Many species of bees are on the brink of extinction in parts of the UK with some types lost entirely, a report has found. Climate change, habitat loss, pollution and disease are revealed to be threatening the pollinators following research at... >>>

The French and Italian politicians see different futures for the continent. Both face tests in this week’s European Parliament... >>>

A homeless man is due to start work in an upmarket Manchester restaurant thanks to an off chance chat with its owner and... >>>

In the fall of 1974, The Chicago Tribune anointed Linda Taylor the “welfare queen,” reporting that she received public aid checks and food stamps while driving a Cadillac and planning a Hawaiian vacation. An Illinois bureaucrat declared that Taylor... >>>

When nine-year-old Lauren Palmer was summoned to a family meeting her first thought was that she might be getting a pet. She was actually being told both her her parents had... >>>

Driver playing saxophone in van found by Gardai on side of... >>>

A wounded survivor of the 1999 Columbine High School massacre and speaker who inspired others to overcome drug addiction, has been found dead in his home. Austin Eubanks, 37, was found in his Colorado home on Saturday. Coroner Rob Ryg told local... >>>

Opinion: Are we ready to let go of the Catholic Church's... >>>

Couple claim they were not properly told about results showing aborted baby had been... >>>

Fine Gael TD Bailey is suing top Dublin hotel after she fell off... >>>

The Aran Islands off the Galway coast have already experienced the damaging effects . Chairman of the Aran Islands Energy co-operative Dara O Maoildhia said locals are worried about the changing landscape. Three years ago intense coastal erosion... >>>

Victims whose lives have been destroyed by disease have instead been forced to apply, cap in hand, for discretionary payments and meagre living allowances under a series of ‘support schemes’. And for the grieving survivors of those who have already... >>>

Fuel supply problems that saw dozens of flights at Manchester Airport cancelled and left thousands of passengers stranded have been resolved. There were 69 cancellations - 37 arrivals and 32 departures - after the issue reared its head on Sunday... >>>

Parents' fury at NHS failure to prescribe life-saving cannabis for... >>>

He warns that homophobia still runs rife in Ireland . Courtney added: “Because of the Yes marriage equality success that we had there’s a general consensus that homophobia doesn’t exist in Ireland anymore and it very much does.” Former Rose of... >>>