Investigators with an Australian agency have concluded that the missing Malaysian jet is not within an area thought to be its most likely resting place after an unmanned submersible found no sign of the plane.

Cratloe advanced to a Clare SFC semi-final with Éire Óg, Ennis next weekend after an impressive 2-6 to 0-7 win over Kilrush Shamrocks in Clarecastle yesterday.

Wicklow company Actus Mobile Solutions is a small start-up company with a big ambition.

A Japanese whaling boat intentionally rammed two protests ships in waters near Antarctica today, according to an anti-whaling activist group.

A mainly all-Munster Irish boat angling team was pipped for gold in Wales and a Cork angler was top rod at the Home Nations deep sea angling fixture.

THE Australian government has said it plans to establish the world’s biggest marine protection zone to safeguard a huge swathe of the Coral Sea.

Japan today cancelled the rest of its whale hunting season in Antarctic waters because of repeated harassment by Sea Shepherd activists at sea, after netting only a fifth of its targeted catch of 850 whales.

THIRTY new jobs are to be created in Galway this morning when a new car dealership opens in the city.

HOT Press editor Niall Stokes has begun a High Court action against millionaire music promoter Denis Desmond and Riverdance duo Moya Doherty and John McColgan.

The Australian parliament was presented with tough new laws today that would force all asylum seekers who arrive by boat to be sent to island detention camps.