Josef Fritzl, the Austrian who fathered seven children with his own daughter in a homemade dungeon, has divorced his wife of 55 years — because she has never visited him in prison.

Ploughing championship wins last week for Longford, Donegal, Tipperary North, Galway, and Kerry indicated the rise of interest in competition ploughing across Ireland.

Gardaí in Dublin are appealing for the public's help in tracing the whereabouts of a missing 47-year-old woman.

A ROW between two young men, described as being the “best of pals”, ended in appalling tragedy after one of them was fatally stabbed with a kitchen knife.

Evil Joseph Fritzl will spend the rest of his life locked up for the crimes that shocked the world.

Evil Josef Fritzl was sentenced to spend the rest of his life behind bars today for fathering seven children by raping his daughter and allowing one to die through neglect.

Incest monster Josef Fritzl made a pathetic plea for mercy today from the jury that will decide his sentence.

IN a stunning turn of events, an Austrian on trial for imprisoning his daughter for 24 years and fathering her seven children pleaded guilty yesterday to all charges against him — including homicide. The move came after his daughter appeared unexpectedly in the courtroom.

Josef Fritzl came face to face with the daughter he raped for 24 years at his trial, sources confirmed today.

Josef Fritzl pleaded guilty today to all of the charges against him – including homicide – at his incest-imprisonment trial in Austria.

THE full harrowing ordeal suffered by incest rapist Josef Fritzl’s daughter was revealed in 11 hours of video evidence yesterday.

The full harrowing ordeal suffered by incest rapist Josef Fritzl’s daughter was spelled out in 11 hours of her video evidence to his trial today.

The jury trying incest rapist Josef Fritzl will hear more evidence today from the daughter he imprisoned in a home-made dungeon for 24 years while fathering seven children by her.

Josef Fritzl repeatedly raped his daughter in front of the children he had already fathered by her during the 24 years he kept her in a secret dungeon, his trial heard today.

A man has gone on trial in Austria accused of imprisoning his daughter for 24 years and fathering her seven children.

Joseph Fritzl will go on trial today facing charges of murder, rape, incest, coercion, false imprisonment and enslavement.

The family of Austrian dungeon pervert Josef Fritzl have spoken out for the first time, thanking the public for its support.

The Austrian man who allegedly imprisoned his daughter and fathered seven children with her, first planned to build his secret cell as early as 1978, when his daughter was 12, authorities said today.

The wife of an Austrian man accused of holding their daughter captive for 24 years fought to keep the troubled family together, but never knew their child was in a soundproofed cellar beneath the apartment, her sister said.

The wife of Austria’s accused “horror father” Josef Fritzl never believed her husband was involved in the 24-year disappearance of their daughter, even though he had already served an 18-month prison sentence for a 1967 rape conviction, her sister said.

JOSEF Fritzl was born on April 9, 1935, in Amstetten, a working-class town 75 miles west of Vienna.

Police used sonar today to search the home of dungeon father Josef Fritzl to ensure no other underground prisons exist.

WATCHING the gruesome details of the Austrian incest case unfold, one question on many people’s minds is: “How could this be allowed to happen?”

Police in Austria are examining links between the murder of a young woman and the man who has confessed to holding his daughter captive for 24 years and fathering her seven children.

Long-lost members of an Austrian family terrorised by decades of imprisonment had an “astonishing” reunion at the clinic where psychiatrists are helping them cope.

Long-lost members of an Austrian family terrorised by decades of imprisonment had an "astonishing" reunion at the clinic where psychiatrists are helping them cope, authorities said today.

The Austrian man who imprisoned his daughter for 24 years and fathered seven children with her suffered from a “power complex” and possibly other disorders, experts said today.

Horrified residents in the Austrian town where a 73-year-old man imprisoned and repeatedly raped his daughter for 24 years are questioning how he deceived police, neighbours and social workers for so long.

Austrian authorities say the case of the man who allegedly imprisoned his daughter for 24 years and fathered at least six children with her is one of the nation's worst-ever crimes.

An Austrian man has confessed to holding his daughter captive in a “house of horrors” for 24 years and fathering at least six of her children, police said today.

A woman was held captive in a cellar for almost 24 years by her father, who repeatedly raped her and fathered at least six children, police said.

THE country’s newest priest imparted his first blessings to his family last night after an historic ordination.

Pop queen Kylie Minogue has denied her lover Olivier Martinez's mother's claims they are set to marry later this year.

MORE than 250 families of police and fire officers killed in the September 11 terrorist attacks on New York's World Trade Centre are due to arrive in Ireland for a special holiday this year.