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An Irish greyhound breeder has launched an appeal after the sport’s watchdog in Britain found him to be in breach of drugs and animal welfare racing rules and warned him off indefinitely. 

In December 2014, a letter was published by the Leicester Mercury which ran with the headline: ‘Sporting capital’ in a sad state.

Bishopstown 2-14 O’Donovan Rossa 2-11: A dominant second-half performance was Bishopstown’s passport to the safety of the last 16 of the County SFC in Clonakilty yesterday.

The first footage of the new James Bond film ’SPECTRE’ appeared this morning on the official James Bond 007 YouTube channel.

Police are investigating after a parcel delivery company in Bangkok found preserved human body parts in three packages it put through a routine X-ray.

Police are investigating after a parcel delivery company in Bangkok found preserved human body parts in three packages it put through a routine X-ray.

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The Justin Bieber murder plot phone call has been released.

The crazed fan who wanted to kidnap Justin Bieber intended to place a $2,500 (€1,900) bounty to save each of the pop star's testicles.

First off, a round of applause for the folks in Croke Park.

Justin Bieber was at the centre of a recently foiled murder plot.

A US man is behind bars after police say he went after his housemate with a chainsaw.

An elderly man attacked his housemate with a chainsaw after being locked out of their shared home in the US.

Coronation Street's Rita Sullivan's wedding day will be "full of drama".

'Coronation Street' star Kym Marsh has stepped back in time to play the first lady of Weatherfield, Elsie Tanner, in the new musical based on the soap.

THEIR joyous celebrations at the end of the action in Kilmacabea on Saturday night illustrated the significance of this SFC fourth round win for Castlehaven.

O’Donovan Rossa 1-14 Clonakilty 2-9 (AET)

PADDY O’DONOGHUE held on for a good last-shot win against a powerful late surge from John Creedon at Killumney in Pool 4 of the Munster Senior Championship.

IF THIS was a learning process for the Irish players, their coach Colin McEntee will have learned more than most of them in what was a high-skilled, highly entertaining uncapped Age Grade international at Anglesea Road yesterday.

LEINSTER’S match-day doctor Professor Arthur Tanner believes the Bloodgate scandal would not have happened if he had been allowed to inspect the bogus mouth injury of Harlequins wing Tom Williams.

A leading surgeon said today “Bloodgate” would not have happened if he had been allowed to inspect the bogus mouth injury of a rugby player.

VICTORS and vanquished will reflect on this Avonmore Munster Schools Senior Cup tie and wonder how the scoreline was so lopsided.

HONG Kong yesterday detected a strain of swine flu that was resistant to Tamiflu, the main anti-viral flu drug, the health department reported on its website.

Longford 1-14 Warwickshire 0-14

Someone living in or around Praia da Luz – the Algarve resort where Madeleine McCann vanished – knows what happened to her, claim the private detectives employed by her parents to find the little girl.

The father of Madeleine McCann has returned to Portugal to advise private detectives filming a reconstruction of her disappearance, it was revealed today.

Tottenham manager Harry Redknapp is expected to escape a Football Association charge despite his scathing comments about referee Steve Tanner.

Tottenham manager Harry Redknapp will probably be hearing from the Football Association over the coming days after his scathing comments about referee Steve Tanner.

HARRY REDKNAPP might boast ‘Happy’ as one of his many nicknames, but there are days when even he finds it hard to smile.

Hull 2 Middlesbrough 1

GARDAÍ are awaiting the results of a full postmortem which will determine why a heroin addict died unexpectedly in Cork Prison.

A 10-YEAR jail sentence was imposed on a Clonakilty heroin addict who was caught at Kent railway station in Cork after he stepped off the Dublin train with more than €16,000 worth of cocaine.

A ten-year jail sentence was imposed today on a Clonakilty heroin addict who was caught at Kent railway station in Cork after he stepped off the Dublin train with over €16,000 worth of cocaine.

A GOAL by Conor McCarthy in the 16th minute proved decisive in a keenly-contested Evening Echo SFC first round clash at Ballineen last night.

A GROUP of American primary school children made detailed plans to murder their teacher after she told one of them off.

A group of primary school children made detailed plans to murder their teacher after she told one of them off.

Longford 1-10 Louth 4-8

Wigan 1 Bolton 0

Portsmouth 4 Birmingham 2

Reading 2 Sunderland 1

A man wanted by the UK authorities in connection with the rape of a teenage girl five years ago has been remanded in custody by the High Court in Dublin today.

A woman who insists she saw Madeleine McCann being carried away has spoken of her guilt at failing to stop the abductor.

A close friend of the McCann family spoke for the first time today of how she is convinced she saw Madeleine being carried away by her abductor.