The Who are to close Glastonbury Festival 2015.

Air travel in and out of Ireland increased significantly last year, with Dublin Airport reporting a growth higher than the European average.

Next year’s European Pony Championships will be held in Millstreet, Co Cork, two weeks later than envisaged.

The opening scenes of Tony Palmer’s documentary, Bird on a Wire, about Leonard Cohen’s five-week European tour in 1972 — which began in Dublin — show security manhandling concertgoers in Tel Aviv. Cohen coos softly, in his Quebecker drawl, into a microphone: “I know you’re trying to do your job, but you don’t have to do it with your fists.”

A powerful forum gathers today for talks which could pave the way for extending the vote in presidential elections to Irish citizens living in the North and overseas.

At least seven people are believed dead and several injured after a packed passenger train derailed outside Paris, France’s interior minister says.

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Next year’s European Tour will again include just one event Ireland, two in England, one in Wales and three in Scotland.

Next year’s European Tour has been confirmed with the Irish Open switching from late July to the end of June, but with a venue yet to be announced.

Miley Cyrus has reportedly reunited with former flame Liam Hemsworth.

Next season’s European Tour – starting in South Africa on Thursday – will feature a minimum of 47 tournaments, including six new ones, and will once again culminate in the Dubai World Championship.

Kylie Minogue had to persuade her parents it was a good idea for her to travel to Paris, France, during her cancer battle, so she could be close to boyfriend Olivier Martinez.

Rocker Sheryl Crow has been forced to pull out of plans to appear at the Paris, France Live 8 show this weekend due to a scheduling conflict.

Rod Stewart will marry fiancee Penny lancaster at his Florida mansion this Christmas when the rocker's divorce from estranged wife Rachel Hunter will finally be completed.

2002 PGA European Tour Schedule

At Cartes 2001 in Paris, Dublin company CardBASE announced a strategic OEM relationship with UbiQ Inc, to bring together the CardBASE multi-applications smart card management system and UbiQ's suite of personalisation software.

Leading positions after the second round of the Lancome Trophy, St-Nom-la-Breteche, Paris, France (Gbr and Irl unless stated, par 71):