Eleven people face charges over the hacking of nine major US retailers and the theft and sale of more than 41 million credit and debit card numbers.

The Tri-Nations “Grannygate” affair has encouraged Ireland to be more diligent in scrutinising player eligibility.

A SHIPWRECK in 1915 off the Waterford coast caused the loss of all on board, including two Corkmen.

A FATHER and son who ran a pleasure cruise in the US on which an Irish student drowned failed to call the coastguard for almost an hour after she fell overboard.

The father and son operators of a Cape Cod charter boat have admitted to the manslaughter of an Irish student who fell through a broken railing on their craft and drowned.

Stockholders in the AIB subsidiary AllFirst have elected a new twelve-member board of directors at a meeting in Baltimore today.

The British man accused of trying to blow up a plane with an explosive device hidden in his shoes should be prosecuted under the United States’ new anti-terrorism law, federal prosecutors have said in court documents.

US President George W Bush has chosen a Massachusetts high-tech executive to be the country's next ambassador to Ireland.