Doctor to Michael Jackson is just one chapter in the story of Dr Patrick Treacy, says Richard Fitzpatrick.

The first ever bus service between Ireland and Australia today set off on its mammoth expedition taking it across the world in 13 weeks.

A THIRD farmer has been jailed in the North for allowing thousands of tonnes of waste originating from the Republic to be dumped on his land.

The North today edged closer to its target of providing 12% of electricity consumption from renewable sources by 2012.