About 170 motorcycle gang members charged with engaging in organised crime are each being held on a million-dollar bond (€883,000) in the wake of a deadly shootout in Texas, and authorities say capital murder charges are expected.

A Texas city was under near-lockdown today after a shoot-out between rival motorcycle gangs at a restaurant left nine bikers dead.

A shoot-out among rival motorcycle gangs at a popular Texas restaurant left nine bikers dead and 18 injured, and sent panicked patrons and bystanders fleeing for safety.

Rescue workers searched the smouldering ruins of a fertiliser plant for survivors of a monstrous explosion that levelled homes and businesses in every direction across the Texas prairie. As many as 15 people were feared dead and more than 160 others injured.

Rescuers are searching through rubble for survivors after a massive explosion at a Texas fertiliser plant killed as many as 15 people and injured more than 160.

Up to 15 people have been killed in an explosion at a fertiliser plant in Texas, police said today.

Halfway between Ballydehob and Schull, this tastefully adapted home is a haven of tranquility, writes Tommy Barker

A LIFELONG ambition of the West Cork Motorcycle Club will be realised this weekend as the club hosts the Munster ‘100’ Road Races in the west Cork town of Dunmanway.

A VERY realistic asking price is €295,000 is being asked for a detached bungalow at Aghadown, between Skibbereen and Ballydehob in west Cork.

GOALKEEPER Brian Corcoran embellished a growing reputation for saving vital penalty strokes as Bandon Grammar School claimed their sixth Munster Senior Schoolboys Cup in succession in dramatic fashion at Garryduff yesterday.

THE West Cork market is about to come out of its seasonal slumbers, and auctioneer Martin Swanton of Ballydehob believes that the auguries are good as he brings a €1.1 million Ballydehob offering to market.

ALL a boating enthusiast could want, says the selling agent of this waterfront Skibbereen home with views across Roaringwater Bay to Jeremy Irons Giant Peachey castle at Kilcoe.

ONLY one quarter of Irish people think they are saving enough to be comfortable when they retire, according to research published yesterday by Bank of Ireland.

AN internationally recognised group of Irish computer experts is demanding an apology from Environment Minister Martin Cullen for branding them as anti-globalisation and lacking in expertise during a Dáil debate on electronic voting.

EVENTING is to be retained as an Olympic discipline, based on the reduced format proposed

THE new pensions plans will not meet the Government’s target of getting 70% of workers into private pensions, an industry expert warned yesterday.

Declan Swanton has moved in to second place in the British Junior Superstock Championship after finishing third in the sixth round event at Thruxton.