Munster 28 Leinster 13 Munster finally instilled some Christmas cheer into their campaign by beating arch rivals Leinster in front of a sell-out Thomond Park crowd last night.

A man is due to appear in court charged in connection with a fatal stabbing in Dublin in the early hours of yesterday morning.

Pope Francis yesterday denounced discrimination against Christians, including in countries where religious freedom is in theory guaranteed by law.

NOW that the clocks have gone back, it’s officially winter.

Liverpool manager Roy Hodgson hopes St Stephen's Day’s match at Blackpool will go ahead as he wants to avoid fixture congestion later in the season.

The Pope today appeared to have fully recovered from an attack by a woman at the start of Christmas Eve Mass.

A Co Cork psychiatric hospital has been forced to replace its water treatment system after traces of the e.Coli bacteria were found, it emerged today.

Alan Tabern won a sudden-death leg against Denis Ovens as the second round of the Ladbrokes.com World Championship produced another epic encounter in Purfleet tonight.

THE spirits of the dead have their annual night out this week. Ghosts, goblins and witches will be on the prowl, so carry a rabbit’s foot for good luck and don’t walk under any ladders.

A PROPOSED surcharge on taxi fares to compensate drivers for spiralling fuel prices must be effectively controlled to ensure it is reduced if prices fall, a watchdog said yesterday.

TOWNS and villages came alive yesterday to the sounds of the age-old Wren Boys tradition.

The Pope, saying that many believers, like the Christian martyrs of centuries ago, still suffer for their beliefs, today urged the faithful to be courageous in answering their Christian calling.