’s body.

The headless remains of Australia’s most infamous criminal Ned Kelly have been identified, ending a decades-long mystery surrounding the whereabouts of the folk hero’s body, it was announced today.

Saturday

LEOPARDSTOWN Racecourse yesterday announced a new five-year deal which will see the 100% Irish owned BHP Insurances Ltd company sponsor the Irish Champion Hurdle until 2015.

ONE of the best-preserved Viking settlements in Europe has been discovered near the fishing village of Annagassan in Co Louth.

A painting of Australia’s most notorious outlaw sold at auction for AUD$5.4m (€3.6m), a record bid for an Australian artwork.

ON an afternoon when Niall Madden enjoyed a first ever four-timer, Jumbo Rio, fresh from two cracking efforts behind the high-class Rendons Grace at Auteuil, showed what a game customer he is when taking the featured Kevin McManus Bookmaker Grimes Hurdle at Tipperary yesterday.

Heath Ledger's ex-girlfriend Naomi Watts is urging Academy Awards bosses to recognise the late actor's talents by honouring him with a posthumous Oscar on Sunday night.

A burial site that might contain the bones of Australia's most notorious outlaw, Ned Kelly, has been uncovered by researchers.

ARCHAEOLOGISTS said yesterday that they believe the remains of iconic Australian outlaw Ned Kelly have been found in a mass grave at the site of a former prison.

U2 FRONTMAN Bono last night ruled out a full-time acting career as he attended the European premiere of his latest film in his hometown.

Naomi Watts was among the family and close friends who attended a private memorial for late actor Heath Ledger in Los Angeles on Saturday night.

Grangeclare Lark, who beat Shuil Aris by a short head at Fairyhouse, emphatically confirmed the placings on 3lbs worse terms in the Bewleys’ Hotels Irish Stallion Farms EBF Mares Hurdle at Punchestown yesterday.

EDWARD O’GRADY went to Aintree yesterday to supervise Ned Kelly’s bid for glory in the John Smith’s Foxhunters Chase.

WE can dress it up anyway we want, but one has to conclude this was a desperately disappointing Cheltenham for Irish horses.

Last year’s winner Whyso Mayo is among a 43-strong entry for the Christie’s Foxhunter Chase at the Cheltenham Festival.

A Dublin man had to be restrained by gardaí after he was convicted by a jury of the murder of Ian McConnell, who was shot at close range in the back of the head at a Ballymun tower block in December 2005.

A high-class entry featuring 119 hopefuls has been revealed for the John Smith’s Grand National at Aintree on April 14.

Cheltenham specialist Fondmort and Irish raider War Of Attrition top 54 entries for the Ryanair Chase at next month’s Festival meeting.

MOSCOW FLYER heads a classy 11-strong entry for the Paddy Power Dial-a-Bet Chase at the Leopardstown festival on December 27.

War Of Attrition disappointed as Hi Cloy, trained by Michael Hourigan and ridden by Andrew McNamara, got up in the dying strides to claim glory in the Grade One John Durkan Memorial Punchestown Chase.

HARCHIBALD appears a likely starter in Saturday’s totesport Bula Hurdle at Cheltenham after satisfying Noel Meade in a crucial piece of work on the gallops.

MICHAEL DARCY took the riding honours on a day of shocks at Thurles yesterday, recording a double on Baily Breeze and Just.