THE airline at the centre of an air rage incident which forced a transatlantic jet to divert to Shannon airport is to sue a librarian who caused the disturbance.

THREE male passengers had to restrain a librarian on and off over one and a half hours during the course of an air rage incident on board a transatlantic flight at the weekend, a court heard yesterday.

An Austrian man is due before Ennis District Court later in connection with an air-rage incident which forced a plane to divert to Shannon Airport two days ago.

A 32-YEAR-OLD Austrian librarian is due to appear in court today charged in connection with three alleged air-rage offences that forced a flight to divert to Shannon airport on Saturday.

A 32-year-old librarian has appeared in court in Clare charged in connection with an air rage incident this morning which forced a plane to divert to Shannon Airport.

Berlin Zoo’s abandoned polar bear cub Knut looks cute, cuddly and has become a front-page media darling, but an animal rights activist insisted today he would have been better off dead than raised by humans.

Two directors of Metro International, which publishes free daily tabloids worldwide, quit today after they admitted making racial slurs about blacks.

Fans of hit mobster show The Sopranos will have to wait longer than expected for the sixth and final season - because it won't hit screens until 2006.

An 88-year-old woman medical professor has been charged with murdering a mentally ill patient in 1941, which came during a Nazi drive to kill institutional patients, a German prosecutor said today.

PLANS to introduce “smart tags” to track products are set to be met with stiff opposition.

Sopranos star James Gandolfini is expected to be countersued by the show’s makers after he launched a lawsuit in an attempt to almost double his pay.