Ireland swept into the quarter-finals of the European Amateur Team Championships at Silkeborg in Denmark yesterday and will play seventh placed qualifiers, the Netherlands, in the first matchplay contest today.

People interested in working in Canada will be able to meet expats who have already made that move at a jobs expo at the Silver Springs Hotel in Cork City on Wednesday.

The Working Abroad Expo, which will kick off in Cork tomorrow, had to cancel online ticket sales after receiving unprecedented demand for the event.

A leading jobs expert claims that volunteering abroad may be the answer for many of the country's young unemployed.

YOUNG farmers and agricultural students in Ireland are being wooed by New Zealand to take up jobs and temporary placements on its farms.

Lawyers for three men linked to the IRA who were convicted of using false passports said they would not pay a fine to secure their release from prison until Colombian authorities provide them with protection.

Lawyers for three Irish men who were convicted of using false passports said today they won’t pay a fine to free the men from prison until Colombian authorities provide them with protection.