ZIMBABWE: Harare resident Alice Mhandara spent a US dollar to take the bus into town to answer the government call to trade in her old Zimbabwe dollars, but she left the bank in disgust when her 90 trillion in old currency wouldn’t even cover the bus ticket home.

Six people have died on our roads so far this bank holiday weekend.

A mother of five and a woman in her 20s were among six victims killed in separate road traffic crashes on both sides of the border over the public holiday weekend.

A seven-year-old boy who was badly burned in a city street in Scotland has died in hospital, police said.

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Richard Gere has reportedly split from his actress wife Carey Lowell.

John Creedon is to follow in the footsteps of Michael Collins in a new documentary, writes Dan Buckley

Scientists have discovered how a handful of so called “superfoods” can help fight prostate cancer.

Scientists have discovered how a handful of so called “superfoods” can help fight prostate cancer.

A dental nurse in Britain broke down in tears today as she denied trying to poison her boss.

Lostprophets singer Ian Watkins has today reappeared before a court to face allegations of plotting to rape a very young child.

Lostprophets vocalist Ian Watkins is to appear before magistrates charged with child sex offences, police have said.

You could have substituted South African World Cup-winning captain John Smit’s comments after last week’s trip to Thomond Park with those expressed by his illustrious Springbok predecessor Francois Pienaar all of 13 seasons ago.

Freezing fog played havoc with travel in the UK today, with flights cancelled, roads jammed and delays on main line rail and Tube services.

Freezing fog played havoc with travel today, with flights cancelled, roads jammed and delays on main line rail and Tube services.

An elderly couple have unwittingly grown "the biggest cannabis plant" a police force has ever seen after buying a cutting from a car boot sale.

A group of 40 campaigners gathered outside the American embassy in London today to protest against the incarceration of a US Army private accused of leaking information to whistleblowing website WikiLeaks

A group of around 150 football fans forced a British town’s high street to shut after they tried to confront Italian fans following England’s defeat in the Euro 2012 quarter-final.

Instructions on “how to build a bomb in your mother’s kitchen” were found on the computer of a man who blew himself up in a Stockholm street, a court heard today.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr's estranged wife, Mary Richardson Kennedy, who had fought drug and alcohol problems, has been found dead at the family property.

Newt Gingrich expects Mitt Romney to win today’s New Hampshire primary, but with Mr Romney’s support slipping, he argues that the race could end up being “wide open”.

An outbreak of the winter norovirus bug has closed scores of hospital beds in the UK.

REVENGE will be on Munster A minds in Clonmel tonight (7pm) as they tackle Cornish Pirates, the team they lost to in the inaugural British and Irish Cup final clash a couple of years ago.

SIXTY years ago, during the sun-splashed summer of 1951, the first of the trucks that would change Cong forever rumbled into town.

Powerful storms have roared through middle America, with weak tornadoes touching down in isolated spots and severe thunderstorms threatening several states.

MONEY never sleeps — as actor Michael Douglas knows very well by now.

CORK schoolboys Simon Hanbidge and David O’Mahony have been paired in the Irish U-19 second row for the PricewaterhouseCoopers sponsored international with Australia to be held at Cork IT under lights tomorrow (7.30 pm).

Premier League footballer Calum Davenport denied today that he assaulted a woman during an incident in which he was stabbed in both legs.

Former British home secretary Jacqui Smith was ordered to apologise to the House of Commons today after a watchdog found that she had “clearly” breached rules on second home expenses.

Colonel Muammar Gaddafi today attacked the United Nations, branding the Security Council the “terror council”.

Protests will greet Colonel Muammar Gaddafi as he heads to the United Nations in New York today.

A 25-year-old man was today charged in connection with a knife attack on West Ham defender Calum Davenport, police said.

A PREMIER League footballer’s career was shrouded in uncertainty yesterday as he lay in hospital with serious stab injuries to his legs.

Two men were in custody tonight after a Premier League footballer was stabbed in both legs.

West Ham United footballer Calum Davenport and his mother have been stabbed in an attack at their home, it was revealed today.

The funeral takes place today of businessman and socialite Patrick Rocca who was found dead in a suspected suicide at his home earlier this week.

ATHLETICS action at the weekend centred on the 46th running of the KitKat Tailteann Schools’ Interprovincial Championships in Santry on Saturday and the Woodie’s DIY Junior and U23 Track and Field Championships yesterday in Tullamore.

A request to extradite four men accused of playing key roles in the Rwandan genocide has been upheld today.

ROBERT HEFFERNAN and Olive Loughnane will compete in the Gran Permio de La Coruna in Spain at the weekend - both with Beijing on their minds.

Members of the North’s Policing Board were today divided over whether taser guns should be piloted after the weapon was deployed in a tragic incident.

FLI Environmental, the Waterford-based environmental services company has purchased two Britain-based companies from Bord na Móna for €5 million.

Richard Gere is planning to become the latest celebrity restaurateur with his sights set on turning one of Bedford, New York's most famous buildings into a brassiere/café.

AUSTRALIAN police were investigating a car crash yesterday that killed a young man from Co Meath and left a young woman fighting for her life.