A young man who was wanted for a vicious assault in the city centre was arrested and brought before Cork District Court yesterday.

A vicious, unprovoked assault was inflicted on a man walking home through Cork City centre at 9.30pm on October 4.

Inspectors have found small, sub-surface cracks in two more Southwest Airlines planes which are similar to those that caused a jet to lose pressure and make a terrifying emergency landing in Arizona, the airline said today.

An Air France pilot was detained after he allegedly made remarks about the plane blowing up as his baggage was being screened at New York’s Kennedy Airport, authorities said today.

An Air France jet carrying 240 passengers from Paris to Washington made an emergency landing after its crew found a suspicious substance on board.