A High Court judge has made a temporary order preventing a funfair in the Co Clare resort town of Kilkee from opening to the public.

THIS year our Government is planning to spend around €62 billion. It’s an enormous figure, isn’t it? You’d think there was no problem that couldn’t be solved with that kind of money, and maybe a little more imagination, a bit more serious planning and a lot more better management.

THE US Ambassador Thomas Foley is unlikely to agree with the weekend remarks made by the Archbishop of Canterbury Dr Rowan Williams about the war in Iraq.

THE Minister for Children is looking at generous donors to help fund the Government’s roll-out of youth cafes nationwide.

THE Salthill Air Show, which takes place on June 24, is rapidly becoming an arms exhibition and military showcase.

A CORK couple has scored a bitter-sweet victory after the High Court refused an application to have them extradited to the US to face charges of kidnapping one of their grandchildren.

The new US Ambassador to Ireland will today hold talks with the Taoiseach at Government Buildings.

Baracouda heads a field of 22 in the Ladbrokes World Hurdle at Cheltenham on Thursday.

Clifton Wrottesley, Ireland's chef de mission at the Winter Olympics, has said his athletes "can hold their heads up high" after their achievements in Turin.

IRELAND’S Thomas Foley finished in 31st position in yesterday’s men’s Alpine skiing giant slalom.

The men's Super-G skiing at the Winter Olympics in Torino has been suspended due to heavy snow.

FORMER sprinter David Connolly is taking the long route to Winter Olympic glory as he prepares to represent Ireland in the men’s skeleton.

Former sprinter David Connolly is taking the long route to Winter Olympic glory as he prepares to represent Ireland in the men’s skeleton.

Ash fell on the beach like snow as California’s deadliest outbreak of fires in more than a decade destroyed more than 1,100 homes, killed at least 15 people and consumed land from south of the Mexican border to the suburbs north of Los Angeles.

SAUDI ARABIA is an enemy of the US and should be warned to halt its “support” for terrorism or face seizure of its oil fields, analysts told the Pentagon.

Saudi Arabia is an enemy of the US and should be warned to halt its "support" for terrorism or face seizure of its oil fields, analysts told the Pentagon.

The Munster Maxsport Autocross Championship was won by 24-year-old Ballyvourney driver, Gerard Lucey, who finished the Cork Autocross in Grancore near Clonakilty in second place.

The Japanese Government suspects "grave negligence", by the crew of a US submarine, caused a Japanese fishing boat to sink near Hawaii.