Sitting only feet away from Guinness and Heineken taps and under switched-off disco lights, the 41-year-old niece of billionaire fashion icon Ralph Lauren, who is accused of being drunk on board a transatlantic flight, was brought to a pub in the west of Ireland to learn her fate.

The niece of fashion designer Ralph Lauren has appeared in court charged with being drunk and abusive on a plane over an alleged air rage incident.

A joint Irish naval and coastguard operation has succeeded in securing the safety of 13 crew on board a stricken bulk carrier drifting without power in stormy seas off the Co Cork coast.

The rope towing a broken down cargo ship to shore off the south west coast has snapped in large swell.

Poor conditions have delayed the rescue effort for a cargo ship with 13 people on board that is broken down and drifting off Cork.