President-elect Donald Trump has an unusual New Year message for his Twitter followers.

Thousands of people in New York were surrounded by tight security as they lined the streets for the annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.

Rivals candidates vow to fight on despite Super Tuesday setbacks

Donald Trump keeps insisting he is a winner, and so are those who support him, he loves to remind voters how rich he is, and the message is striking a chord, says Arie W Kruglanski

Majolica (often confused with tin-enamelled Maiolica) is a scrumptious and affordable lead-glazed earthenware that took off in the mid-19th century and is still potted and prized in Europe and the US.

Eighteen-time major champion Jack Nicklaus has built quite an athletic legacy for his descendants to follow, and now his grandson Nick O’Leary will have his chance to thrive in the world of professional sports, specifically the National Football League.

Court told devices were restored to factory settings as Horizon claims they may have held vital material

Rory McIlroy's lawyers have told the High Court the golfer has done nothing wrong by deleting data from his old mobile phones in order to protect his privacy.

Michael Lohan is worried his pregnant girlfriend will miscarry in prison.

Rory McIlroy will start today’s second round at the US Open confident he can cope with any adversity Pinehurst No 2 throws at him, deal with it and stay on an even keel.

The US wife of Irish property developer John Flynn is asking the Commercial Court to declare she has no interest in a Dublin office park as part of Nama’s bid to recover a €22m debt owed by the Flynn family.

New figures from the State’s ethics watchdog reveal that €17,000 in political donations were declared by TDs, senators and MEPs for the whole of last year.

Adapted from the novel Flashfire by Donald E Westlake, 'Parker' is an action thriller about a professional thief who is double-crossed by his team and then swears revenge.

Graeme McDowell believes the battle to ban anchored putters will decide who really rules the game of golf.

With the Republican presidential nomination all but in hand, Mitt Romney is refocusing his efforts on challenging President Barack Obama, raising cash for what may be the most expensive presidential contests in American history.

James Murdoch could be asked to clarify his evidence to the Commons Culture, Media and Sport Committee, chairman John Whittingdale said.

CROOKED financier Bernard Madoff’s exclusive wine cellar is to be sold off to help pay his huge fraud debts.

Crooked financier Bernard Madoff’s exclusive wine cellar is to be sold off to help pay his massive fraud debts.

Heidi Klum and Seal have renewed their wedding vows for a sixth time.

THE trustee recovering money for Bernard Madoff’s burned investors has reached a $7.2 billion (€5.5bn) settlement with the estate of a Florida philanthropist and businessman who had been the single-largest beneficiary of the fraud.

FORMER media tycoon Conrad Black was released from a US jail today after a judge granted him $2 million bail.

A double-bogey seven at the 18th proved costly for Ireland’s Graham McDowell in the second round of the Honda Classic at PGA National in Palm Beach, Florida last night.

BERNARD MADOFF’S success in the world of investments marked him out as an embodiment of the financial boom.

HISTORIC swindler Bernard Madoff was sentenced to 150 years in prison yesterday for a fraud so extensive that the judge said he needed to send a symbolic message to potential imitators and to victims who demanded harsh punishment.

Crooked financier Bernard Madoff will be sentenced today for swindling investors out of billions of dollars.

Disgraced US financier Bernard Madoff, who faces sentence on Monday for massive fraud, must forfeit $170bn (€121bn), a judge ordered.

CALLING him a “murderer” and a “monster”, more than 100 victims of Wall Street swindler Bernard Madoff have asked the judge, who will sentence him on June 29 for the maximum sentence.

Former media mogul Conrad Black is asking a US judge for a new trial after he was convicted in July of swindling the Hollinger International newspaper empire he once ran out of millions of dollars.

A billionaire media baron with a taste for a lavish lifestyle, Conrad Moffat Black is no stranger to the spotlight.

A billionaire media baron with a taste for a lavish lifestyle, Conrad Moffat Black is no stranger to the spotlight.

CIAN O’CONNOR is launching an offensive on the Winter Equestrian Festival in Palm Beach, Florida, flying seven horses to the 10-week long event and taking up the reins of a new addition to his string.

Donald Trump has slammed those who have criticised the reality TV mogul for putting up a massive American flag as "unpatriotic".

Donald Trump’s property for sale in Palm Beach, Florida, has all the big-time extras one might expect. Pricey marble and 24-carat gold fixtures decorate bathrooms.

A judge reviewing whether Lord Black misrepresented his assets while meeting bail conditions in his fraud and racketeering case demanded more information from a lawyer for the former publisher.

FOR a man who wears €30 jeans, €1.15 billion seems a lot of money to splash out on a football club.

Wall Street stabilised today, closing little changed although another spike in oil prices sent many investors to the safety of the bond market. Scattered bargain-hunting after the previous session’s slide kept selling to a minimum.

Donald Trump already has a regret about his lavish wedding to Melania Knauss: he wishes he'd given TV bosses the go-ahead to broadcast it live.

IT was third time lucky for Donald Trump as he wed Slovenian beauty Melania Knauss in one of the most extravagant society weddings in recent memory.

It was third time lucky for Donald Trump today as he wed Slovenian beauty Melania Knauss in one of the most lavish society weddings in recent memory.

Donald Trump was marrying Slovenian model Melania Knauss tonight in a “fantasy” ceremony of glamour, glitz and gold.

Mark Sage

SINGER Beyonce’s band came to the aid of a 91-year-old driver, chasing and holding down a suspected carjacker in Palm Beach, Florida. Police said Reynold Caleen, a great-grandfather of nine, tried to fight off a knife-wielding suspect when he grabbed the elderly man’s wallet in the car park of a shop.

Singer Beyonce’s band came to the aid of a 91-year-old driver, chasing and holding down a suspected carjacker in Palm Beach, Florida.

Wall Street retreated again today, extending its losses into a fourth session despite better-than-expected earnings from The Home Depot and a brokerage firm upgrade for General Electric Co.