THE chief executive of US technology firm Microsemi yesterday strongly indicated at further expansion at its Ennis plant.

SOUTH Africa coach Peter de Villiers has described Morne Steyn as a match winner after calling up the fly-half to replace the injured Ruan Pienaar for Saturday’s Tri-Nations Test match with New Zealand.

Departing 'CSI: Crime Scene Investigation' star William Petersen has hinted he will return for a big screen version of the hit TV drama.

CHARLIE SHEEN’s role as a wealthy, womanising bachelor on the top-rated sitcom Two and a Half Men has made him the highest paid TV actor this year with earnings of $825,000 (€533,000) per episode, including money from his ownership rights in the show.

ACTOR William Petersen is to leave CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, having been with the TV forensics drama since its first episode eight years ago.

Two great escapes and a moment of huge relief today kept alive Europe’s hopes of winning back the Solheim Cup in Sweden.

IRELAND blew a great chance for a shock win over South Africa after slumping to a 35-run defeat in their World Cup warm-up match at the Sir Frank Worrell grounds yesterday.

Ireland blew a great chance for a shock win over South Africa after slumping to a 35-run defeat in their World Cup warm-up match at the Sir Frank Worrell grounds today.

TWO children have been hospitalised in Indonesia with suspected bird flu, and the government put the country on high alert yesterday as it struggled to contain a virus that has killed four people.

Security concerns again plagued tsunami relief efforts, as rebels in Indonesia’s Aceh province accused government troops of ditching an informal truce.

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The first of the summer epic blockbusters has finally arrived; so what's next?

The director of Troy refused to worry when Brad Pitt tore his Achilles tendon while filming the lavish new epic, because he was so confident about the success of the movie.

Five billion people worldwide suffer from tooth decay, many of them because they fail to realise that caring for your mouth can lead to a longer, better life, the UN health agency said today.

INVESTIGATORS and retailers in eight states and a territory are scrambling to recover meat that may have come from a Holstein stricken with deadly mad cow disease.

Investigators and retailers in eight US states are trying to recover meat that may have come from a cow stricken with deadly mad cow disease.

SHELBOURNE will know more about their championship credentials after tonight’s match against Derry City at Tolka Park (7.45pm) where manager Pat Fenlon will have a full-strength squad to pick from.

Director Wolfgang Petersen has denied reports that his epic adventure Troy is likely to be delayed or postponed by war in the Middle East.

South African apartheid victims have launched multi billion pound actions against international banks which dealt with the racist regime.

The Sri Lankan government and Tamil rebels have signed a permanent ceasefire as a crucial step toward end their 18 year civil war.

Mike Tyson has no intention of eventually going out of boxing ‘‘old too soon, smart too late’’.

A university lecturer has been jailed for 90 days for causing an accident which killed three people and an unborn baby.

Relatives are identifying the bodies of at least 43 people who died after a stampede at a soccer match in South Africa.