SPSL, Rathmore 2-6 Abbey CBS, Tipperary 0-8: They did it the hard way. Scoil Phobail Sliabh Luachra Rathmore were six points to one behind after 20 minutes and they also kicked 15 wides over the hour.

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Scores of retired New York City police officers, firefighters and prison guards have been charged with faking psychiatric problems to get disability benefits.

The Connecticut town shattered by the school massacre held its first two funerals today.

The shattered community of Newtown was holding its first two funerals today, including one for the youngest victim.

Evidence has been found that could help explain the motives of the lone gunman behind one of the worst mass school shootings in American history, police said today.

Orica-GreenEDGE director Matt White has been dismissed by the Australian team, after he admitted to doping during his racing career.

A small Connecticut town was left reeling in grief and confusion after a popular teacher shot dead a masked knife-wielding prowler – only to discover it was his 15-year-old son.

Donegal Creameries fell into the red last year, showing a pre-tax loss of nearly €3.2 million, but boosted revenues by almost 14%.

AN ACTOR breathes life into a character but a costume can transcend time and language to make it iconic.

A man from Uzbekistan who pleaded guilty to plotting to kill US president Barack Obama with an automatic rifle claimed he was acting at the direction of an Islamic terror group in his home country.

The prosecutor who charged Dominique Strauss-Kahn with sexually assaulting a hotel maid said he dropped the case because he ultimately was not sure what transpired between the two.

NUMEROUSLY in recent times, I have encountered the same pair of children begging in Dublin city.

A judge dismissed the sexual assault case against former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn today but put the order on hold for the accuser and her lawyer to ask that a special prosecutor should be appointed.

Prosecutors sought to dismiss the criminal charges in a sexual-assault case against former International Monetary Fund leader Dominique Strauss-Kahn, saying persistent lying by the hotel maid who accused him of trying to rape her in his suite made it impossible for them to determine what really happened.

A lawsuit accusing former Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld of personal responsibility for US forces allegedly torturing two American whistleblowers who worked for an Iraqi contracting firm will be allowed to move forward, a federal appeals court in the US has ruled.

Lawyers for Dominique Strauss-Kahn have met US prosecutors for what the defence called a productive discussion, but there was no immediate word on what would happen to the sex assault case hit by doubts about the accuser's credibility.

A LATE fightback saw Abbey CBS overcome Carrigaline to claim Corn an Uachtaráin (Munster senior B football) glory in the final replay at Fermoy yesterday.

I HAVE always spent Christmas at home with my family and neighbours.

DONEGAL Creameries has raised its first-half operating profits by 11%.

A man described by prosecutors as possibly Los Angeles’ most prolific serial killer was convicted today of murdering 10 women and one victim’s unborn child in the 1980s and 90s.

THE man who co-wrote the song Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini had the unsettling experience this week of reading his own obituary — thanks to an impostor who went through life claiming to be the author of the 1960s smash hit.

An 85-year-old Beverly Hills psychiatrist has been awarded the Distinguished Service Cross, America’s second-highest military honour, at the White House, more than six decades after he saved the life of a badly-wounded mission commander aboard a bomber crippled during a Second World War raid over occupied France.

Dwain Chambers has predicted there will be more exits from Gordon Ramsay's 'Hell's Kitchen', after the banned athlete quit the TV show today.

THE new wave of pitched fighting in Iraq, a war in all but name, is washing over an unsettled America.

THE parents of a young Chinese woman who was stabbed to death will join her friends and a seaside community for a memorial service this morning.

Sergeant Gene Arden Vance was a newlywed preparing for his honeymoon when his National Guard unit was called up for duty after the September 11 terrorist attacks.

The deputy leader of the UK Unionists in Northern Ireland has resigned on the eve of the party’s annual conference.

Former US Secretary of State Cyrus Vance, who served under the administration of President Jimmy Carter, has died. He was aged 84.