ANTHONY TOHILL has enforced a Twitter ban on his International Rules squad in Australia.

Tycoon Richard Branson is inviting bids for the honour of shaving his legs for charity.

Richard Branson says he plans to travel to the deepest parts of the world’s oceans in a single-person submarine.

Virgin Atlantic may have “disappeared” if Halifax Bank of Scotland had gone under, Richard Branson has claimed.

Paul McCartney's estranged wife Heather Mills was reportedly embarrassed on her transatlantic flight earlier this week when her mile-high dancing skills failed to impress passengers.

A Virgin Atlantic Airways plane bound for New York from London today transmitted a false hijack alert, the airline said. The aircraft nonetheless was diverted to land in Canada, US officials said.

Political Editor Harry McGee looks at how TDs and senators supplement their Oireachtas salary.

Hollywood star Edward Norton is reportedly so worried about his ex-girlfriend Courtney Love's behaviour that he is urging her to enter a rehabilitation clinic.

U2 guitarist The Edge today paid tribute to tragic musician Stuart Adamson, as preparations were being made to fly the Big Country frontman’s body home.

A bomb threat against a Virgin Airlines jumbo jet with 314 people aboard caused four Canadian jet fighters to escort the flight to an unscheduled landing yesterday in Newfoundland.

Delta, American, Northwest and United airlines have all cut their schedules by 20% in the wake of last week's terrorist attacks in America.