Van Morrison has written a letter to a public relations guru to set the record straight over the handling of allegations that he fathered a child with his former tour manager.

Members of the Irish Medical Organisation have overwhelmingly rejected proposals put forward by health service management on pay and career structures for those entering the profession.

Hollywood couple Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel are suing the publishers of Heat magazine.

Attempts to reach agreement on new improved pay scales for hospital consultants are being stymied by an argument over what credits experienced doctors are entitled to under the new scale, according to the doctors’ union.

Developer Paddy McKillen received an apology in the High Court yesterday from the Spectator magazine over an article it published last March relating to Claridge’s Hotel in London.

Ryanair has accepted a public apology over a newspaper claim that it had restricted the amount of fuel carried by its aircraft to the legal minimum.

Ryanair has accepted a public apology over a newspaper claim that it had restricted the amount of fuel carried by its aircraft to the legal minimum.

The main doctors’ union has warned its members will return to industrial action if the HSE fails to implement proposals designed to reduce junior doctors’ excessive working hours.

Ryanair has issued defamation proceedings against the pilot who spoke about the safety of the airline on Channel 4’s Dispatches programme.

A small plane that crashed in a working-class neighbourhood near a Connecticut airport yesterday and engulfed two houses in flames may have killed six people.

Doctors have reacted with cynicism to health minister James Reilly’s promise to proactively address Ireland’s junior doctor crisis just hours before a major international probe into the issue was launched.

Graduate nurses are facing sub-standard pay rates for the first two years of their careers as part of a deal to secure other rights for the health sector.

The Irish Medical Organisation (IMO) has said that proposals being put forward for a new Croke Park deal will not be accepted by its members.

Relatives wept as former Ireland rugby star David Tweed was jailed for eight years for a catalogue of child sex abuse.

Relatives wept as former Irish rugby star David Tweed was jailed for eight years for a catalogue of child sex abuse.

A number of politicians are preparing to take legal action against bloggers, tweeters and other online contributors for defamation and harassment.

The former Presidential candidate Sean Gallagher is to take legal action against RTÉ over the 'Frontline' debate.

Pop music manager Louis Walsh yesterday received an apology and a €500,000 settlement from The Sun newspaper over a false story that he sexually assaulted a man in a Dublin nightclub.

Former Irish rugby international David Tweed was behind bars last night after a jury found him guilty of child sex abuse.

X Factor judge Louis Walsh said today he will “never get over” The Sun newspaper’s defamatory story that he sexually assaulted a man as he settled a lawsuit for £400,000.

Disgraced former Irish rugby international David Tweed was behind bars tonight after a jury found him guilty of child sex abuse.

'X Factor' judge Louis Walsh has settled a €500,000 defamation action against News Group Newspapers in Ireland.

A jury at the trial of former Irish rugby star facing child sex abuse allegations has been told they could be discharged if they cannot come to an agreement.

Former Irish rugby international David Tweed has been cleared of one charge of indecent assault, but the jury is still considering 13 other allegations of child sex abuse.

A former Ireland rugby international was today cleared of one charge of indecent assault. The jury is still considering 13 other allegations of child sex abuse.

A former Ireland rugby international facing a string of child sex abuse allegations lived a lie, a court has been told.

THE widower of reality TV star Jade Goody was told to “grow up” by a magistrate yesterday as he was given community service for assaulting a man outside a bar.

The widower of reality TV star Jade Goody today admitted assaulting a man outside a nightclub.

A former Miss World suing no-frills carrier Ryanair for defamation has been awarded €80,000 after winning her case.

The widower of reality TV star Jade Goody appeared in court today accused of using threatening and abusive behaviour.

Jade Goody’s widower Jack Tweed was charged by police today over a scuffle outside a nightclub.

Jade Goody’s widower Jack Tweed has been arrested following a nightclub brawl.

Harris Tweed will head to his winter quarters as a stayer to note after dominating every yard of the Listed Noel Murless Stakes at Newmarket today.

JACK TWEED, widower of reality television star Jade Goody, walked free from court after he was found not guilty of raping a student.

Jack Tweed has been cleared of raping a teenager at his east London home.

Jack Tweed today denied using a teenager “like a sex object” as he targeted the “shyest, prettiest girl” to rape in a dark room.

Jack Tweed’s co-accused Anthony Davis has claimed the woman who alleges she was raped by both men “did not protest” during the incident.

A friend of the teenage woman allegedly raped by Jack Tweed, and his estate agent friend from Essex, at his home described today how she desperately banged on the bedroom door in a bid to get her friend out.

A 20-year-old student denied accusing Jack Tweed and his friend of rape at Tweed's east London home because she was ashamed of sleeping with the two men.

The 20-year-old student allegedly raped by Jade Goody’s widower went from being a bubbly, active teenager to a vulnerable young woman who only feels safe in the comfort of her own home after the attack, a British court heard today.

THE widower of reality TV star Jade Goody raped a shy teenager after pestering her for a threesome after a night out, a court heard yesterday.

The widower of reality TV star Jade Goody allegedly raped a teenager while his friend held the bedroom door shut and told him: “Do what you’ve got to do.”

The widower of reality TV star Jade Goody today denied two counts of raping a teenager.

The widower of reality TV star Jade Goody was ordered to stand trial today accused of raping a teenager.