Walsh made a winning start in a bid for gold at the European Games in Minsk.

A 32-year-old Vietnamese woman charged with cultivating cannabis at Tinarana House told Gardaí that she was forced to do it.

Phuong Nguyen, 40, with an address at Templeview Row, Clarehall, Dublin allegedly caused more than €50,000 worth of damage during the incident on Monday.

Three men have been jailed in England for turning an underground nuclear bunker there designed for British Army VIPs into the "largest cannabis factory to be found in the south of England".

The four women who made a little bit of Irish sporting history by competing in the weightlifting World Championships for the first time finished much nearer last than first, but the venture was still a success for one of the country’s fastest-growing sports.

It has been one of the most talked about games of 2014 across any platform.

A 28-year-old man has been charged in relation to a major drug seizure in Tralee.

US police are searching for a 14-year-old girl who they say was abducted by robbers from her house.

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A 23-year-old Vietnamese woman claims to have aged 50 years in days.

Prosecutors today called the girlfriend of the doctor charged over Michael Jackson’s death to detail the physician’s busy schedule on the day the singer died.

FRANCE’S wheat harvest, the European Union’s biggest, advanced in the past four days as sunny weather and temperatures above 20 degrees Celsius (68 degrees Fahrenheit) allowed fields to dry and farmers to cut crops.

A Vietnamese man who converted a rented house into a cannabis growing factory has been given a suspended sentence on condition that he leave the country immediately.

A 21-year-old man was arrested today over an aggravated burglary which saw a couple bravely fight off their armed attackers.

GARDAÍ are closing in on a second burglar who subjected a couple and their young children to a horrific ordeal at their home on Wednesday.

A US man convicted in the shooting death of a convenience store clerk became the 400th person to be executed in Texas since the state resumed capital punishment in 1982.

An old leg injury has surfaced as a key element in an appeal that seeks to keep a condemned Texas inmate from being executed this evening.

Arnold Schwarzenegger has urged a Republican politician to step out of the race for Congress after one of his campaign trail officials sent out an ill-advised letter to Latino voters.

Another fine performance from the terrific Blanchett and a strong script that breathes depth into the characters gives this story of family dysfunction a decided edge.

A 12-year-old alleged victim of Gary Glitter has dubbed the 1970s rocker a "monster", claiming he knew she was just a child.

SINGAPORE executed Australian heroin trafficker Nguyen Tuong Van early yesterday in a case that triggered an outcry in his country.

Singapore executed Australian heroin trafficker Nguyen Tuong Van early today in a case that triggered an outcry in his country.

Australia is considering taking Singapore to the International Court of Justice in a desperate bid to prevent the execution of a heroin trafficker on December 2, Foreign Minister Alexander Downer said today.

Singapore’s highest court today rejected an Australian man’s final appeal to stave off execution for drug trafficking.

SINGAPORE’S appeals court reserved judgement yesterday in a death-penalty case against an Australian convicted of smuggling heroin, saying it wants more time to look at evidence.

Tens of thousands of letters mailed around the US could have picked up trace amounts of anthrax while passing through a contaminated postal centre, the nation’s top anthrax investigator has said.

A New York woman who mysteriously died of inhalation anthrax did handle the post at the hospital where she worked.

A mail room in the Veterans Affairs Medical Centre is to be fumigated after testing positive for trace amounts of anthrax.

An investigation into how a New York hospital worker died from inhalation anthrax is being stepped up.