Residents in Clontarf, Dublin, woke up this morning to discover they'd been invaded - again - by a horde of vikings, 1,000 years after the last Battle of Clontarf.

Expert hoteliers and presenters of RTÉ’s hit television series At Your Service, Francis and John Brennan, are going to revamp a respite centre used by one of their biggest fans next month.

Overseas weddings are on the wane since the demise of the Celtic Tiger, with couples reluctant to impose travel costs on guests, according to the president of the Irish Travel Agents Association.

The novice sailors who survived the summertime grounding and sinking of the tall ship Astrid will be reunited, next year, at sea.

We almost spat out our cornflakes when we saw the news this morning - dishy Darren (aka Robbie Sheehan) has been spotted on the set of Love/Hate Season 4.

A businessman who claims to have been held hostage at an unknown location for eight months before his sudden reappearance in January has sought to quash rumours he had engaged in fraud.

Hugh O’Regan, who has died unexpectedly at the age of 49, has been described by friends as a visionary and a gentle soul.

IVOR CALLELY has won a remarkable — but, it has to be said, very predictable — victory in the courts.

Senator Ivor Callely went to the High Court today to take on the Seanad’s Select Committee on Members’ Interests over his suspension and inquiries into his affairs.

IVOR CALLELY tried to claim expenses from his West Cork holiday home in 1994 but was rebuffed, a Seanad probe has heard.

Hundreds of mourners have attended the funeral of distinguished Irish author John McGahern.

International Cricket Council chief executive Malcolm Speed has officially launched the ICC Trophy Ireland 2005.

Five anti-war protesters charged with damaging a United States aircraft in a hanger at Shannon Airport in February 2003 "did what they did" with every intention of causing damage to property, a Dublin Circuit Criminal Court jury has heard.

A jury has been sworn in for the trial of five anti-war protestors accused of damaging a US naval plane at ShannonAairport in February 2003.

Dan Buckley

HAVING Bertie Ahern sitting at the counter drinking Bass or having the Taoiseach’s constituency office across the road from his pub, didn’t deter Thomas Kennedy from keeping more than €1 million salted away from the taxman’s greedy grasp.

African Diamonds plc has announced plans to seek a secondary listing of its ordinary shares on the Botswana Stock Exchange.