Ballymena’s Dermot McElroy this morning begins his bid to earn a European Tour card when he tees it up in Suffolk at qualifying school.

Esther N McCarthy scopes out some household items that are practical but beautiful too.

Rose Martin looks at designs and designers, new hues and a fundraiser at DFS, Cork

A world-renowned female harpist has denied sexually abusing a schoolboy and told a trial that the boy sexually assaulted her while she was in the shower.

Its diminishing population over the past 40 years has made the plight of the hen harrier a pressing issue, writes Denis Lehane.

The minister for the environment, Ray Burke, received a stinging reply from his British counterpart after calling for the closure of the Sellafield nuclear processing plant in 1987, writes Seán McCárthaigh    

A father-of-four murdered his wife then hanged himself weeks after an anonymous note alluding to his wife having an affair was delivered through the family door, an inquest in the UK heard.

A newlywed mum from Donegal who has had a baby with her wife in the UK has been denied an Irish passport for her 11-week-old son because of her gender.

Flights were temporarily grounded at Stansted Airport in England after RAF jets were scrambled to escort a Ryanair flight.

WHAT wildlife would Don Quixote de la Mancha and Sancho Panza have encountered on their famous foray all those years ago, asks Richard Collins

Seven people have been arrested on suspicion of immigration offences after a yacht got stuck on the River Ore.

Looking well, Suffolk.

A law lecturer who fled England just before he was due to be sentenced for creating indecent images of a child has failed in his third attempt to challenge his detention here, pending his extradition.

A law lecturer who took a ferry to Ireland after an Ipswich jury convicted him of possessing child porn, has lost his latest legal challenge.

Wind and rain will continue to blight parts of Britain threatening further travel chaos after torrential downpours caused flash-flooding and disruption across most of the country.

An autistic man accused of hacking into US government computers can be extradited to the US from Britain to stand trial, a judge has ruled.

So he wrote a letter to a UK newspaper about it. As you do.

ENGLAND: One of the most important record collections to catalogue the history of music from 800AD until 1700 is to go under the hammer at auction.

Today, July 28

There are serious machines available for mechanical weeding at the larger end of the scale.

Quirky, comfy and downright lovely — Esther N McCarthy goes for gold in tone and texture.

British security services have lost their legal fight to force an alleged cyber hacker to hand over the passwords to his encrypted computers in a landmark case.

A law lecturer wanted in Britain for possession of pornographic images of children will be extradited to face sentencing, a judge at the High Court ruled yesterday.

USA: When it comes to holiday decorations, Kathy and Mark Hyatt go to extremes.