As Ed Sheeran gets ready to play four nights in Ireland, Andy Welch discovers that modesty is still his number one trait

The iPhone 6 and the iPhone 6 Plus both go on sale in Ireland this morning.

Kanye West is working with Rick Rubin on a new album.

FOTA Wildlife Park is famous for its cheetahs; hundreds of cubs have been born there.

A Los Angeles newscaster apologised to Samuel L Jackson for confusing him with fellow actor Laurence Fishburne during a live TV interview.

A Los Angeles newscaster has apologised to actor Samuel L Jackson for confusing him with Laurence Fishburne.

Fernando Torres could be unleashed at Wembley after sending Chelsea into the Europa League semi-finals.

Rubin Kazan 3 Chelsea 2 (Chelsea win 5-4 on aggregate)

Wherever Rafael Benitez goes he cannot escape the history achieved at Liverpool — not even ahead of Chelsea’s Europa League quarter-final second leg against Rubin Kazan in Moscow today.

The Vatican has lashed out at what it called a “defamatory” and “anti-clerical left-wing” campaign to discredit Pope Francis over his actions during Argentina’s 1976-1983 military junta.

The new shepherd of the world’s 1.2 billion Catholics picked up his luggage at a Vatican hotel, thanked each member of the staff and even paid his own bill.

In his first Mass as pope, Francis showed how different he would be as a pastor, giving an off-the-cuff homily about the need to walk with God, build up his Church, and confess — at one point referring to children building sandcastles on the beach.

Pope Francis put his humility on display during his first day as pontiff today, stopping by his hotel to pick up his luggage and pay the bill himself.

Pope Francis is the first ever from the Americas, an austere Jesuit intellectual who modernised Argentina’s conservative Catholic church.

Brian Murphy and Michael Warren profile the man formally known as Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio

Trent Reznor has announced the return of Nine Inch Nails.

Eight economists explain the origins of the euro crisis and look at what would happen if the currency were abolished

NELSON VALDEZ had the quality to clinically punish bad defending as Shamrock Rovers were frozen out in Kazan last night.

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WILLIAM GALLAS has urged his Tottenham team-mates to go and out deliver a win for manager Harry Redknapp against Fulham tomorrow.

Sebastien Bassong still believes Tottenham’s hopes of winning the Europa League are alive despite their 1-0 defeat to Rubin Kazan last night.

Rubin Kazan 1 Tottenham 0

Tottenham 1 Rubin Kazan 0

Shamrock Rovers 0 Rubin Kazan 3

Metallica will work with "zen guru" Rick Rubin on their next album.

Adele is being produced by Rick Rubin on her second album.

BARCELONA midfielder Yaya Toure insists the Catalan giants did not underestimate Rubin Kazan on Tuesday.

Inter Milan coach Jose Mourinho is confident his side will progress to the knock-out round of the Champions League despite their failure to win a game so far in the competition.

WALTER SMITH launched a scathing attack on referee Jonas Eriksson, accusing him of “opting out” of awarding Rangers a crucial penalty in their Group G game against Sevilla.

OIL is set to reach $100 a barrel by the end of next year, with production set to peak as early as 2015, a conference on the subject was told yesterday.

Remixing his solo hits for a new best of package convinced Mick Jagger to revisit an album he recorded with producer Rick Rubin and vowed never to release.

Johnny Cash was so determined to record a final album in the last four months of his life, he encouraged producer Rick Rubin to set up a studio in his bathroom.

Johnny Cash was so determined to record a final album in the last four months of his life, he encouraged producer Rick Rubin to set up a studio in his bathroom.

Sky News is to revamp its schedules and axe a number of its presenters and programmes, it was confirmed today.

Courtney Love has been ordered to appear in court later this month to face an allegation that she violated her probation in an assault case by being under the influence of a controlled substance.

Courtney Love was ordered to appear in a Los Angeles court later this month to face an allegation that she violated her probation in an assault case by being under the influence of a controlled substance.

Country legend Johnny Cash spent the final months of his life practising bizarre Christian rituals with eccentric music producer Rick Rubin.

Takeover talk surrounded the JD Sports chain today after its founder slashed his shareholding nearly in half.

Second seed Kim Clijsters breezed into her sixth consecutive Grand Slam quarter-final with another comfortable straight sets victory at the Australian Open today.

US forces in Iraq have captured one of the most senior members of Ansar al-Islam, an extremist group suspected of having ties to Osama bin Laden’s al-Qaida network, US defence officials said.

THE meal that poisoned a group of senior All Blacks before the 1995 Rugby World Cup final was eaten at a restaurant outside the team hotel, a hotel executive has claimed.

Number five seed Lindsay Davenport (Usa) has won her first set 6-3 against Rita Grande (Ita).

Monica Seles outplayed Chanda Rubin to win the Hong Kong Ladies Challenge tennis tournament.

Everything about the birth of Washington’s first baby came with the usual joys: her first sweet cries, proud parents and hospital staff who declared her adorable, perfect and brilliant.