His mother said there is now a road in Bangladesh called to the Ryan road while Micheál has been posthumously appointed Chief Engineer of the UN World Food Programme.

An engineer said hopes were fading today for 30 trapped Turkish miners as rescuers struggled to reach them after a methane gas explosion hit a coal mine in northern Turkey.

The family of a British crewman held hostage by pirates on a hijacked oil tanker spoke today of their joy at his release.

The world’s largest shipping company announced its oil tankers would make a major detour to avoid the pirate-plagued waters off the Somali coast, it was reported today.