Storm Desmond is being credited with the return of religious items, including a set of rosary beads, to a woman in Co Kerry in a bizarre story in which a hunter mistook her stolen bag for a sitting duck.

They came, they saw a sea of red — and were duly conquered.

“Always be ready for anything, you never know what will happen to you.”

A tour bus filled with Italians returning home after an excursion plunged off a highway into a ravine in southern Italy after it had smashed into several cars that were slowed by heavy traffic, killing at least 37 people, said police and rescuers.

The body of Padre Pio will go on permanent display next month in Italy.

One of the problems with past success is that it can freeze time for declined teams.

PUTTING the body of Padre Pio on display 40 years after his death gives those who would deride such expressions of faith an opportunity to deride and sneer.

The body of saint Padre Pio went on public display today in an southern Italian town where thousands have gathered to pray to the mystic monk some believe bore the signs of Jesus’ crucifixion.

The exhumed body of a Catholic monk made a saint by the last pope is to be put on display to mark the 40 years since his death.

Pope John Paul today canonised the controversial founder of Opus Dei, a conservative Catholic group dedicated to upholding Church teaching and strive for holiness in everyday life.

A DÁIL deputy has revealed how watching two men walk free from court after being convicted of robbing and ransacking his family's home led to disillusionment with the criminal justice system.

More than 2,000 Irish pilgrims are in St Peter's square in Rome for the canonisation of Padre Pio.

It is expected that Bloom's day in Ireland will be overshadowed by the second round game in the World Cup.

Irish icons James Joyce and Padre Pio will be overshadowed tomorrow by Barnsley boy Mick McCarthy.

Pilgrims began flocking to Rome today for the canonisation of Padre Pio, the enormously popular mystical Italian monk whose hands bled for years.

A Dutch bishop says the Vatican is about to appoint a patron saint of the internet.