A woman who sued and lost her High Court action after she fractured her elbow when she took a Caribbean cruise shore excursion called a White Knuckle Jet Boat Thrill Ride now faces a large legal costs bill.

Dancing teacher Siobhan Kellett was on a seven-night Caribbean cruise to celebrate her 50th birthday and her silver wedding anniversary.

Here’s one thing you knew about Páraic Fanning. He’s Mount Sion and Déise hurling royalty.

French president Emmanuel Macron has promised to rebuild the wrecked island of St Martin following devastation caused by Hurricane Irma and to diversify its economy away from tourism.

Here is a look at the impact of Hurricane Irma on individual countries and territories in the Caribbean as of tonight:

Latest: Georgia has become the latest U.S state to be placed on hurricane alert.

A postmortem is being carried out today on the body of a 32-year-old man who was found severely injured in the bedroom of the apartment in which his 11-month old son also died.

Residents and holidaymakers in Bermuda are battening down the hatches as Hurricane Gonzalo churns towards them as a major Category 3 storm.

Hurricane Gonzalo has gathered strength as it moves away from the eastern end of the Caribbean, and forecasters say it could become a powerful category 4 storm as it heads towards Bermuda.

A woman wants answers after discovering the wrong body in a coffin that should have contained her mother, who died unexpectedly while on holiday in St Maarten.

A group of Irish peacemakers has helped resolve gang warfare in disaster-hit Haiti.

A man suspected of killing six people, including his wife and two young children, has been described by friends as a “really good father”.

FRIENDS of a man suspected of stabbing his wife and two young children to death described them last night as “almost the perfect family”.

Friends of a man suspected of stabbing his wife and two young children to death in England described them tonight as “almost the perfect family”.

Hurricane warnings went out across a large part of the Caribbean today as a major storm grew in force.

A HAITIAN man living in Cork has appealed to the public to donate money to Haven Partnership so he can return to help his people.

Pulp singer Jarvis Cocker will be given an honorary doctorate in his home city today.

Authorities in St Croix in the US Virgin Islands were trying to contain oil spills after more than 40 boats sank or washed ashore during Hurricane Omar.

NOTORIOUS Jersey paedophile Edward Paisnel used to visit Haut de la Garenne dressed as Father Christmas to give the children toys and sweets, it emerged yesterday.

A Belfast priest was stabbed in the face with a screwdriver while trying to prevent a burglary at a nursery school in the west of the city.

Officials in the French Caribbean have confirmed three cases of a brain wasting condition in the islands and said one could be vCJD - the human form of mad cow disease.