Germany’s constitutional court has upheld the country’s participation in a fund which can bail out troubled governments in the eurozone.

UCD’s Mark English underlined his world-class potential at the Woodie’s DIY AAI Games in Athlone yesterday with a national 800m indoor record (1:46.82) which qualifies him for the world indoors.

The euro’s fate is in Germany’s hands, writes Business Correspondent John Walsh

Germany’s top court probably won’t intervene in the ECB’s plan to buy bonds of crisis-torn countries, in line with previous cases involving the country’s integration with the EU.

Brian Gregan feels ready for any challenge at the European Indoor Track and Field Championships in his bid to win his first senior international 400m medal in Gothenburg on March 1-3 as part of a strong Irish team.

Fionnuala Britton had a fine third place finish over 3,000m in Karlsruhe on Saturday evening, running a personal best of 8:55.22 behind Meseret Defar’s 8:35.28 as a host of Irish athletes competed around the globe.

Fionnuala Britton, who takes on Olympic 5,000m champion Meseret Defar (Ethiopia) over 3,000m in Karlsruhe this weekend, was the headline athlete at the announcement of the new partnership between New Balance and Athletics Ireland last night.

Two German boys have been charged with selling their mum's possessions and using the money to visit a brothel.

Germany’s Constitutional Court gave a green light yesterday for the country to ratify Europe’s new bailout fund, boosting hopes that the single currency bloc is finally putting in place the tools to resolve its three-year old debt crisis.

Policies forced on bailed-out states are about showing the ‘big boys’ are in charge, writes Ray Kinsella

A gunman is feared to have killed one person and taken others hostage after bailiffs tried to evict him from his apartment in Germany.

One person is reported to have been killed and several others injured after a man took hostages in an apartment in south-west Germany, police said.

An attempt to block to block the eurozone’s permanent rescue fund and Europe’s new fiscal discipline treaty will be heard by Germany’s high court next week.

Apple has temporarily blocked Motorola’s attempt to have it withdraw several iPhone and iPad models from its internet store in Germany, in the latest twist in an extended legal duel over patents between the companies.

Apple has temporarily blocked Motorola's attempt to have it withdraw several iPhone and iPad models from its internet store in Germany, in the latest twist in an extended legal duel over patents between the companies.

IRELAND, Greece and other struggling countries should leave the euro zone to return their economies to full health, the plaintiffs in a lawsuit against Germany’s involvement in euro rescue schemes told a news conference yesterday.

GERMAN police scuffled with protesters as tens of thousands of people gathered in Dannenberg, northern Germany, vowing to block a nuclear waste convoy arriving from France.

A video shooting game set along the Berlin Wall is sparking controversy, as its release was meant to coincide with the 20th anniversary on Sunday of Germany’s reunification.

A former German parliamentarian was today convicted of possessing and distributing child pornography and given a suspended 15-month prison sentence.

Germany’s highest court today overturned a law allowing the state to keep information on phone calls and emails to help in tracking criminal networks.

A married couple were legally banned from having a three-barrelled surname by Germany’s highest court today.

The venue for Ireland's upcoming World Cup qualifier against Georgia remains shrouded in uncertainty this morning.

Republic of Ireland supporters can finally begin booking flights for the upcoming World Cup qualifier with Georgia.

Germany’s high court says smoking bans in two states are unconstitutional, a decision which will force country-wide reviews of smoking prohibitions.

A detail from The Absinthe Drinker, painted by Edgar Degas in 1876 at the height of the drink’s popularity.

German authorities were today searching for 10 suspected supporters of an Islamic group linked to al-Qaida who are believed to have assisted the three militants arrested earlier this week in their foiled bomb plot.

Three Islamic militants from an al-Qaida-influenced group nursing a “profound hatred of US citizens” were arrested on suspicion of plotting imminent, massive bomb attacks targeting Americans in Germany, prosecutors said today.

Germany’s highest court today banned a far-right rally marking this week’s anniversary of the death of Adolf Hitler’s deputy, Rudolf Hess.

Protests against this week’s Group of Eight meeting continued for a third day in Rostock, Germany, as anti-globalization activists mounted a legal challenge against a ban on demonstrations outside the summit town of Heiligendamm.

Germany’s highest court today refused to take up the appeal of a man convicted of helping three of the September 11 suicide pilots in their plot.

A German federal appeals court today convicted a friend of three of the September 11 suicide pilots of accessory to murder for his alleged role in their plot and sent the case back to a lower court for sentencing.

A judge today ordered that a Lebanese student suspected of planting one of two bombs that failed to explode on German trains be held in custody pending possible terrorism charges, prosecutors said.

Lawyers for a German man who admitted killing and eating an acquaintance he met on the internet today said they have filed an appeal in federal court against their client’s murder conviction.

TWO German businessmen, a former Russian military officer and North Korea are among those helping Iran develop missiles the West fears could one day carry nuclear warheads, diplomats and intelligence officials say.

Members of Germany’s leading parties were expected today to approve the 143-page agreement that would see a left-right coalition take power, with Angela Merkel as the country’s first woman chancellor.

Germany’s highest court today ruled that federal elections can go ahead as planned on September 18, dismissing complaints against the early vote from two politicians.

Tom Ross

Robbie McEwen of Australia won today’s seventh stage of the Tour de France in a sprint finish.

Formula One organisers today announced a minute’s silence will be held before Sunday’s British Grand Prix as a mark of respect to those who died and were injured in the terrorist attacks in London.

Stage seven of the Tour de France gets underway later today, with the riders facing a 229km trek from Luneville to Karlsruhe.

Lorenzo Bernucci of Italy was the unexpected victor of a dramatic sixth stage of the Tour de France in Nancy as Alexander Vinokourov threw down the gauntlet to race leader Lance Armstrong.

German law enforcement agents have arrested two members of a foreign terrorist organisation and searched homes in several cities, the federal prosecutor’s office said in a statement today.

A German court today lifted the jail sentence of a former DaimlerChrysler engineer convicted of causing the death of a woman and her daughter with his high-speed tailgating, ruling that “he is no Rambo of the road” and deserves only probation.