Nessie hunters were left disappointed when monster remains uncovered at the bottom of Loch Ness turned out to be a 1970s film prop.

The only son of missing British peer Richard John Bingham, better known as Lord Lucan, has spoken for the need to move on now he has been granted a death certificate 42 years after his father vanished.

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The water charge protest has politicised and energised Irish citizens who are no longer willing to take things lying down; A man who stopped taking medication ’to suppress sexual urges’ has been jailed for an attack on a woman; and a police volunteer denies shooting dead a suspect who was pinned to the ground. These are some of the latest and most read news on irishexaminer.com this evening.

Prince Charles is to make a return visit to Ireland; a Russian footballer proposed to his girlfriend on the pitch; and Google adds Loch Ness monster to Street View. These are some of the latest and most read news on irishexaminer.com this lunchtime.

It’s a miracle the likes of St Patrick could have produced.

NATURAL England must decide whether beavers introduced to the River Otter, in Devon, can be allowed to remain. On January 28, it announced a five-year programme of monitoring by the Devon Wildlife Trust.

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Independence campaigners are are using their creative talents to forge a new national identity, writes Ellie O’Byrne

Woah, Nessie.

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The Loch Ness monster has gone missing.

Charlie Sheen thinks the Loch Ness Monster is afraid of him.

Charlie Sheen flew to Scotland for a day in a bid to hunt down the elusive Loch Ness Monster.

A woman has died and two people have been injured after a car collided with spectators during a rally in the Scottish Highlands.

Google is hoping to build the world’s largest digital filing cabinet in the latest attempt to deepen people’s dependence on its services.

Waterford company Zolk C was the first to enter the market with an electronic hand-held tourist guide, bringing heritage sites to life and is now turning its attentions to the lucrative North American tourism market, writes Trish Dromey.

Sporting chiefs are to break tradition and allow the Olympic flame to travel outside the UK into the Republic of Ireland ahead of the London games.

GRAEME McDOWELL has pointed out another potential problem for Rory McIlroy when he returns to action at the British Open next week.

THE mortgage market is just 10% of what it was at the peak of the housing boom, with brokers reporting very little activity.

NEW politics: same Old Boys Club.

Neil Lennon blamed “slapstick defending” for his Celtic side dropping two Clydesdale Bank Premier League points at home for the second week running.

Opposition parties are today pouring scorn on the Government's projection that the National Assets Management Agency (Nama) will make a €5.5bn profit for the taxpayer.

DJ Fatboy Slim will perform in front of around 20,000 revellers tonight in his home city of Brighton in the UK at a seafront event dubbed Big Beach Boutique 4.

Fatboy Slim is to headline a summer concert on the banks of Loch Ness, it was revealed today.

THERE is more chance of Elvis turning up alive and well on the day the Loch Ness monster surfaces than Arsene Wenger aping Jose Mourinho by courting Alex Ferguson with vintage wine at Highbury tomorrow night.

Norwegian researchers on a remote Arctic island have recovered rare fossil remains of two giant marine reptiles, one of them reminiscent of the fabled Loch Ness monster.

A MAN in an antique diving suit completed the world’s first underwater marathon yesterday.

Chat show host Graham Norton kicked off this year’s Comic Relief last night by adding a stunning attraction to London’s skyline.

Chat show host Graham Norton kicked off this year's Comic Relief tonight by adding a stunning attraction to London's skyline.

A Loch Ness-style monster search is being lined up for the Irish Republic later this month.

A postman is recovering after a frisky 14 stone dog tried to mate with him.