USAIN BOLT was overwhelmed after becoming the first man to win the Olympic sprint double for 24 years with his second amazing world record in five days in Beijing.

Usain Bolt tonight joined an exclusive club when he stormed to victory in the 200m final at the Bird’s Nest in a new world record time of 19.30 seconds.

AN TAOISEACH Bertie Ahern held IR£15 million in an offshore bank in Jersey because he was “too cute”, former developer Tom Gilmartin alleged at the Mahon Tribunal yesterday.

BERTIE AHERN yesterday accused developer Tom Gilmartin of being “down his neck for seven and a half years” and levelling “mad and crazy” allegations — including blackmail — against him.

Taoiseach Bertie Ahern today denied he tried to frustrate the work of an anti-corruption inquiry as he faced a five-hour grilling in the witness box by its lawyers.

DEVELOPER Tom Gilmartin made “wild”, “entirely untrue”, “preposterous” and “spurious” allegations in private to the Mahon tribunal that Cork property developer Owen O’Callaghan made offshore payments to Taoiseach Bertie Ahern and former Taoiseach Albert Reynolds.

A cargo ship that hit the sunken vessel Tricolor in the English Channel was tonight heading for port under its own power.

Political Correspondent Carl O'Brien reports on how our generous tax regime has made horse breeding a big money business

A WHITE couple has had black twins after a mix-up at a British fertility clinic.