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Man made pay his ex-girlfriend €9,000 after posting a video of them having...

He uploaded the video to two pornographic websites three years ago.

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Swedish police are telling people to avoid Irish builders – because of these...

They say the men put the maggots in a wall.

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Scientists have found a way to make you have an out-of-body experience

And they can teleport you. Which is cool.

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Swedes have a novel way of deterring Russian submarines – calling them gay

A sonar device sends out the message “This Way if You Are Gay”.

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Just how physically fit are the Irish?

We have a greater proportion of people playing sport or exercising regularly than any other EU country. But 44% of us never do anything active at all…

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Simple questionnaire can predict a person’s risk of dying in next five years

Factors like a person’s usual walking speed are used to calculate their score.

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Two 13-year-olds arrested over murder of 65-year-old man

The two boys were on the run from a foster home in Varberg.

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Dave Grohl fell off the stage last night, broke his leg, kept performing

“I think I just broke my leg. I think I really broke my leg”.

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Julian Assange is STILL living in that Ecuadorian embassy

He isn’t budging.

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Quiz: IKEA product or Swedish slang for masturbation?

A surprisingly difficult quiz.

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Two people stabbed to death at Ikea store in Sweden

The attack took place in the store’s kitchen accessories section.

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Top-flight referee starts Facebook page to explain decisions

Is this the future of refereeing?

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Ikea suspect ‘stabbed himself in the stomach’ after knife attack

The injured man is reported to have been handed a deportation order shortly before the attack.

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Julian Assange is ‘extremely disappointed’ as sex assault case is dropped

An inquiry into a rape allegation continues.

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Baggage handlers find man stowed away among the luggage on a plane

The man took advantage of his job at Addis Ababa airport to smuggle himself aboard the Ethiopian Airlines flight.

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“Obviously something went wrong”: pilot makes emergency landing on motorway

Passing drivers helped the pilot move the craft off the road and onto the hard shoulder.

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U2 gig to go ahead tomorrow after ‘security threat’ forces evacuation of...

The band confirmed that their gig last night was cancelled because of a “security threat”.

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Daredevil Johnny Strange (23) dies in 2,000m Alps jump

Strange climbed the so-called Seven Summits, the highest peak on each continent, at the age of 17.

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Bearded hipsters may rethink lifestyle choices – after being mistaken for ISIS

The Bearded Villains, a club of, well, bearded men, were mistaken for Islamic State soldiers by Swedish police.

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Take a break and watch a tampon dressed as a pirate teach you about periods

The Period Song.

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