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Mount Benbulben will head straight to Kempton for the William Hill King George VI Chase on St Stephen’s Day.

The locally trained Starkie, in the care of Henry de Bromhead, won the Waterford and Tramore Racecourse Novice Hurdle at the seaside track yesterday.

Gun sales have surged after the Batman cinema massacre amid fears that politicians may use the shootings to seek new restrictions on owning weapons.

A teenager who missed a liver transplant operation earlier this summer because of botched transport plans was recovering tonight after undergoing surgery in London.

They wanted for nothing, but now the girlfriend and daughter of mobster capo and killer Greg Scarpa are struggling to come to terms with a less pampered and more isolated life, Nancy Hass reports

Peter Andre is going to boot camp.

A HISTORIC Limerick church is forging a new unity between students and the old city.

KING JOHN’S Castle in Limerick city is preparing to re-enact the days of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table on Friday July 11.

Ante-post favourite Sakhee’s Secret features among 20 horses declared for Saturday’s Golden Jubilee Stakes at Royal Ascot.

Prix de l’Abbaye winner Benbaun is gearing up for another tilt at a potential Royal Ascot double-header, starting with next Tuesday’s King’s Stand Stakes.

A "crazed" woman who stabbed a Pakistani security guard when asked to stop smoking in a Burger King toilet where she was cutting herself with knives has been given a two years prison sentence.

The quirky 'Elvis Is Alive Museum' will pack up in Missouri and move to the King’s home state, Mississippi, the new owner said today.

Britain’s ambassador to Thailand will have to get up early tomorrow morning.

GARDAÍ further shortened the list of suspects in the murder of Martin “Marlo” Hyland yesterday as the removal of the crime boss took place last night.

Hughie Morrison is to take the “softly softly” approach with Prince Tamino following his victory in the William Hill Trophy.

A gunman opened fire today in a rental home occupied by 20 young partygoers, killing six and critically injuring at least one other before committing suicide when confronted by police outside.

KICKING KING, the warm ante-post favourite for the Cheltenham Gold Cup in March, will miss the race.

Shaun Connolly, Leeds

A serial sex offender captured today three weeks after he disappeared on the final day of his trail at Cork Circuit Court has been remanded in custody to appear at Youghal Circuit Court.

Efforts to build a national memorial honouring Martin Luther King Jr have stalled because the American civil rights leader’s family wants money to use his name and likeness in the marketing campaign.