Her character in Dallas may have shot JR Ewing, but Mary Crosby will always be known as the daughter of the man who sang ‘White Christmas’, writes Ed Power.

It cannot be easy to play at the top level of English soccer for more than six decades. But the great Roy Race is still going strong.

The trade union representing workers at aviation manufacturer Bombardier has “cautiously” welcomed the Canadian company’s agreement to sell its Belfast manufacturing facility.

Reuters reports that the company is in "advanced talks" to sell three facilities - including Belfast's wing-making plant - to Spirit AeroSystems.

In his new show, Hector O hEochagain covers all sorts of interesting issues on his journey across the US, he tells Richard Fitzpatrick.

The bullet that killed President John F Kennedy in November, 1963 has never stopped travelling. Ever since that fateful day in Dallas there have been dozens of theories about who was responsible for his death.

You might not think it from her composed reaction but Irish golfer Stephanie Meadow had this putt to save her job - literally.

Fiona Boniwell is an illustrator from London, but is now living in Kinsale where she will be one of the participants in the Co Cork town’s Words By Water literary festival over the weekend. Fiona originally studied fine art, but got into comic illustration when she first collaborated with writer Brendan O’Connell on the graphic novel Death’s New Lease on Life. The duo are currently working on the follow-up, Cerberus’ New Trick.

As a documentary on Eamon de Valera’s time in America airs, historian and author Ryle Dwyer looks at how history is taught here — and explains why he did not take the subject for his Leaving Cert.

The decade’s hurling sails off same as the decade’s hurling sailed in, Kilkenny and Tipperary about a broadside.

A new climate study has shown the projected climate change of major cities across the world by 2050 and the results are startling.

Uber has announced its plans to offer helicopter services in New York City.

Johnson & Johnson has agreed to pay about $1bn (€893m) to resolve most lawsuits claiming it sold defective metal-on-metal hips that had to be removed, according to people with knowledge of the matter.

Every week is a learning experience on the PGA Tour and that was a true for four-time major winner Rory McIlroy as it was for Waterford’s Seamus Power in the Wells Fargo Championship at Quail Hollow.

Former amateur world champion Michael Conlan will face Mexico City’s Ruben Garcia Hernandez tomorrow night as part of a bumper weekend of Irish boxing on Americas east coast.

Independent bus tour firm, Paddywagon last year enjoyed another bumper year as pre-tax profits increased by 6% to €1.2m.

The NFL season begins tonight as the defending Super Bowl champions, the Philadelphia Eagles, host the Atlanta Falcons, writes Jack Anderson.

Match Group, the parent company of some of the most popular online dating platforms, soared the most in nine months after quarterly earnings beat analysts’ estimates, boosted by new subscribers to Tinder.

Niall Horan has added to his fortune by paying himself almost $3m (€2.58m) from his new solo-music firm over a 17-month period.

This week Aileen Lee speaks to interior designer at Cohn Designs, Garry Cohn.

Aldo Leopold’s A Sand County Almanac, from 1949, may not be the precise catalyst for the sharpened awareness of our impact on the natural world, but it is as good a point as any to recognise as a kernel moment.

Thomas Pieters has revealed he took inspiration from One Direction’s Niall Horan with regard to the format for this week’s inaugural Belgian Knockout in Antwerp.

Last week, a leading official in the IAAF, the world governing body for athletics, indicated that in the future athletics would probably introduce a third category of classification – male, female, and intersex. This got me thinking on other aspects of sport that might change in the next two decades or so, writes Jack Anderson.

US president Donald Trump says the time and place has been set for his historic meeting with North Korea's Kim Jong Un.

The National Rifle Association has banned its members from carrying their firearms during its annual forum while US President Donald Trump and his deputy Mike Pence are in attendance.

Business-class flights for the Taoiseach and members of his staff for the annual St Patrick’s Day visit this year cost the taxpayer over €32,000.

Amazon has looked at the possibility of expanding its retail footprint by acquiring some US locations from bankrupt Toys R Us.

In the rapidly expanding domain of global cyber security breaches, 2017 set a new bar for computer network attacks.

At least five people have died after severe thunderstorms swept through the central United States.

The My Lai massacre — the worst American atrocity of the Vietnam War — took place 50 years ago next month on March 16, 1968, although US citizens did not become aware of it until 20 months later when freelance journalist Seymour Hersh provided the first substantial account.

A driver who rode a wave of muddy water down a twisting street in his car during a Southern California flood said he is lucky to be alive.

The frequent storms and floods hitting Ireland are linked to global warming, according to the Climate Action Minister Denis Naughten said.

A seven-year-old Texas boy has died after his father's girlfriend allegedly opened fire as the man drove away with his son and two other children, police said.

When lies, errors and mistakes are pointed out, Trump never acknowledges he is wrong. He knows his supporters will just believe it as he calls it because he drips authenticity, writes Michael Clifford

Fergus Finlay take some to reflect and looks forward to what could be an exciting year ... on the rugby field at least!     

A sudden power outage brought the world's busiest airport to a standstill on Sunday, grounding more than 1,000 flights in Atlanta just days before the start of the Christmas travel rush.

The US National Archives released more than 13,200 records today, some hundreds of pages long, related to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy in 1963.

Newly released CIA files show how spooked the Soviets were by Kenney’s assassination and the frightening spectre of nuclear war breaking out, writes Ryle Dwyer

Partial records from long-secret files relating to the 1963 assassination of President John F Kennedy have been released - capturing the frantic days following the killing as officials madly chased after tips, juggled rumours and sifted through leads worldwide.

The NFL is not changing its policy to require players to stand during the national anthem.

Good man, PJ.

Nine people, including a suspect who was shot dead by an officer, have died after a man opened fire during a gathering to watch American football at a house in suburban Dallas, police said.

At least eight people have died after a shooting at a home in Texas.