Rabbits in the big field behind my house can again be seen since the wheat crop was harvested.

A MOTHER-OF-FOUR who admitted biting off her boyfriend’s testicles has been warned she could be jailed.

THE grieving mother of a young co-pilot killed in the Cork air crash described her son as “an all-action hero” devoted to a flying career.

The two people discharged from hospital just over 24 hours after yesterday's plane crash in Cork have thanked the emergency services for their swift action, while the grieving mother of the young co-pilot killed in the crash has described her son as “an all-action hero”.

Widespread travel chaos caused by some of the severest winter weather for a century left Christmas commuter plans in tatters and swathes of the country paralysed in the UK today.

CORK is in line for a maritime extravaganza set to rival the Tall Ships race that enthralled the community in 1991.

The UK was today plunged into a freezing snap as an Arctic weather front swept in, blanketing parts of Scotland and northern England in snow.

PASSENGERS at the congested Dublin Airport will see the benefit of €450 million of improvements as early as next year, airport bosses said last night.

A massive human sculpture could tower over a city if planning permission lodged today is granted.

Police in the UK have today arrested a canoeist who turned up alive five and a half years after he was feared drowned.

IRELAND is the world’s friendliest country, and we have “a deliciously dark sense of humour”, according to a best-travel list compiled by guidebook company Lonely Planet.

PHARMACY regulators are setting up a task force to combat the menace of medicines available over the internet following an Irish Examiner investigation.

The British airline BMIbaby is planning to operate flights between Knock Airport and the north-east of England from next spring.

I WISH to express my concern at new research suggesting that North Atlantic salmon are in serious decline.

Britain's Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh have said farewell to George and Laura Bush as the US visitors left Buckingham Palace in presidential style.

THE captivating skill of the talented Damien Duff has never been more important to Ireland, according to team-mate Kevin Kilbane, as he looked ahead to Saturday’s European Championship tie against Albania at Lansdowne Road.

Police in Spain have arrested a 58-year-old Irishman on foot of extradition request from the British authorities.

Six men arrested in an anti-terrorism swoop in north-east England have been released without charge by police.

Three men arrested in an anti-terrorism swoop in north-east England were released without charge tonight, police said.

A delegation of Irish and British politicians will visit the controversial Sellafield nuclear plant in north-east England today following serious concerns in Ireland about the safety of the facility.