It’s what Cobh might have looked like 150 years ago.

THE first thing people ask Simon Hutchinson is if he’s mad.

A HUSBAND and wife team set a new fuel efficiency record yesterday for driving around the world on just 24 tanks of petrol.

Globe-trotting actor and television presenter Michael Palin has decided to put his retirement plans on hold to make another travel show - because he would have spent his free time travelling anyway.

California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger’s five-minute cameo as an egocentric, polygamist prince in Disney’s Around the World in 80 Days has fellow actors applauding his willingness to mock his Hollywood image.

THEY FINALLY touched land late last Monday afternoon, felt terra firma for the first time in almost two months, but even then they were dizzy and unsure of themselves.

Even Jackie Chan is fed up with formula Jackie Chan movies.

The British actor-comedian Steve Coogan and martial arts ace Jackie Chan have taken the unusual step of leaving the set of Around The World In 80 Days mid-way through production in order to promote it at the Cannes Film Festival.

Comedy star Steve Coogan is making a bid for international stardom with his new Hollywood film – because he’s bored with his success in Britain.

DUBLIN woman Caroline Casey has completed a modern adventure version of the round-the-world trip created by author Jules Verne.

Irish adventurer, Caroline Casey announced her latest imaginative venture today in London.

Jackie Chan is to star in a remake of the classic film Around The World In Eighty Days, Variety reports.