Everton Under-23s manager David Unsworth has been placed in temporary charge of the first team following Ronald Koeman's sacking.

On the Saturday, Lincoln City became the first non-league club in 103 years to reach the quarter-finals of the FA Cup. 20,000 people. Turf Moor. Premier League opposition.

Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain admits winning was all that mattered as Arsenal overcame non-league Sutton to reach the FA Cup quarter-finals.

Two 14-year-olds will appear in court charged with murder after the bodies of a mother and her teenage daughter were found at a house in Lincolnshire, England.

More than 100 cinemas in the UK and Ireland will be screening the upcoming special episode of Sherlock: The Abominable Bride, on January 1st, 2016.

More than two dozen new areas in northern England and the Midlands could face fracking after new licences were awarded for oil and gas exploration.

SCOTLAND: A student and his dog donned graduation robes after the pet helped his owner complete his university degree.

Tommy Barker revisits the one-time home of UCC maths professor George Boole as the 200th anniversary of his birth is celebrated.

 

Dermot Weld’s Stuccodor will have to carry top weight to victory if he bids for back-to-back wins in the Tote Irish Lincolnshire on Sunday as the Irish Flat season gets under way at the Currgah.

Zarwaan is proving popular with punters ahead of the Betway Lincoln after Ed Dunlop indicated he was leaning towards running the four-year-old at Doncaster rather than in the Irish equivalent on Sunday.

Dara Ó Briain took time out from tickling the funny bones of Cork audiences to tickle his own fancy in a visit to UCC campus today.

The grandfather of a nine-year-old boy has been charged with his murder.

When Carl Plover was a boy his mother read Under Milkwood to him and his new show marks today’s centenary of the Welshman’s birth, says Colette Sheridan

A British ukulele orchestra has lost a High Court duel with a German rival which uses an English name.

Thousands of soggy revellers took to the streets yesterday for the final day of Notting Hill Carnival undaunted by the wet weather.

And spectators at a Lincoln air show had their own close encounter with a low-flying jet over the weekend.

Frankie Dettori believes Saturday’s JLT Lockinge Stakes at Newbury is the perfect starting point for Olympic Glory.

Tune in to RTE One at 10.15pm tonight for Des Bishop: Breaking China. Des moves to China for a year, aiming to perform a one-man stand up comedy show for a Chinese audience.

A dog which attacked a woman in england and left her with “serious injuries” has been found after a search by armed police.

The list of West Virginia customers being asked to avoid using water is growing because of a chemical spill into the Elk River in Charleston.

The Republic: The Fight for Irish Independence

A collection of cigars made for Hitler’s deputy, Hermann Goering, has sold for £1,300.

A new hospice is to be built in Wicklow - after a charity raised almost €3m - with the help of Daniel Day-Lewis.

A 22-year-old man has been charged on suspicion of making malicious comments on Facebook following the murder of British soldier Lee Rigby.

CHAMPIONSHIP PLAY-OFF:

In the UK, a man has been charged in connection with comments he posted on Facebook following the murder of British soldier Lee Rigby.

The British Prime Minister said that the people who carried out yesterday's suspected terrorist murder in south east London are sickening individuals.

A man whose son kept him him alive for more than a week after a fall has died in hospital.

What has eight legs, is hairy and lives in a hole in the ground? Bono, apparently.

Manchester United have been given a tough draw for the third round of the FA Cup.

Prince Harry resorted to a little finger wagging tonight to persuade one cheeky little boy not to bring up the subject of his naked romp in a Las Vegas hotel.

Adele’s success looks set to continue as the singer-songwriter picked up a string of nominations for the Ivor Novello Awards.

William Haggas admits he was a little disappointed with Beaten Up after he finished sixth in the Dubai Sheema Classic at Meydan on Saturday.

Paul d’Arcy is not concerned that Edinburgh Knight will be carrying top weight in the William Hill Lincoln at Doncaster today.

THE funeral of an Englishman murdered and dumped in a river will take place in Bandon when his body is released.

The Hilton Hotel Group has announced 1,500 new jobs in more than 20 new hotels in the UK.

A FATHER of one, whose body was recovered from the River Bandon in West Cork, longed for a life without violence, his Requiem Mass heard over the weekend.

GARDAÍ investigating the murder of a British man in West Cork have traced his relatives in England.

AS DAVE MCNEILLY walks me from the backstage door through the belly of the Grand Canal Theatre he cuts an unexpectedly calm figure.

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