The British and German owners of the Dundrum Town Centre - the largest shopping and leisure development in the country - are leading the opposition against plans by property investment company IPUT for a new retail and residential development at Carrickmines in south Dublin.

Legendary American TV producer Aaron Spelling – who created hit shows like Charlie’s Angels, Dynasty, and Starsky and Hutch – has died. He was 83.

THE second volume of a biography of Henri Matisse, which took 15 years to complete, tonight became the surprise winner of the Whitbread Book of the Year prize.

The second single by Will Young has entered the charts at number one in the UK. It beat Ant and Dec's World Cup song, We're on the Ball, into third slot.

The England football team's official World Cup song is being unveiled.