A man has appeared in court in Glasgow charged with the murder of Irish student Karen Buckley
Alexander Pacteau (21) from Glasgow appeared at Glasgow Sheriff Court. He is charged with the murder of Ms Buckley, and with attempting to defeat the ends of justice.
He made no plea and was remanded in custody. It is expected he will appear again next week for a further hearing.
Hundreds of mourners attended a vigil for Ms Buckley in Glasgow city centre's George Square, with many laying flowers and candles, as well as cards and messages.
LISTEN: Which Irish TV legend and household name just pledged to support the Yes vote?
Urging all the boys and girls registered to vote in both upcoming referendums on May 22nd, Bosco, the iconic star of RTÉ childrens TV programming, shocked Newstalk's Sean Moncrieff this afternoon by endorsing a Yes vote on same-sex marriage.
Handbag with €5m of jewels stolen from taxi stuck in traffic
A group of thieves have stolen a handbag containing €5m worth of Chanel jewels from a woman on the road between Paris and Charles De Gaulle airport.
The daring robbery of the Taiwanese art collector happened on Wednesday as the taxi she was travelling in was driving through a long tunnel notorious for robbery attacks on tourists stuck in traffic.
Brian O'Driscoll: If they win, it could be among greatest Leinster victories of all time
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Brian O'Driscoll believes a Leinster victory against Toulon would be up there among the all-time best results in the province's history.
The Off The Ball guest presenter joined us on the line to look ahead to the match.
Trinity College magazine publishes irreverent rape story ahead of its annual ball
Miscellany, a student magazine produced by students of Trinity College Dublin, has apologised after it published an anonymous article that reportedly revealed how two men sneaked into the Trinity ball and raped a female student.
The article, anonymously written in a tongue-in-cheek style, details how the pair of male students disguised themselves as paramedics in an attempt to get past college security without tickets to the ball, an annual partied billed by the college’s student union as Europe’s largest private party.
