A farmer in Britain has been cleared of manslaughter following the death of a walker in an attack by a bull.

On spreading out the Irish Examiner supplement on our family breakfast table on Saturday, I was taken aback at the use of certain words in Aida Austin’s much-awaited column.

AS RTÉ eventually appears to be learning lessons about what they see as their right to publish what they like about a citizen, they are still using the oldest trick used by the media – “an anonymous source” or “a reliable source” or “other sources” — to justify their allegations of child sex abuse against Br Dillon now deceased in South Africa.

US prosecutors today dropped a burglary charge against actor Rip Torn, clearing the way for him to seek special probation that might settle charges that he broke into a bank while drunk and armed in January.