As we put back the clocks this weekend, could it really be for the last time?

Katie Taylor extended her pro record to a perfect 10-0 with an emphatic win at London’s O2 Arena on Saturday night.

The head of the Irish wing of Swedish furniture giant, Ikea, remained silent on its plans for a second store in Cork, but said that the firm has a “very strong growth agenda in Ireland”. It is enjoying a 10% rise in annual sales.

Lovers of Swedish furniture behemoth IKEA across the country no longer have to plan a trip to Ballymun in Dublin in advance -- they can now shop from the comfort of their own home.

Nine females - three aged 11 - have been approached and sexually touched by an attacker in the last three months, UK police have said.

It was the 100th RNLI lifeboat crew to be photographed by Jack Lowe, who is not even halfway through the project he has committed about five years of his life to.

A 14-year-old girl was raped in a south-east London park in broad daylight.

In true nerd style, I came across an interesting documentary the other night about trains and England, and how the rail network shaped that country in terms of commuters, building, culture, architecture.

EVERYTHING is very plain and modern now,” a dying man tells the author Jack London roughly halfway through Minds of Winter, warning the writer against the gothic, supernatural excesses of the yarn he is spinning in a hospital ward.

A group of elderly women travel to Amsterdam to try marijuana in A Granny’s Guide To The Modern World on Wednesday at 11pm on Channel 4.

A ‘fourth industrial revolution’ is on the way that could lead to millions of job losses in Europe and the developing world, writes Kyran Fitzgerald

Some of the stranger stories from around the world

Budweiser brewer Anheuser-Busch InBev has agreed a €2.55bn deal to sell European lager brands Peroni and Grolsch as it moves a step closer to sealing its takeover of SABMiller.

If you’re off to the British capital for the Rugby World Cup and plan hanging around for a few days , then Conor Power has the lowdown on how to fall in love again with London town.

Ikea will next year begin paying its staff in Britain a living wage above the compulsory level set out by the government this month, the world’s largest furniture retailer said.

The bankrupt Sean Dunne and his family still live like globe-trotting millionaires

Brewing giant, SABMiller is buying Britain’s Meantime Brewing Company, snapping up one of the pioneers of craft brewing to give the owner of big brands such as Peroni and Grolsch exposure to a fast-growing part of the drinks market.

Google’s purpose-built driverless cars have been given the green light to drive on public roads for the first time.

Cathy Desmond took a bite of the Big Apple some thirty years ago — and now that she’s back for more, she finds a calmer, quieter place.

Romania: Cut-price bridal gowns brought wedding organisers in Romania more than they bargained for, when two brides-to-be scrapped over a lavish dress.

>Driverless cars, for which extensive testing starts in Britain in the new year, could be on the roads within 15 years, engineers believe.

Fears are growing for a missing Irish rugby coach who vanished from his home in London on Wednesday.

IT’S the GAA matches in the car they’ll miss. Or Joe Duffy while out for a walk. Or the Angelus. Or the company of Irish voices from a portable radio propped up on a bedside locker when sleep won’t come.

Transport chiefs have launched an investigation after a gay couple were reportedly thrown off a bus for kissing.

Transport chiefs in England have launched an investigation after a gay couple were reportedly thrown off a bus for kissing.

Aoife ní Mhaoileoin is preparing to sail 2,400 miles across the Pacific in a boat with no engine and no sail, writes Claire Droney.

An elite runner from Sierra Leone - who went missing moments after finishing the London Marathon - has been found.

A 42-year-old man has died after collapsing at the finish line of the London Marathon while police are looking to trace a female runner who has not been seen since the race finished.

A 42-year-old man has died after collapsing at the finish line of the London Marathon, organisers said.

Temperatures in the late-teens made for a balmy 34th London Marathon, as crowd favourite Mo Farah came home in eighth place for his course debut.

WHETHER in or out of prison, Nelson Mandela was a crowd puller.

Whether in or out of prison, Nelson Mandela was a crowd-puller.

That was a ‘timely’ letter from Maurice Fitzgerald, on Oct 30 (“It’s time to end summertime”).

A woman who risked her life to confront an armed man suspected of slaughtering a British soldier in broad daylight has described how she tried to calm him moments after the barbaric attack.

Terrorism returned to the streets of London today as two suspected Muslim fanatics butchered a man in broad daylight in the name of “Allah”.

A major police operation was launched today after two suspected terrorists murdered a man in the street in broad daylight.

A man was killed and two others were taken to hospital with gunshot wounds today following a “serious incident” understood to involve a serving British soldier.

Businessman Sean Dunne, who filed for bankruptcy in the US on Good Friday, says he regrets any involvement he had in making life difficult for any Irish resident.

The father of late singer Amy Winehouse kept her memory alive tonight by arriving at the Brit Awards wearing a waistcoat with her face on the back.

'Mrs Brown's Boys' scooped the prize for Best Sitcom at last night's National Television Awards in the UK.

If by any chance you have a few book tokens left over from Christmas presents, I’ve got some brilliant suggestions for worthwhile cookbooks to track down. For the growing number of cake-makers, Annie Bells Baking Bible published by Kyle books is a real gem. Recipes are triple tested so really work which can’t be said for every book.