USA: A water manager is facing discipline after he was caught urinating in an empty reservoir that supplies drinking water for the San Francisco Bay Area.

Residents of a Lucan housing development have said they should not have to foot the bill after inspectors discovered a lack of fire safety features in their homes.

A senior Garda told a court that there was an organised element behind the theft of a woman’s inheritance in the post over two years ago.

Two taxi companies each received in excess of €1m from the Health Service Executive as part of a €26m total pay-out for patient and staff transport in 2010.

The doctor who examined a woman at the centre of a rape allegation has told a Central Criminal Court jury that there was no forensic evidence of a rape having taken place.

Australia’s hottest celebrity couple, Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban, jetted out of Sydney today, likely bound for a secluded honeymoon getaway on the golden sands of the South Pacific.

Actress Nicole Kidman’s celebrity wedding to country singer Keith Urban got under way today, with the Hollywood star arriving at the clifftop church in Sydney dressed in a flowing white gown and veil and clutching a posy of white roses.

NICOLE KIDMAN’S every move has been followed by photographers, TV crews and fans in the days leading up to her wedding to Keith Urban.