Firefighters have boarded the charred Norman Atlantic ferry in the Italian port of Brindisi to put out residual fires and allow a search for more possible victims.

Ed Sheeran is obsessed with his sales figures.

A €14.7m grant from the foundation set up by Irish-American philanthropist Chuck Feeney will help the increasing numbers of people suffering from dementia in Ireland.

CORK DJ Stephen Grainger (aka Stevie G) is launching his own record label, Soul Jamz Records, with its maiden release being a double A-side 7” vinyl single.

Masters of the Word

Tributes were paid last night following the death of one of the great figures of Irish and UK pirate radio, who also had huge success in the commercial radio sector.

The owner of a train that derailed in Canada last month killing 47 people has filed for bankruptcy.

The High Court has approved a survival plan for Atlantic Homecare.

The High Court has approved a survival plan for the DIY chain Atlantic Homecare.

Woodies DIY is prepared to invest in a plan aimed at securing the survival of the Atlantic Homecare DIY store chain, the High Court heard yesterday.

Woodies DIY is prepared to invest in a plan aimed at securing the survival of the Atlantic Home Care DIY store chain, the High Court heard today.

Chuck Feeney, the grandson of an immigrant from Fermanagh, is not a household name.

The High Court yesterday confirmed the appointment of an examiner to the Atlantic Home Care DIY store chain after a judge was told there had been two expressions of interest in investing in it.

The High Court yesterday appointed an interim examiner to the Atlantic Home Care chain after it heard there was a reasonable prospect of saving 234 of the 348 jobs at the majority of its nationwide stores.

DIY chain Atlantic Homecare has been placed in examinership following an application by the company to the High Court in Dublin today.

No matter how much we love them, there are times when most of us crave the peace and quiet of a child-free environment.

Simon Cowell is set to return to 'The X Factor' - as the "Voice of God".

DEUTSCHE Boerse won US antitrust approval to buy NYSE Euronext in a $9 billion deal to create the world’s No 1 exchange operator, but the transaction still faces serious regulatory headwinds in Europe.

Plan B is battling with his record company over his third album 'The Ballad of Bellmarsh'.

Gwyneth Paltrow is reportedly in talks to sign a record deal.

TONNES of haddock, pollock and cod were dumped yesterday after seals ravaged fishermen’s catches and equipment in Dingle harbour.

IF A CERTAIN beer manufacturer did TV channels, they’d probably come up with something like Sky Atlantic.

Plan B is retiring his soul alter ego Strickland Banks.

British defence giant BAE Systems has completed the acquisition of Atlantic Marine Holding for $352m ($276.8m).

SECONDARY school student David Wolfe couldn’t believe his luck when he was chosen to take to the skies over Cork yesterday.

Celebrations, remembrances and joyful exuberance enveloped Germany today, the 20th anniversary of the night the Berlin Wall came down, a momentous event that helped transform Europe and signalled the beginning of the end of communism in Europe.

Debut novelist Aravind Adiga won the Man Booker Prize for Fiction tonight for his work which shows “the dark side of India”.

Nick Faldo put his personal stamp on Europe's Ryder Cup side again today before a ball had even been struck in practice at Valhalla.

TRANSPORT Minister Noel Dempsey has given his backing to the infrastructure priorities of the Atlantic Way 2020 vision document.

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Tens of thousands of opposition supporters rallied today across Georgia’s capital Tbilisi to protest against what they denounced as massive vote fraud that helped Mikhail Saakashvili win his second presidential term.

RETAILING in Limerick city centre has fallen behind shopping centres in its suburbs to an unprecedented level, a top urban planner warned yesterday.

ROCKERS Led Zeppelin yesterday announced a one-off comeback gig in memory of “a giant of music”.

Hero baggage handler John Smeaton has arrived in the US to take part in the ceremony marking the anniversary of the September 11 attacks.

Terror attack hero John Smeaton sets off for the US today to take part in a ceremony marking the anniversary of the September 11 attacks.

PROVIDENCE Resources has agreed a further farm-out agreement concerning part of its mining assets in the Celtic Sea off the south coast.

A US judge has dismissed a copyright infringement lawsuit filed against pop star Beyoncé.

OVER the small stream that borders our garden, the last purple cascades of buddleia are still laden with butterflies.

Flamboyant rockers The Darkness have blasted reports they've been dropped by their record label, despite confirming frontman Justin Hawkins has entered rehab for substance abuse.

Freshly-released rapper Lil' Kim is desperate for reports she's been ditched by her record company to come true.

Freshly released rapper Lil' Kim is desperate for reports she's been ditched by her record company to come true.

The space agency Nasa is planning to make some money on the long air strip normally used by space shuttles.