The mother of Magdelena Luczak, who murdered her son Daniel Pelka, defended her daughter and claimed that social services should also be blamed for his death.

RYANAIR has given Aer Lingus a seven-day ultimatum to reply to unanswered questions on policy, threatening to force an extraordinary general meeting if the deadline is not met.

POOR marshalling cost Gareth Maybin a possible share of the lead on day one of the Johnnie Walker Championship at Gleneagles in Scotland.

Ireland's boys and girls representative basketball squads finished an intense week-long competition at the World School Basketball Championship in Wroclaw, Poland by finishing 17th out of 24 and 11th out of 24 respectively on Saturday.