OMAN: The 500-year-old wreckage of a Portuguese ship piloted by an uncle of explorer Vasco da Gama has been found off the coast of Oman, a discovery that included the recovery of an incredibly rare coin — of which only one other was thought to exist.

OUR civilisation ‘rests’ on the ‘three Rs’.

A man accused of killing a drug dealer had kidnapped a Tallaght gang member on his behalf, the Dublin Central Criminal Court heard today.