A coastal community’s bid to salvage a whale skeleton for use as a tourist attraction has ended in a watery grave.

Hurling great DJ Carey is recovering in a Kilkenny hospital after a suspected heart attack.

EVER since the 9/11 attacks on the USA hundreds of people have been unlawfully detained in Guantanamo Bay in Cuba in conditions that have amounted to cruel, inhumane and degrading treatment.

SEPARATE investigations have been launched by gardaí and officials from the Marine Casualty Investigation Board (MCIB) into the tragic accident which claimed the life of a 62-year-old Swiss tourist off the west Cork coast.

WE are delighted that Irish people in general do not appear to accept the 'extraordinary rendition' of people held by the US authorities in their 'war on terror.'

AS Irish citizens and members of a local branch of Amnesty International, we are extremely concerned about reports highlighting a bilateral agreement that the Minister for Justice has signed with the US to combat terrorism.to combat terrorism.