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Well, you don’t get to welcome home Olympic medalists every day of the week.

Up to 10,000 people are expected in Skibbereen, West Cork, tonight for the official homecoming party for Olympic rowing heroes the O’Donovan brothers.

Here’s a quick look at some of the more light hearted stories from around the world.

German discount store Aldi has secured planning permission for a 10,000sq ft (929sq m) supermarket in Skibbereen.

An American university has confirmed plans to develop an international $1m (€729,000) campus in Dingle, Co Kerry.

Community leaders have appealed for calm after a man was injured in a retaliation shooting linked to an ongoing feud between rival gangs on the northside of Cork City.

A 20-year-old man has been injured in a shooting.

Spectators have returned to an air show in southwestern Ohio a day after a pilot and wing walker were killed in a horrifying crash that was captured on video.

Two commuter trains serving New York City collided in Connecticut during the evening rush hour, sending 60 people to hospital.

A teacher gunned down during the Connecticut school massacre was remembered as a selfless hero who died trying to shield her pupils.

The sun shone again over New York yesterday, as the city and much of the US east coast took the first steps back to normality after being battered by superstorm Sandy.

A small Connecticut town was left reeling in grief and confusion after a popular teacher shot dead a masked knife-wielding prowler – only to discover it was his 15-year-old son.

Organisers of a West Cork food festival will pay homage to a town’s tragic past by honouring famine victims and the humble potato.

Bruce Willis has said that he is willing to give away his central Idaho ski resort to a non-profit making organisation.

A DISTRICT Court judge has described as “absolutely staggering” the number of people on prescribed medication appearing before the court in Cork — as he was dealing with a case of a man armed with half a hedge-clippers.

A RAFT of new bylaws, including a ban on children over 12 from using playground equipment, are to be introduced to crack down on anti-social behaviour in Cork’s city parks.

Police in the north are investigating what they believe to be a sectarian attack in Co. Tyrone overnight.

The long-awaited €17.2m Loughrea bypass in Co Galway will cut out a notorious bottleneck and reduce journey times for motorists, it was claimed today.

A row between two teenagers in a field on Cork City’s Northside last night left one of them with life-threatening injuries.

A tornado slammed into central Mississippi today, ripping homes from their foundations and causing injuries.