A Kilkenny-based group who want to honour the war dead and survivors is appealing for family members, distant relations, friends and acquaintances to come forward.

SINGER/songwriter Eleanor McEvoy will contribute to an international symposium at UCC next weekend on how the arts can offer us an understanding of what it feels like to be ill.

Radars, satellites, cameras and jet fighters normally dedicated to detecting any threats against the US and Canada were being used today to “track” Santa Claus in his global Christmas Eve travels.

NATO military chiefs yesterday chose Canadian Air Force General Ray Henault as the alliance’s top soldier over his chief rival from Denmark.

Five Canadian Air Force fighter jets have been forced to land at Shannon Airport after experiencing technical problems while refuelling over the Atlantic.