A Chinese military plane scanning part of a search zone for signs of debris from Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 has spotted several objects floating in the sea, including two bearing colours of the missing jet.

The European Union has banned the import of some seeds from Egypt after they were linked to a deadly outbreak of the E.coli in Germany and France.

One fifth of all fatal car crashes in Ireland are likely to have been caused by driver fatigue, according to the Road Safety Authority.

HEALTH and Safety Authority officials will visit the scene of a tragic family farm accident which claimed the life of a teenager on Saturday afternoon.

The number of workplace injuries in 2001 was lower than the same figure for the previous year, according to a report by the Health and Safety Authority.