A message purporting to be from Blade Runner Oscar Pistorius to his fans thanking them for their support was a fake, the Olympian’s family said tonight.

“Blade Runner” Oscar Pistorius was granted bail today, a week after he shot girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp dead at his home.

Paralympic star Oscar Pistorius has said he shot his model girlfriend because he thought she was a robber.

THE FAMILY of another missionary who was accused of abuse in RTÉ’s Mission to Prey documentary is accusing RTÉ of unfairly targeting their relative.

Heart-broken Tyrone GAA manager Mickey Harte tonight spoke of his devastation over the murder of his “beautiful” daughter.

The murdered daughter of Tyrone GAA manager Mickey Harte fought for her life before she was strangled, it was revealed today.

The daughter of Tyrone GAA manager Mickey Harte was murdered in her hotel room, police in Mauritius confirmed today.

The friends, family and supporters of the Harte family have rallied to support them after Mickey Harte's daughter Michaela died while on honeymoon in Mauritius.

NAOMI CAMPBELL’S former agent was accused yesterday of telling a “complete pack of lies” about a gift to the supermodel of alleged “blood diamonds”.

Naomi Campbell’s former agent was accused today of telling a “complete pack of lies” about a gift to the supermodel of alleged “blood diamonds”.

Naomi Campbell's former agent was accused today of lying when she claimed the supermodel knowingly received "blood diamonds" from former Liberian president Charles Taylor.

SUPERMODEL Naomi Campbell’s evidence in the trial against former Liberian president Charles Taylor has been dramatically challenged by witnesses.

Supermodel Naomi Campbell’s evidence in the trial against former Liberian president Charles Taylor was dramatically challenged today.

A FORTY-YEAR-OLD South African man who was yesterday given a seven-year jail sentence for having more than €134,000 worth of cannabis for sale or supply, still protested his innocence, the Circuit Criminal Court was told in Tralee, Co Kerry.

Zimbabwean opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai says he will return to his homeland – despite threats to his life – to take part in a presidential run-off against President Robert Mugabe that could defeat the long-time leader.

Political rallies were banned in Zimbabwe from today as the country’s crisis deepened.

Leaders of Brazil, India and South Africa said the struggling global trade talks were at a critical stage and should not be held hostage by “disproportionate” demands of richer nations.

Runaway inflation and the Zimbabwe dollar’s worst crash in memory will increase pressure on President Robert Mugabe to allow free and fair elections, the main opposition leader said.

The ICC Women’s World Cup Qualifier (WWCQ) will be played in Lahore, Pakistan, between 18 and 24 November, it was confirmed today.

PASSENGERS at Cork Airport had to ditch bottles of whiskey, beer and even perfume after they failed to heed the new security bans on liquids on planes.

THE offer made by the European Union on agricultural subsidies and tariffs before the Hong Kong world trade summit is part of a negotiation, EU Trade Commissioner Peter Mandelson made clear in Pretoria, South Africa.

A South African woman who smuggled €100,000 worth of cannabis into Dublin Airport allegedly to raise money for an eye operation for her mother, has been jailed for six years by Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

Part of the top floor of a shopping centre collapsed on to an ice rink crowded with children, police in Pretoria, South Africa said. Twenty-one people were injured, some seriously.

A Cork teenager who gassed herself in a suicide pact with a lifelong friend had admitted to her mother she was homesick, an inquest has heard.