An ex-bishop who abused 18 young men and aspiring priests over 30 years in england has finally admitted his guilt after a last-ditch effort to throw his case out on the word of a former Archbishop of Canterbury failed.

A senior Fianna Fáil TD has slammed sick taunts aimed at party leader Micheál Martin, which said two of his children who died tragically would want him to vote no in today’s marriage referendum.

Connacht stormed away in the second half to record a bonus-point victory over French club Bayonne at The Sportsground tonight.

Daughters receive transplanted wombs to help achieve pregnancy

With the closest known US cases of ebola diagnosed about 160 miles away in Dallas, Cary Griffin, from Huntsville, Texas is taking no chances.

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Cardiff Blues 9 Ulster 26

Ireland duo Tommy Bowe and Paddy Jackson return for Ulster’s trip to Blues at the Arms Park tonight.

Robert Sugden is to return to ‘Emmerdale’.

Nine women in Sweden have successfully received transplanted wombs donated from relatives and will soon try to become pregnant, the doctor in charge of the pioneering project has revealed.

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A prominent loyalist campaigner involved in Union flag protests in Northern Ireland has been refused bail after being accused of encouraging or assisting offences.

Five brides were yesterday excitedly reliving stolen memories of their big day.

A 17-year-old youth has been found guilty of the murder of his mother who he stabbed to death after losing his temper.

A nasty jolt to their marriage bliss awaits two couples on honeymoon after thieves stole laptops containing all professional photos taken on their big days.

A mother and two sons whose bodies were found at their home in Britain on Sunday suffered stab wounds, police confirmed today.

MARTIN JOHNSON has described the damning fallout from England’s World Cup campaign as “one of the worst things I have experienced in the game”.

PRAYERS will be said across churches in Wales tomorrow for the loved ones of the four victims who perished in the Gleision colliery disaster.

The deaths of four miners trapped in a flooded mine were tonight described as a “stab through the heart” of a community hoping they could be rescued alive.

England were today considering whether to appeal against Courtney Lawes’ two-match ban for recklessly striking Argentina hooker Mario Ledesma with his knee.

Courtney Lawes faces the possibility of missing the rest of England’s Rugby World Cup campaign after being cited for allegedly striking Argentina hooker Mario Ledesma with his knee.

A woman has reclaimed the skeleton of a distant relative after she found it was being held in a university display case, 189 years after being executed.

A couple gave heroin substitute methadone to a baby who died of suspected poisoning, a court heard today.

BRITISH and Irish Lion Nathan Hines, pictured, has received a one-week ban that will rule him out of contention for the second Test against South Africa in Pretoria.

A JUDGE, shocked by horrific images of livestock cruelty, was yesterday asked to impose a lifetime ban on a farmer from herding animals.

Rob Howley’s coaching career will continue to flourish with the Lions next year, and the former scrum-half admits he is still pinching himself at his rapid rise.

WORLD champions South Africa want to play Ireland in a one-off Test in the United Arab Emirates later this year.

Balcas, a Fermanagh-based timber miller and pellet manufacturer, is leading the way for its new environmentally friendly fuel with the opening of a depot in Ringaskiddy, Co Cork.

It is being claimed that guidelines on so-called safe alcohol limits may have no scientific basis.

IRELAND’S “e-athletes” who will compete in the World Cyber Games in the US — the equivalent of the Olympics for computer gaming — were announced yesterday after a gruelling weekend of gaming.

England’s World Cup captain Phil Vickery has been banned for two matches, dealing the Web-Ellis Trophy holders another damaging blow.

An inquest jury in the UK heard today how 16-year-old Daniel Greening managed to survive a plane crash which killed four others.

Workers today recovered the body of the driver of a bus loaded with foreign tourists that crashed en route to Canada, killing five people, including three Canadians, officials said.

The pilot who passed out at the helm of the Staten Island ferry in New York before a fatal 2003 crash has been jailed for 18 months for manslaughter.

LIONS LOCK Danny Grewcock has protested his innocence after he was found guilty of biting an opponent and banned for two months.

Furious Lions officials tonight lodged a complaint with the match citing officer following an incident that ended captain Brian O’Driscoll’s New Zealand tour.

Clive Woodward insists Neil Back still has an integral part to play in the Lions tour to New Zealand despite being handed a four-week suspension.

Lions head coach Sir Clive Woodward today issued a stinging rebuke to the Rugby Football Union disciplinary panel which handed Neil Back a four-week suspension for punching Joe Worsley in the Premiership Grand Final.

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Cardiff 15 Stade Francais 38

FRENCH GIANTS Stade Francais are determined to try to increase the pressure on Heineken Cup rivals Ulster and Gloucester tonight.

A FATHER and son on the run from the law in England after being convicted of a savage attack may have returned to Ireland.

England’s retired World Cup heroes look unlikely to be considered by their former boss Clive Woodward for the Lions tour of New Zealand next summer.