Should kids be allowed into pubs to watch matches, or is it better to keep them at home? Two mums debate the issue

US: A New York City millionaire has bequeathed a $100,000 (€89,700) trust fund to care for her 32 pet cockatiels.

An animal rights group has offered a further €5,000 reward for any information on the brutal stabbing and killing of a pet dog in Cork City.

The owner of a dog who died an agonising death after its throat was slashed has vowed not to rest until her pet’s killers are brought to justice.

“No one is impressed by dinosaurs anymore, ”says Claire (Dallas Bryce Howard), the manager of Jurassic World (12A).

We know it wasn't the entire original cast, but it's all right 'cause it's Saved by the Bell'!

Gone Girl *****

A boy with a “blank expression” stabbed and slashed 21 pupils and a security guard with two kitchen knives at his high school before being tackled by an assistant principal.

Ben Affleck isn't fazed by criticism of his Batman casting.

Josh Brolin was in the running to play Batman before Ben Affleck was cast.

Barack Obama visited tornado-devastated Oklahoma, consoling people staggered by the loss of life and property and promising that the US government would be behind them “every step of the way”.

Christopher Nolan has revealed making a Superman movie is harder than bringing Batman to life on the big screen.

As a mark of respect to an employee who was killed in a work accident, members of Cork County Council adjourned their meeting in County Hall yesterday after offering their sympathies to the deceased’s family.

The cream of Ireland’s female talent served up some terrific performances at Shelbourne Park on Saturday night as the opening round of the Sporting Press Irish Oaks came to a conclusion.

Very Special Friends, by Jane Chapman (Little Tiger; €13.03 HB).

South African’s Branden Grace carded a level-par 72 in his final round to win the Joburg Open today and deny Jamie Elson what would have been a remarkable triumph.

The 35-year-old actress Tara Reid – who tied the knot with Bulgarian financier Zack Kehayov in a surprise ceremony in August – has claimed her nuptials, which took place on the Greek island of Santorini, are not officially binding.

No cuts to carers payments and a national carers' strategy - that's what carers are asking the Government for today.

SPLISH, Splash, Splat by Rob Scotton (HarperCollins; €8.35) is another feast of fun from this brilliant artist/writer.

A US zebra has been taught to show jump.

WHILE attending university in Texas in 1964 I was about to play golf one day when somebody asked if he could join me. I was going to agree, until I saw the man was black.

OPEN champion Louis Oosthuizen has splashed out on something special to mark his first major win — a tractor.

SINGLE mother Alison McKim was disappointed that just five TDs turned up at her door to see how she copes with her blind teenage son who has cerebral palsy, epilepsy and asthma.

The Carers’ Association invited ministers, Dáil deputies and senators on the new “Care Bus” to visit the home of family carer Alison McKim, a single mother who provides full-time care for her son Zack in Terenure. Seventeen-year-old Zack has cerebral palsy, epilepsy, asthma and is blind.

Former James Bond star George Lazenby today spoke out against allegations that he assaulted his first wife and was an abusive alcoholic.

The AIB-sponsored Irish Amateur Open Championship, which will be played at The Royal Dublin Golf Club on May 9-11, has attracted a record 91 overseas players from 17 countries.

Justin Timberlake is surprisingly good in ‘Alpha Dog’ (Icon, €24.99).

AS Nick Faldo was walking to the last green in the final round of the British Open last Sunday, the crowd were on their feet, giving him a tremendous ovation.