The surgeon who removed a life-threatening brain tumour from Irish teen Aaron McMahon says he can look forward to “life as usual” and may leave hospital by the weekend.

All of Cork is rooting for 18-year-old Aaron McMahon whose major operation on his rare brain tumour takes place tomorrow in Pittsburgh in the US.

Whether visiting the Warhol Museum or going to a baseball game, you will never be short of something to do in Pittsburgh, says Michelle Darmody

Five people have been killed in a shooting at a garden party in Pennsylvania and at least two gunmen are at large, police have said.