The top contender for James Bond’s next villain has been predicted as Irish actor Colin Farrell in a new study from Betway.

Bridget O’Donnel was a poor famine victim from County Clare whose harrowing story appeared in The Illustrated London News on December 22, 1849.

Henry McGowan, who is accused of fatally assaulting his father John McGowan at a Co Laois hotel, "suffers from a severe mental illness," his family says.

Niall O'Dowd reviews Trevor Birney's new book "Shooting Crows: Mass Murder, State Collusion and Press Freedom." ...