John McCain called for the first face-to-face debate of the US election to be postponed after both presidential candidates urged Americans to come together to solve the financial crisis.

The debate between Barack Obama and John McCain heated up today as the two US presidential candidates prepared for their first face-to-face clash later this week.

Five days from their first presidential debate, Democrat Barack Obama has climbed in the polls as Republican John McCain fumbled his response to a looming US economic cataclysm.

PAT GLOVER should be playing for UCD against Limerick tomorrow night in the quarter-final of the Superleague Men’s National Cup, but will now be courtside bidding to halt their recent run of poor results.

Actor Morgan Freeman led a star-studded benefit concert for hurricane victims last night, telling a national television audience that the state he calls home “will rise again” from the ruins of the storm’s destruction.