THE INTERCITY train from Brussels arrived at Antwerp Central station a few minutes late and passengers pushed forward in a mad scramble to get aboard. A well-dressed man elbowed me out of the way, almost knocking an elderly woman in the crush. Seconds later, the rude man was exiting again, through the crowd, muttering loudly that he needed to be on another train, jostling past us to get off.

As plans to erect a monument in Killarney to renowned humanitarian Mgr Hugh O’Flaherty progress, a trip to Rome is being organised for devotees of the war hero.

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WHILE the Oscars is an overblown act of worship of Hollywood by Hollywood, where the stars and directors are perceived as gods, the Cannes Film Festival is a bit more European.

THINGS You Don’t Really Want To Hear From Your Pilot, Number 173: “I know this feels uncomfortable but there is no operational or safety problem.”

FIVE hundred thousand brightly coloured plastic balls yesterday bounced down the Spanish Steps in Rome in a stunt by an anarchic artist.

A Polish man living in Italy has identified the so-called Piano Man as a French street musician he once worked with in Nice, it has emerged.

WAITING hours for a brief goodbye, pilgrims young and old prayed, sang hymns and shaded themselves from the sun with umbrellas as they queued yesterday to see Pope John Paul’s crimson-robed body at St Peter’s Basilica.

Six Liverpool fans have been stabbed near Rome's Olympic Stadium.