A crew member on board the Queen Mary 2 cruise ship is feared drowned, after falling overboard. Colleagues spent five hours looking for the man as the Cunard flagship made its way from Southampton to Halifax, Canada.

The much loved Cunard liner, Queen Mary 2, is berthed in Ringaskiddy, Co Cork, but you may have missed it.

There were many poignant moments on a day of the Lusitania commemoration, but two audibly struck a chord with the thousands who attended it.

The most unique connection between the modern ships of the Cunard line’s history and the ill-fated Lusitania is Queen Victoria’s second engineer, George Harrison.

The sinking of the Lusitania is a story that has gripped the imagination of the world over the intervening decades and filled the pages of many books and articles, President Michael D Higgins said in his speech marking the centenary commemorations.

UCC art historian Ann Murray looks at how authorities came to give more thought to managing public opinion

In 1914, Cunard was unusual in having two large steamers constructed with a loan from the British taxpayer, and in being paid an annual subsidy, against their potential use as auxiliary cruisers, writes Dr Steve Cobb

An exhibition which opened a month ago at Merseyside Maritime Museum in Liverpool reveals that there were more passengers on board the Lusitania when it was sunk than official figures show.

The horror that unfolded off the Old Head of Kinsale as the Lusitania began to sink after being crippled by a German torpedo can only be compared in the history of this century with what happened in New York on 9/11 when two passenger jets were flown into the Twin Towers in a terorist attack that shocked the world, writes Ray Ryan.

THE last Master of the Lusitania was known to his friends as “Bowler Bill” because of the hats he wore when off duty, writes Ray Ryan

It was wet and damp as crowds gathered at Pier 54 in the heart of New York City on May Day in 1915.

THE 20th century’s ill-fated ocean liners keep emerging as fragments on the antiques market. In the last few decades serious collectors have amassed some rare objects from infamous shipwrecks.

Matthew Seligmann, Brunel University London, revisits the fine lines that were drawn between commercial vessel and war ship by both sides in WWI

On May 7, Cobh and Cork will commemorate the centenary of the sinking of RMS Lusitania, the loss of 1,200 civilians and the support provided by Cork people after the tragedy. 

A president, three ambassadors and around 5,300 cruise line passengers will come to Cobh on May 7 to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Lusitania.

They were best friends who set sail together from Queenstown, Co Cork, in 1911, hoping to build a new life in America.

A Lusitania commemoration, postponed as a mark of respect to a husband and wife who died from stab wounds in a domestic incident, will take place next month.

Cunard has announced it will host an exhibition of Lusitania memorabilia onboard a special cruise of the Queen Victoria cruise ship, which will be visiting Cobh next May to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the torpedoed liner.

The Port of Cork has unveiled computer-generated simulations of plans for a €100m upgrade of its facilities in Ringaskiddy.

The Allure of the Seas is the world’s largest ocean liner. Among its 2,284 crew are Corkonians Derek McKnight and Aisling McCarthy.

The world’s largest ocean liner has berthed off the coast of Dun Laoghaire.

The victims of the 1915 sinking of the Lusitania were honoured at a ceremony in Co Cork yesterday.

Fresh revelations into sinking of the Lusitania claim to debunk theories that an explosion of munitions on board caused the ship to sink rapidly off the coast of Kinsale, Co Cork, claiming 1,198 lives.

Detectives in Britain are investigating claims of sexual abuse against children alleged to have taken place onboard two of Cunard’s most luxurious cruise liners.

The Concordia’s grounding, two weeks into the Titanic centenary year, should serve as a wake-up call to the shipping industry and those who regulate it, the maritime professionals’ union Nautilus International said today.

ONE of the world’s most famous cruise liners, the MV Queen Elizabeth, followed in the tradition of her sister ship the Queen Elizabeth II by making her first ever visit to Ireland over the weekend.

CUNARD’S newest luxury ocean liner, the MV Queen Elizabeth, will make its maiden call to the Port of Cork today and join in a special celebration.

AN AMERICAN multi-millionaire has moved a step closer to realising one of his life’s great ambitions — solving the enduring mystery of the sinking of the Lusitania.

HISTORY will be made tomorrow when the Port of Cork hosts three cruise ships for the first time, bringing with them an estimated 7,000 visitors.

WORK has started on a €500,000-plus upgrade of the liner terminal in Cobh, Co Cork, which will berth 54 visiting liners including Cunard’s “three queens” this year.

THE Lusitania liner took just under 20 minutes to sink off the coast of Cork 95 years ago this month, but the memory of the devastating loss of over 1,100 people continues to live on in Cobh where remembrance wreaths were placed on mass graves at a cemetery in the town yesterday afternoon.

The QE2 cruise liner could be sold off as its Dubai owner looks to ease its debt mountain, it was reported today.

Miami: Carnival, the biggest cruise-line operator, reported fourth-quarter profit fell 48% after it cut ticket prices, and forecast earnings for the current quarter below analysts’ estimates.

THE magnificent €700 million Cunard flagship Queen Mary II is on its maiden visit to Cobh.

GARDAÍ are preparing a file for the DPP after questioning three men in connection with a fire which caused up to €1.5 million in damage to a restaurant opened by a former Lotto winner.

MANAGEMENT at the Port of Cork will have to wait a little longer to find out if they can proceed with a new €226 million container terminal, after An Bord Pleanála postponed a decision due yesterday.

IAN PAISLEY’s gift for fire and brimstone oratory is well known and he may just have picked it up in Blarney.

An original signed version of Ireland's Proclamation of Independence has fetched a record-breaking €360,000 when auctioned last night at a Dublin showroom.

Paul Burrell took an engagement ring off the dead body of Diana, Princess of Wales and kept it, his former bodyguard claimed today.

Police in boats and on the quay guarded the Queen Elizabeth 2 as it docked in the north Egyptian port of Alexandria today after a security threat against the British-built cruise liner.

Passengers on the Queen Mary 2 today called off a planned sit-in to protest a last-minute itinerary shift after the cruise operator said it give passengers full refunds.

Passengers on the Queen Mary 2 today called off a planned sit-in to protest a last-minute itinerary shift after the cruise operator said it would fully refund passengers.

Cruise operator Carnival warned today it expected to take a hit of up to $24m (€19.1m) from the impact of Hurricane Katrina.