A FORMER Ryanair pilot has claimed he was fired without notice by the airline after suffering what was a career-threatening injury while training on a flight simulator.

THE troubled Shannon Foynes Port Company (SFPC), which will have to pay out hundreds of thousands of euro in damages and costs arising from a recent High Court settlement now faces another court battle.

IT MIGHT be a bit early for Christmas miracles, but one Dublin mother was yesterday thanking her lucky stars after giving birth to her third child en route to hospital, aided by two firemen.