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Mick Philpott and wife Mairead were jailed for killing their six children in a house fire

Philpott wife plans sentence appeal new

A mother jailed for 17 years for killing her six children in a house fire is to appeal against the length of her sentence, her lawyer has said.

A US Embassy employee accused of spying in Russia has flown out of Moscow, it has been reported

Spy-accused US man leaves Moscow new

A US embassy employee accused of spying and ordered to leave Russia has flown out of Moscow, it is reported.

Jonny Wilkinson was successful with all 17 kicks in the knockout stages of the Heineken Cup

Cup hero Wilkinson claims award new

Jonny Wilkinson has capped a triumphant Heineken Cup campaign with Toulon by being named European player of the year.

An elderly cyclist has died following a collision with a car

Cyclist killed in car collision new

An elderly cyclist has been killed in a collision with a car driver who was arrested for suspected drink-driving in Co Kildare.

A skiing trip to the Alps has ended in tragedy

British skier dies in Alpine storm new

A British skier has died while tackling a famous off-piste glacier in the French Alps, local police said.

A toddler pulled from the wreckage of a car crash was mistakenly sent to a mortuary in a body bag, it has emerged

Toddler taken to morgue in body bag new

A toddler pulled from the wreckage of a car crash that killed five family members was sent to a morgue in a body bag in the belief he was dead.

One person has died and two others were seriously injured after a light aircraft crashed in North Wales

One dead, two hurt in plane crash new

A man has died while a boy and another man are fighting for their lives after a light aircraft crashed on the approach to an airport runway.

Graeme McDowell has won his first European Tour title since 2010

McDowell claims World Match Play title new

Graeme McDowell has become the first Irish winner of the Volvo World Match Play Championship with a hard-fought victory over Thongchai Jaidee in Bulgaria.

Several electoral changes are under consideration

Electoral system changes considered new

Allowing voting for a local Dail candidate without affecting overall party strengths is among electoral changes being considered by the Constitutional Convention, it was revealed.

Two men are critically ill in hospital after a 'horrific' crash which claimed the lives of two teenagers

Two 'critical' after death crash new

Two men are critical in hospital after a car crash claimed the lives of two teenage girls.

Les Kiss is relishing the opportunity to work under Joe Schmidt's in Ireland's coaching team

Kiss set for role under Schmidt

Les Kiss has confirmed that he will be a permanent member of Joe Schmidt's Ireland coaching team upon completion of the summer tour to the United States and Canada.

East Derry MLA John Dallat examines damage done to his constituency office in Kilrea (SDLP/PA)

MLA John Dallat's office attacked

The constituency office of SDLP East Derry MLA John Dallat has been attacked.

Chief Justice Susan Denham said Ireland's highest courts will sit in September to tackle 'significant' delays

Extra sessions for highest courts

Ireland's highest courts will sit in September due to long delays, Chief Justice Susan Denham said.

Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt appears on the BBC's Andrew Marr Show (Jeff Overs/BBC/PA)

Hunt in GP call over A&E crisis

Family doctors need a "closer personal relationship" with their patients as part of efforts to ease the crisis in hospital accident and emergency units, Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt has said.

Nick Kennedy, left, struggled to get into the Toulon team when he first moved to France

Cup success justifies Kennedy move

Nick Kennedy described winning the Heineken Cup as the pinnacle of his career and a vindication of his decision to move to Toulon last summer.

Rory Best has been capped 67 times by Ireland

Rory Best to lead Ireland on tour

Rory Best will lead Ireland's 28-man squad for their tour to the United States and Canada after being overlooked by the British and Irish Lions.

The Foreign Office is probing reports that a British man has been arrested in France on suspicion of killing his two children

Father 'slit children's throats'

A British father is being questioned in France on suspicion of slitting the throats of his two children, local police said.

A South Korean man watches a TV bulletin reporting North Korea's missile launch in Seoul (AP)

North Korea fires 'projectile'

North Korea fired a projectile into waters off its eastern coast, a day after launching three short-range missiles in the same area, officials said.

Some 35,000 euro was spent overhauling the Croppies Acre Memorial Park

Call to reopen Dublin memorial park

Campaigners have demanded the reopening of a memorial park to Irish patriots which was closed just a year after tens of thousands of euro in public money was poured into upgrading it.