Peyton Manning broke Brett Favre’s all-time record for touchdown passes, leading Denver to a 42-17 rout of San Francisco to cap a scintillating Sunday in the NFL.

There was a nice little documentary on the radio here a couple of weeks ago which sought to debunk the corporate creation myths of the most successful entrepreneurs who rose up to dominate our daily lives.

SRI LANKA: A British tourist is to be deported from Sri Lanka because of a tattoo of Buddha on her arm.

The most highly anticipated Super Bowl in recent memory somehow also managed to be the biggest disappointment.

Very few parents are prosecuted for criminal neglect despite coming to the attention of gardaí for drug and alcohol abuse, a report examining the management of neglect cases reveals.

Chronic under-staffing of psychology services in Co Roscommon left 180 children waiting one to two years to be seen and prevented psychologists from assessing parents ability to care for their children.

When Peyton Manning talks about his football mortality, acknowledging his physical shortcomings and scoffing at the notion that he plays as he did in his prime, it all makes perfect sense.

A Canadian mother fed up with picking up after her three daughters went on strike to teach her children how to clean up their own mess.

Trying to find the hidden messages behind today’s clash at the Aviva Stadium.

Back in August, back before the season began, Eli Manning was asked whether he considered himself an “elite” quarterback a la Tom Brady.

With so many subplots funnelling into tomorrow night’s Super Bowl, the expectations are that it will be one of the most watched NFL title games of all time.

For those who follow his exploits closely, Jim Irsay admitting Sunday’s Super Bowl is the end of an era for the team he owns will come as no surprise.

THE New York Giants have a habit of beating the Superbowl favourites.

Jennifer Aniston has won a restraining order against an alleged stalker.

God knows our little-stitious rugby stars may need every bit of luck we can rub together, deep behind enemy lines

ONE of the Duke of Devonshire’s estate managers, who has fed many rich and famous people, could make herself a small fortune after winning a major cookery competition.

THE Arizona Cardinals ended the Buffalo Bills’ unbeaten start to the season with a surprisingly easy 41-17 victory in Week 5 of the NFL.

ELI MANNING trotted toward the New York Giants’ huddle facing a challenge of historic proportions.

PEYTON MANNING has a championship game to be at next weekend after all. He can go watch baby brother Eli guide the New York Giants.

NEW York Giants took the honours in the first ever competitive NFL match to be played outside North America as Miami Dolphins remained winless for the season.

INDIANAPOLIS Colts quarterback Peyton Manning provided the fourth-quarter heroics, Santana Moss’s overtime catch won it for the Washington Redskins and the Baltimore Ravens rallied to win the clash of unbeaten teams.

A BEAT UP Patriots defence and a supercharged San Diego offence was enough to hand Super Bowl champions New England their first home defeat in nearly three years during an exciting weekend of National Football League action.

THIS is the innocent woman who married the Irish serial rapist and child killer Robert Howard, who is suspected of killing up to seven women in Britain.

The body of a BBC producer has been flown to Kenya, a day after a militiaman shot and killed her only hours after she had flown into Mogadishu, the Somali capital.

A BBC producer was shot in the back and wounded by a militiaman not long after arriving in the lawless Somalian capital, Mogadishu, today.

ST LOUIS and Denver got the victories they needed, while Minnesota and the New York Jets didn’t have to win to book their play-off berths as the National Football League regular season ended on Sunday.

COLTS quarterback Peyton Manning is well on his way to building a National Football League post season reputation, piloting Indianapolis to a 38-31 triumph over Kansas City on Sunday to reach the American Conference championship game.

PEYTON MANNING became the first quarterback in 12 seasons to throw six touchdown passes in a game as the Indianapolis Colts routed the New Orleans Saints by 55-21.

CORK city woke up to a flood of problems yesterday after a night of torrential rain.