A MAN who accidentally cut off his thumb has had his big toe attached in its place by surgeons.

UK honeymoon murder suspect Shrien Dewani has been admitted to hospital after apparently trying to kill himself.

A British newlywed accused of paying to have his bride killed on their honeymoon in South Africa welcomed the chance to clear his name through the courts today.

A SINGLE mother and her family were jailed yesterday for the savage murder of a father who was brutally attacked with baseball bats and a samurai sword for “mooning” at her outside a pub.

Babyshambles rocker Pete Doherty is reportedly set to replace Pete Townshend in The Who for a one-off charity gig.

A man accused of murder told gardaí during interviews that he stabbed a Latvian man because he was “in fear of his life”, the Central Criminal Court heard today.

A FATHER who threw his two children off a hotel balcony, killing his son, won permission to launch a High Court challenge yesterday against an inquest verdict of unlawful killing.

Rescue personnel searching for a missing UK-registered light aircraft today found wreckage in the Wicklow mountains, gardaí confirmed.

ACCORDING to Una Dillon of the Irish Payment Services Organisation, the criminals took terminals that were already in the shop and replaced them with similar ones.

Chris Wood, fifth in the Open Championship at Birkdale as an amateur, will make his professional debut at the SAS Masters in Stockholm from August 14-17.

Imperial Tobacco announced plans today to close its cigar factory in Bristol, England and cut 285 jobs from its UK business.

A British army bomb disposal team was carrying out a second controlled explosion at the home of a 19-year-old terror suspect today.

A father accused of murdering his son by throwing him from a hotel balcony will give his side of the story today as his Greek trial hears a second day’s evidence.

John Hogan, the father accused of killing his son when he plunged 50ft from a hotel balcony, today denied murder, telling a court in Crete: "I do not accept the charge that I planned to kill my children."

A British father accused of murdering his six-year-old son as he jumped off a fourth-floor hotel balcony will stand trial at a Greek court today.

SEVENTY years ago Aer Lingus Teoranta was registered as an airline, on May 22, 1936.

THE world’s first test-tube baby, Louise Brown, is reported to be pregnant.

A British man known for sporting outlandish costumes to support democracy in Hong Kong has been sentenced to 42 weeks in jail for intimidating a woman he claimed was his girlfriend, officials and media reports said today.

Canadian video game developer DC Studios is to create 50 jobs in Dublin with a new development studio.

Drinks giant Allied Domecq was today toasting the success of spirits such as Ballantine’s whisky and Malibu rum as it issued an upbeat trading statement.

GARDAÍ are searching for a man convicted of downloading child pornography who hasn’t signed on the sex offenders’ register and may have left the country.

Xertel has announced that it has merged with WideAwake, a technical services and monitoring company headquartered in Bristol, England.