Organisers of an annual charity rugby match held each year in memory of “fallen” rugby stars, are to dedicate this year’s event to two young rugby players who lost their lives in a double drowning tragedy.

Eight people yesterday became the first trainees to be taken on by Waterford Crystal in almost 30 years in traditional disciplines of crystal-blowing, cutting, sculpting and engraving.

The US Coast Guard conducted a training exercise in Washington DC’s Potomac River near the Pentagon amid September 11 commemorations today, sparking confusion that scrambled FBI agents and led the nearest airport to briefly ground flights.

The Coast Guard was conducting a training exercise in the Potomac River in Washington DC moments before US President Barack Obama and his motorcade crossed a nearby bridge today.