* East Cork Flower Club are holding a demonstration with Angela Heffron, AOIFA on Monday, April 7, at 8pm in St. John the Baptist National School, Midleton.

Most of the largest US airlines will temporarily reduce services to Mexico, as swine flu fears keep many US travellers from venturing south of the border.

A terminal at Miami International Airport was evacuated briefly today as US authorities checked on a possible explosive device.

A Cuban Airlines airliner, hijacked by a man claiming to have two grenades, landed safely at Key West International Airport in Florida tonight.

An explosion followed by a raging fire ripped through a plastics factory in Kinston, North Carolina tonight, killing at least eight people and sending black, acrid smoke pouring across the countryside. Others were feared trapped in the burning ruins.