Anakana Schofield thought her dark tale about a sexual deviant would be a hard sell but she tells Colette Sheridan women understand it, and men are shocked by her acclaimed work.

A series of coincidences has seen a First World War medal returned to the family of the Kerry soldier who owned it — 70 years after it was stolen in England.

A nurse who allegedly arranged to meet a 14-year-old girl he planned to behead with an axe and eat started having fantasies about cannibalism at the age of six, a court has heard.

Tube services in London were hit today by a “solidly supported” strike over ticket office closures.

The Irish Centre in London’s Camden Town is re-branding as it celebrates its 60th Paddy’s Day, writes Claire Droney.

Peter O’Toole never won an Oscar despite eight nominations. However, in 2003 he was given an honorary award for his body of work.

A 35-year-old man who went missing with a 14-year-old girl has been charged with child abduction in England.

A 14-year-old girl who went missing with a convicted fraudster has been found.

Rowing is perhaps the greatest endurance sport of the Olympic Games.

THE return of Stock Aitken and Waterman at a Hyde Park festival this July will, for some, confirm that we are living in an Eighties timewarp, reliving all the worst aspects of the decade: namely the recession.

It’s what Cobh might have looked like 150 years ago.

Bar manager Tim Anderson has been crowned the youngest ever winner of 'MasterChef' after weeks of intense competition in the BBC1 culinary challenge.

For the mega-rich Premier League stars, working over Christmas has its compensations — often hundreds of thousands of them. Rochdale’s Brian Barry-Murphy spoke to Liam Mackey on the rewards of being a lower-league footballer in England and how the ‘son of Jimmy’ went on to make his own mark in a different sport.

Emigration has long been Ireland’s tragedy and triumph, writesPolitical Correspondent Shaun Connolly

Former Happy Mondays star Bez will appear in court today accused of breaching a restraining order.

Former Happy Mondays star Bez was back in police custody tonight after being held at a London railway station.

Britons endured more travel chaos today as snow blanketed much of the country, with airports shut, roads closed and train journeys cancelled.

WHILE nine of the victims of the bombings have so far been named, many more remain unaccounted for.

GILES HART: An urgent plea has been made for information about telecom worker GILES HART, 55, from Hornchurch, Essex.

THOUSANDS of anti-war protesters cheered last night as an effigy of President George W Bush was toppled as part of a huge demonstration against his controversial visit to Britain.

Organisers of today’s huge demonstration in London against the controversial visit of President George Bush say that up to 150,000 people joined the protest.

A man and a woman have appeared in court charged with the murder of Liz Sherlock.

A man and a woman were today appearing in court charged with the murder of Liz Sherlock who was killed after being run over by a car driven by thieves who stole her handbag.

A man and a woman have been charged with the murder of Liz Sherlock who was killed after being run over by a car driven by thieves who stole her handbag, a Metropolitan Police spokesman said.

Detectives were continuing to question a man and a woman today in connection with the Euston handbag killing.

A man and a woman were arrested in connection with the death of a costume designer who was run over and killed after two thieves stole her handbag, Scotland Yard said today.

Police are analysing CCTV footage from the area around Euston station where a woman died after being knocked down by handbag thieves.

The woman who died after being run over by a pair of handbag thieves was a talented BBC costume designer.

A murder hunt was under way in London today after a woman who chased two handbag thieves was run over and killed by their getaway car.

A major transport operation was under way today to prevent traffic problems as thousands of football fans travelled to FA Cup semi-final matches.