Three men have been arrested and charged after a quick-thinking grandmother locked up thieves as they tried to break into her property.

The major highway bridge linking Seattle with Canada and the rest of the Pacific Northwest region collapsed, dumping vehicles and people into a river.

A cat is mothering three ducklings in Co Offaly.

Nissan Micras are compact, inexpensive runabouts - ideal for the young urban professional. Try telling that to the Mayo man did THIS to one…

Morgan Freeman has gone viral - after falling asleep during a live television interview.

The tearful family of murdered soldier Lee Rigby today spoke of their pride for him.

A new TV advert from Samsung has provoked accusations of sexism. Did the technology giant overdo it with this one?

An RAF Typhoon jet today escorted a passenger plane into Stansted Airport following an incident on board.

A man was killed and two others were taken to hospital with gunshot wounds today following a "serious incident" understood to involve a serving British soldier.

Both runways at Heathrow airport were closed today after a British Airways plane had to make an emergency landing.

A cat is mothering three ducklings in Co Offaly.

Amnesty International has warned that until Ireland's laws allow for abortion in certain circumstances, this country will be out of line with international human rights standards.

Religious observers are asking: "Is Pope Francis an exorcist?" after an incident in St Peter's Square.

She's gonna educate all of ye not from the Emerald Isle about the things we Oirish have never been heard to say.

We came across this clip on YouTube of a mugger in the Colombian capital, Bogota.

A man was killed and two others were taken to hospital with gunshot wounds today following a "serious incident" understood to involve a serving British soldier.

Kurt Cobain walked around in a spiritual daze, "almost in tears" when he was in Cork.

Television footage shows flattened buildings and fires after a mile (1.6 kilometre)-wide tornado moved through the Oklahoma City area.

A new opinion poll just out shows gains for Sinn Féin at the expense of Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil.

A provisional liquidator has been appointed to a Co Tipperary hotel with 75 weddings on the books - including one scheduled for tomorrow.

A man remains in Garda custody this morning in connection with a €1.7m drugs haul on Dublin's northside.

Lee Westwood believes he is the man to watch in today's third round of the BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth as he seeks the 41st win of his career.

Katy Perry allegedly encouraged Robert Pattinson to break up with Kristen Stewart.

Two of the country's largest teachers' unions said that they do not believe the new public sector pay deal is enough of an improvement on Croke Park II.

In the UK, it has been claimed that one of the Woolwich murder suspects was asked to work for MI5.