Walt Disney has come to the rescue of its loss-making subsidiary Euro Disney with a €1bn funding deal which could give the US group total control over Europe’s biggest tourist attraction.

The Department of Social Protection has sent more than 6,500 letters since the start of the year to jobseekers here telling them about job opportunities across Europe and in Canada.

The kids were watching television at home the other night when one of those ubiquitous advertisements for summer holidays burst onto the screen.

A British agent who infiltrated the IRA revealed there was not a day when the terror group was not trying to kill a member of the security forces.

French theme park operator Euro Disney has reported a net loss of €55.6m in the year to September due to decreased real estate profit and higher costs.

Katie Price was found guilty tonight of not being in full control of her luxury new pink horsebox after veering into another lane on a busy road.

THE ex-wife of French President Nicolas Sarkozy has wed a public relations executive in a chic ceremony that the French media poked fun at yesterday.

Euro Disney, Europe’s largest theme-park operator, has signed a financial accord with its lenders agreed in September, the company said in a statement posted on the AMF stock market regulator’s website.

Parisian theme park and hotel operator Euro Disney today announced wider losses after visitor numbers failed to improve on last year.

Euro Disney plans to sell new stock and debt as part of an agreement with Walt Disney Co and creditors to avert default on $2.9 billion of borrowings, the second bailout in a decade for Europe’s largest theme-park company.

Euro Disney has reached an agreement with its creditors that should ensure its survival from a €2.4bn debt.

Euro Disney, Europe’s largest theme park operator, said creditors granted it two more months to renegotiate the terms of its loans, buying the unprofitable company time to avoid default.

Euro Disney losses widened by 37% in the year ending September 30, the theme park operator said in Paris today, blaming dwindling tourism and higher operating costs.

Horse-drawn carriages have been banned at Disneyland Paris amid fears of foot-and-mouth.