Unexpected zen.

Peeling spuds is one of the more time-consuming tasks in the kitchen but this 12-year-old didn’t let the time spent go to waste.

Families of some of the 49 people killed in a massacre at an Orlando gay nightclub mourned and buried their dead, a day after US president Barack Obama met survivors and said the United States must act to control gun violence.

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More than 300 people have died in two factory fires that broke out in Pakistan’s two biggest cities.

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An Iraqi immigrant accused of running down his daughter because she was becoming too Westernised was returned to Arizona to face aggravated assault charges after being denied entry to the UK.

THE mother of the “Scissor Sisters” – who were jailed for killing the man whose headless torso was found in the Royal Canal in Dublin – was jailed for five years.

THE awful and gory details of one of the most gruesome murders ever committed in this country were revisited this week when the mother of the so-called Scissor Sisters was finally brought to court for her part in the monstrous crime.

The mother of the ‘Scissor Sisters’ - who were jailed for killing the man whose headless torso was found in the Royal Canal in Dublin - was jailed for five years at the Central Criminal Court today.

THE girlfriend of Kenyan murder victim Farah Swaleh Noor cleaned up the crime scene to protect her two daughters, who had killed him, the Central Criminal Court heard yesterday.

The mother of the notorious 'Scissor Sisters' today broke down sobbing as lawyers pleaded for leniency over her role in covering up the gruesome killing of her African boyfriend.

THE mother of the notorious Scissor Sisters could face up to 10 years behind bars for covering up the brutal murder of her African boyfriend.

A date has been set for the trial of Kathleen Mulhall in connection with the death of her Kenyan boyfriend in Dublin four years ago.

THERE is something rotten in our prison service. This week mobile phone pictures were published of murderer Charlotte Mulhall — one of the infamous Scissors Sisters — jokingly holding a carving knife to the throat of drug offender Denis Gibney in Mountjoy.

The eldest brother of convicted killers, Charlotte and Linda Mulhall, has been jailed for robbing two shops at knifepoint for money for food for his children and the children of his jailed sister Linda.

A trial date has been set for Kathleen Mulhall on charges arising from the killing of her boyfriend Fareh Swaleh Noor.

LINDA MULHALL, jailed along with her sister for their part in the killing of their mother’s boyfriend, yesterday lost her appeal against the severity of her 15-year sentence.

The eldest brother of the Mulhall sisters who killed their mother’s boyfriend has been jailed for five years for robbing two prostitutes in Dublin apartments.

The mother of the so-called “Scissor Sisters” appeared in court today to face nine new charges in connection with the murder of her African boyfriend.

Killer Charlotte Mulhall today lost an appeal against her conviction for the gruesome murder of her mother’s African boyfriend.

THE mother of the so-called “Scissor Sisters” Linda and Charlotte Mulhall appeared in court yesterday charged in connection with the murder of her Kenyan boyfriend.

The mother of the so-called "Scissor Sisters" appeared in court today charged in connection with the murder of her African boyfriend.

appear in court today in relation to the same incident.

The mother of two women convicted of killing her Kenyan boyfriend is tonight in garda custody in connection with his death.

Thousands of people angry about the slow return of results waved machetes and looted shops in Kenya today as President Mwai Kibaki closed the gap on the opposition in the closest presidential election in the country’s history.

Kenya’s opposition declared victory today in the presidential election on the basis of partial results as tensions over the vote erupted into violence in Nairobi and opposition strongholds.

A DECISION in an appeal brought by Dublin woman Linda Mulhall to have her 15-year sentence reduced for the manslaughter of her mother’s boyfriend, whose body was cut up and dumped, has been put off until the new year.

The Court of Criminal Appeal has reserved judgement in the challenge by Linda Mulhall to her 15-year-sentence for the manslaughter of her mother's boyfriend.

A skull discovered by a woman in her back garden is around 100 years old, gardaí revealed today.

A suicide car bomber attacked a convoy of US contract workers and military personnel in Afghanistan’s capital Kabul today, killing at least four civilians, officials said. A soldier opened fire on the crowd after the attack, killing one civilian.

IT WAS the jersey of an Irish away strip worn by Farah Swaleh Noor on the day he died that provided the vital clue in helping gardaí to identify the victim whose headless torso and other body parts were found floating in the Royal Canal on March 30 last year.

Dublin woman, Charlotte Mulhall, who bludgeoned her mother’s African boyfriend to death and cut up his body, was today jailed for life.

TWO Dublin sisters are to be sentenced today by the Central Criminal Court over their roles in the gruesome killing of their mother’s African boyfriend, whose dismembered and headless body was found in the Royal Canal last year.

GARDAÍ are trying to build up a case against the mother of two women found guilty last week of brutally killing her boyfriend.

The jury in the trial of two Dublin sisters accused of murdering their mother’s boyfriend, before disposing of his dismembered body in the Royal Canal will rise to consider its verdict tomorrow at the Central Criminal Court.

The trial of two Dublin sisters accused of murdering their mother’s boyfriend before disposing of his dismembered body in the Royal Canal has reached its final stages at the Central Criminal Court.

The former partner of a Kenyan man who’s dismembered and headless body was pulled from the Royal Canal has claimed he raped her on an almost daily basis and she feared he might kill her.

The younger of two Dublin sisters accused of murdering and chopping up their mother’s boyfriend told gardaí that their mother told them “please just kill him for me", and gave them a knife and hammer, a jury at the Central Criminal Court has heard.

One of two Dublin sisters accused of murdering an African man who’s headless and dismembered body was found in the Royal Canal, told gardaí how she hit him with a hammer after her sister cut his throat with a Stanley blade, a jury at the Central Criminal Court has heard.

The younger sister of two Dublin women on trial for the murder of an African man who’s headless body was found in the Royal Canal in Dublin last year, has claimed she was told the deceased tried to rape one of the accused.

A friend of an African man who’s dismembered and headless body was pulled from the Royal Canal in Dublin last year, has claimed he saw the deceased man on the day of the alleged murder in the company of three women.