McDonald’s has eliminated wraps from its menus, abandoning a signature product that was aimed at attracting younger, healthy eaters.

Republic of Ireland 2 England 0: First-half goals from Eleanor Ryan-Doyle and Saoirse Noonan got the Republic of Ireland off to a winning start in the elite qualifying round of the UEFA Women’s U17 Championships at Turner’s Cross last night.

The gloves worn by Muhammad Ali and Sonny Liston during their infamous 1965 rematch and a rare century-old signed photo of Shoeless Joe Jackson have fetched over $1.1m (€960,000) at an auction.

Joss Whedon's inspiration behind 'The Avengers: Age of Ultron' comes from 'The Godfather Part II'.

Fastfood chain Subway plans to pick up the pace of openings in Europe by adding as many as 1,000 new locations in 2014.

Ariel Castro was sentenced to life without parole on the charge of aggravated murder and received multiple years on various other charges related to kidnap and rape that totalled 1,000 years.

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John Joe Nevin is hoping to emulate compatriot Katie Taylor with Olympic gold after seeing off world champion Estrada Alvarez to reach the final of the men’s bantamweight division.

Mrs Daniel Craig wins best dressed on the red carpet at the premiere of her movie The Bourne Legacy.

Dannii Minogue admits her style has "taken a back seat" since she became a mother.

Watford have been handed a lifeline to resolve their financial peril by former chairman Jimmy Russo.

Watford have moved to avoid entering administration by asking former chairman Jimmy Russo to suspend his demand for repayment of a £4.88m loan.

Watford stand on the brink of administration this morning after the Coca-Cola Championship club asked for trading in their shares to be suspended.

The chairman and board of directors of Watford have all resigned at the club’s parent company’s AGM tonight, according to reports.

A REPUTED mafia boss, on Italy’s list of the 10 most wanted fugitives, was arrested yesterday in the Naples region, in a crackdown that also nabbed two of his brothers accused of organised crime, police said.

Italian police have captured a mobster at a farmhouse on the slopes of Mount Vesuvius after 15 years on the run, the country’s Foreign Minister said today.

Watford have confirmed that Brendan Rodgers has left to become the new manager of Reading.

Starbucks Corp plans to slash nearly 7,000 more jobs during a new round of store closures and other cuts, the company said as it reported that its profit dropped by more than two thirds in its fiscal first quarter.

MONAGHAN United eased to their third successive win in the eircom League First Division when they dominated a lifeless Athlone Town at Kingspan Century Park.

LIMERICK 37 and basement club Athlone Town played out a drab goalless draw at Jackman Park last night.

Hollywood actress Rene Russo will join her superstar colleague Mel Gibson next weekend at the Irish Film and Television Awards, it was announced today.

An American man found a pearl while eating fried oysters at a restaurant, just a fortnight after another man found a rare pearl in his seafood.

A lawyer for an Indian doctor who was cleared of UK terrorism charges in Australia signalled Monday that his client may consider suing the Australian government and was planning to appeal against a minister’s decision revoking his visa.

An Indian doctor released from jail after Australian prosecutors dropped charges linking him to the failed terrorist attacks in Britain gave the thumbs-up sign on arriving in Thailand today.

Australian police charged an Indian doctor today with providing reckless support to a terrorist organisation by giving his mobile phone SIM card to two of the suspects in the failed British bomb attacks.

Apt certification for a dismal comedy about the joining together of his (Quaid) eight kids and her (Russo) ten kids.

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A man is suing New York church officials claiming he was sucked into his brother-in-law’s grave while tending the plot in a scene reminiscent of a horror movie, it was reported today.

Marsh & McLennan directors may force chief executive Jeffrey Greenberg to step down after the world’s largest insurance brokerage lost two-fifths of its market value following a lawsuit by New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer, investors said.

Actor-writer Spalding Gray, who laid bare his life in a series of acclaimed monologues like Swimming to Cambodia and made memorable appearances in such films as The Paper, has been found dead two months after he walked out of his Manhattan apartment and disappeared.

Eliciting gasps of horror in the courtroom, Marc Dutroux took the stand today to describe how he kidnapped and raped young girls in the mid-1990s.

THE largest US telephone-equipment maker, Lucent Technologies Inc, had first-quarter net income of $338 million as sales rose for the first time in more than three years on demand for wireless-network gear.

We are in the company of a group of ill-assorted characters, low on the human food-chain, involved in a complex robbery.

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