UEFA has today informed the Football Association of Ireland (FAI) that approval has been granted to Sligo Rovers to host their forthcoming Europa League Third Qualifying Round at the Showgrounds.

Nato officials apologised today for an airstrike that inadvertently killed a group of women and children, saying that they thought there were only insurgents inside the targeted compound when they ordered the strike.

A FINE try nine minutes from the end of a competitive All-Ireland U21 semi-final at Temple Hill last night was enough to see Lansdowne through to a meeting with either UCD or Clontarf later this month.

A NIGERIAN mother battling deportation with her two daughters intends fighting claims by gardaí that she faked the death of her first child, saying the infant died from female genital mutilation.

A SENIOR executive with a Dublin-based pharmaceutical company has sold his entire stake in the firm to fund the separation from his wife.

MORE THAN 75,000 residents and visitors were urged to evacuate the North Carolina coast yesterday as Hurricane Isabel weakened but remained a dangerous storm on a track toward land.

More than 75,000 people were urged to evacuate the coast of North Carolina today as Hurricane Isabel weakened but remained a dangerous storm on a track toward land.