Two adults and two children had a lucky escape this afternoon after they were thrown from their boat into Lough Derg.

A prisoner has escaped from Cloverhill Court in Dublin.

Gunmen have attacked a prison in northern Brazil trying to stage a mass escape of inmates, setting off a gun battle with police that killed 20 people and injured at least four, authorities said.

Management at a detention centre for young people are being ordered to file a report for the Government following the escape of five children.

A cameraman narrowly avoided being run over by a Lamborghini during a race.

An international research team has pinpointed the location of a legendary tunnel that Jewish prisoners secretly dug out with spoons to try to escape their Nazi captors during the Second World War

A man who escaped in handcuffs from a garda patrol car after being arrested in connection with a riot in Cork city in the early hours of Thursday morning was picked up by gardaí yesterday afternoon.

Footage has come to light of Canadian residents franticly feeling their homes as wildfires blaze right on the side of the road.

A 76-year-old woman was saved by her washing machine in an "extraordinarily lucky" escape after a suspected gas blast destroyed her home.

You really couldn't make it up!

A sobbing former prison worker who helped two murderers escape from a maximum-security facility said she regretted her “horrible mistake” as she was sentenced today to up to seven years behind bars as part of a plea deal.

When Donal Donnelly escaped from a Belfast prison, 12,000 men were sent to capture him but despite their efforts he remained free for 36 years writes Jonathan deBurca Butler.

A Church of England vicar has gone on the run as he was convicted of pocketing thousands of pounds of cash handed over as fees for weddings, funerals and graveyard memorials.

A prisoner remains on the loose after escaping from Ennis District Court yesterday.

A man escaped with barely a scratch after a 3in nail hurtled into his eye when he accidentally hit it with a strimmer.

A man hunt has been launched following the escape of a prisoner from Bray Circuit Court.

Cats everywhere had better watch out.

Two monkeys have escaped from Belfast Zoo.

Three people have been arrested in connection with the escape of a prisoner from Tallaght Hospital in Dublin last month.