WATERFORD’S hosting of the Tall Ships Races 2011 has been overwhelmingly praised for its success, which saw up to 500,000 spectators in the city over the four-day festival ending on Sunday.

TWELVE class A vessels have registered for next year’s international Tall Ships Races, which are expected to bring hundreds of thousands of visitors to the south-east.

Everything Everywhere - the company behind merged mobile phone brands Orange and T-Mobile - has returned to growth in the third quarter, albeit by the slimmest of margins.

HALF a million people are expected in Waterford for the return of the Tall Ships Race giving the city a €35 million boost next year, it emerged yesterday.

Half a million people are expected in Waterford for the return of the Tall Ships Race giving the city a €35m boost next year, it emerged today.

Tony Mowbray ended another demanding another week as Celtic boss reiterating his admission that he does not enjoy the job.

Mobile phone giants Orange and T-Mobile today revealed plans to join forces in a tie-up which will create a new market leader in the UK.

The Lockerbie bomber today backed calls for a public inquiry into the atrocity.

The son of Colonel Gaddafi today claimed Libya’s original prisoner transfer deal with the UK had targeted the Lockerbie bomber and was directly linked to talks on trade and oil.

President Barack Obama led the US in voicing condemnation over the release of Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed Al Megrahi.

A two-over-par round of 73 was good enough for England’s Ross McGowan to retain the lead at the Estoril Portuguese Open in windy Cascais today.

Germany’s Marcel Siem took over the lead at the Andalucian Open in Seville from Scot Chris Doak today.

A special week for Colin Montgomerie could become even more memorable after he began the Andalucian Open with a five-under-par 67 in Seville today.

THE Lockerbie bomber could be freed from jail on bail in a week, it emerged last night.

First Minister Alex Salmond today refused to say if the Scottish government would give a sympathetic hearing to pleas made on behalf of the Lockerbie bomber.

THE Lockerbie bomber is battling “advanced stage” cancer, his lawyer said yesterday.

ONE of Waterford’s most respected charities is committing itself to caring for future generations of elderly people in the region by developing “unrivalled” facilities on a new site.

The tourists rescued from a stricken Antarctic cruise liner were beginning their long journey home today.

British and Irish holidaymakers forced to abandon their cruise liner when it struck ice are expected to be flown to mainland South America today.

The Department of Foreign Affairs has confirmed that there were four Irish people among 100 passengers forced to take to lifeboats today after their cruise liner hit ice and began taking on water in the Antarctic Ocean.

A suspected IRA bomber was being held today by Spanish police over a mortar attack on a British military base in Germany.

Passengers on a ferry forced aground by hurricane-force winds today remained stranded on board their stricken vessel.

AN author who claims to have definitive proof of Elvis’ Scottish ancestry has set tongues wagging in the rural village where the King’s ancestors were said to have originated.

Film-maker Ken Loach today defended his new film about a love affair between a Catholic and a Muslim after an Islamic leader voiced fears it could spark bigotry.

SWEET SIXTEEN: With his mother in jail, his step-father selling drugs and a grandfather who has given up on him, life isn’t all that rosy for young Liam (Martin Compston).

A former British soldier accused of being a member of the IRA was in German custody today after being extradited from the Czech Republic.

A former British soldier is to be extradited from the Czech Republic to Germany for questioning about terrorism charges.

Hundreds of jobs at IBM's UK manufacturing operations are to be transferred to another company.

Multiple rapist William McGirr walked out of a high security psychiatric wing of the Royal Cornhill Hospital in Aberdeen on Monday.

Anti-Trident campaigners vow to fight on despite a ruling by three High Court judges that Britain's nuclear deterrent is not illegal.