USA: Seattle police witnessed the miracle of childbirth when they pulled over a speeding car en route to an area hospital, and ended up helping a woman in labour deliver her baby girl.

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On the eve of Scotland’s independence referendum, the fate of the United Kingdom rests on hundreds of thousands of wavering Scottish voters, as opinion polls showed supporters of the 307-year union just a whisker ahead of secessionists.

Maurice Riordan

The new Irish passport includes verses in Ulster Scots as well as a map of the entire island for the first time.

The new Irish passport includes verses in Ulster Scots as well as a map of the entire island for the first time.

Increasingly, Irish bar and restaurant owners in New York City are turning away from the tried and tested ‘Oirish’ pub model, with stylish updates. And it’s working, writes John Riordan (Picture: Saul Martinez)

On a roll

Karaoke fans rejected the traditional sentiments of ‘Auld Lang Syne’ on New Year’s Eve and saw in 2013 ‘Gangnam Style’, according to a poll.

Tomorrow evening Waterford or Tipperary will send a captain forward to raise the Munster Hurling Cup, assuming there is no draw.

MY boots sank a little into the ground as I stepped off the farm roadway onto a grazing paddock last Thursday morning.

Mike Scott refuses to tread softly when distilling the work of W B Yeats for a new 14-track album, says Richard Fitzpatrick.

A LAW firm being sued by businessman Philip Lynch and his family in an effort to prevent AIB pursuing them for repayment of a €25 million development loan was never retained by the Lynches in connection with that deal and owed no duty of care to them, the Commercial Court was told yesterday.

A SOLICITOR has denied he “mixed up” the concepts of security and recourse in an email stating Allied Irish Bank “no longer require any legal recourse” against businessman Philip Lynch, developer Gerry Conlan “and the Lynch children” for a €25 million loan to buy development lands in Waterford.

THE personal assistant to businessman Philip Lynch asked a solicitor, just hours before a €25 million loan was signed by the Lynch family, whether the final terms of that loan meant AIB would have recourse only to lands for repayment, a court has heard.

Howard Johnson added another string to his powerful Cheltenham Festival bow as Killyglen took the victorchandler.com Robert Burns 250th Anniversary Novices’ Chase at Ayr.

THE High Court has reserved judgment on proceedings brought by a US national, who is based in Dublin, after gardaí directed Bank of Ireland to “freeze” $100,000 (€77,000) in an account here.

A manuscript of a Robert Burns poem separated more than a century ago has been put back together in time for the Bard’s birthday celebrations today.

Controversial rock star Pete Doherty is to showcase his poetry at a festival to celebrate Scotland’s most famous bard, it emerged today.

An actress who has earned awards and rave reviews for her performance in the latest Ken Loach movie is making her first trip to Hollywood to raise her profile there.

Scotland’s most famous national dish has generated a great deal of interest around the world, not least for the ingredients used.

Braveheart legend William Wallace has been voted the top Scot of all time, a new poll revealed today.

More than £1m is to be spent promoting Robert Burns around the world in a move by politicians to rebuild Scotland's flagging tourist industry.