Richard Egan moved to Ireland for love, but he didn’t leave his other passion behind.

Ireland secured automatic qualification for the Rugby League World Cup with an emphatic 13-try victory over Russia.

The Colorado cinema where 12 people were killed and dozens injured in a shooting rampage nearly six months ago reopened with a remembrance ceremony and a private screening of the fantasy film The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey for survivors.

A university has said it received a suspicious package, but would not confirm the contents or whether the sender was a former student accused of killing 12 people in the Colorado cinema shooting.

Residents of a Denver suburb mourned their dead yesterday from a shooting rampage by a “demonic” gunman who killed 12 people and wounded 58 after opening fire at a cinema showing the new Batman movie.