Since I have started writing full time, I have not been very good at taking holidays.

The services which will run from April to October will complement the existing Cork to Paris daily schedule.

More than a thousand GAA players will descent on Waterford from all continents this weekend for the third instalment of the Renault GAA World Games.

Next week, to celebrate her 70th birthday, Maura Ward and her son, Johnny, will climb Mount Fuji, in Japan. It’s not their first big trip, says Ailin Quinlan

Seven is the magic number for Aidan O’Brien at Epsom today as he sends out seven runners in search of his seventh victory in the Investec Derby.

A fire has broken out at a major shopping centre complex in Thailand's capital, killing at least two people and injuring more than a dozen, officials said.

The original idea was simple: Try to do something different, something that celebrates the restaurant world in a new, more relevant and entertaining way, awards from the ground up but it took a whole decade to become a reality.

This week’s story about a British man who was arrested in the UAE after wearing a Qatari football shirt might give some people ideas, writes Tommy Martin.

A Saudi teenager who holed up in Thailand after fleeing alleged abuse by her family will leave Bangkok for Canada, according to Thailand's immigration police chief.

"We will not send anyone to die," said immigration police chief Major General Surachate Hakparn

The sight of two pre-teen boys pummeling each other with fists, elbows, knees, and feet as a boisterous crowd shouts wagers at each other is considered good, clean sport in Thailand.

It’s the ultimate battle of philosophies in Manchester tomorrow. A classic clash of styles as the family pulling every stroke to pump as much money as possible into their club faces the family working every trick in the book to take it out.

If Donald Trump is said to fear walking down steps, my phobia was ‘going upstairs’.

A court in the Thai capital has ordered a British labour rights activist to pay 10 million baht (€258,000) in damages to a company which filed a civil defamation suit after he helped expose alleged human rights violations at its factory.

Michael Conlan switched to southpaw to hammer out a Madison Square Garden hat-trick in a two-round demolition of David Berna at the iconic New York boxing venue on St Patrick’s Day.

Ephie Fitzgerald’s 2016 team claimed bragging rights in sweltering 37C conditions.

Geoff Percival International hotel chain, Vienna House, is considering a move into the Irish market. It is taking on alternative accommodation providers, such as Airbnb.

Cork native Conor Wall tells Colm O’Connor about the world’s newest GAA club — in Cambodia

Over 20 years on, Davy Fitzgerald still wants to win everything as badly as ever, writes Anthony Daly

The US must punish Pakistan for its duplicity as it claims to be an ally of America while harbouring terrorists at the same time, writes Brahma Chellaney.

A Corkman who was missing in Thailand for a number of days has been found in hospital.

Hideo Tsurumaki watched the giant tsunami waves crash onto Japan’s northeast coast on March 11, 2011, sweeping away cars filled with people trying to escape.

Latest: Anthony O'Sullivan has been found in a Bangkok hospital.

A 72-year-old Japanese fugitive who was recognised when his full-body tattoos were circulated online has been arrested by police in Thailand.

International visitors to Dublin are forecast to hit more than 6m by 2025.

A pensioner who claims she fell over baggage, hurting her knee as she went through security at Dublin Airport before flying out on a trip-of-a-lifetime, has sued in the High Court.

Dublin’s Noelle Healy was named as the 2017 TG4 senior Players’ Player of the Year at the annual All-Stars banquet on Saturday night.

A German court has ruled that Kuwait's national airline did not have to transport an Israeli citizen because the carrier would face legal repercussions at home if it did.

Premier League club bosses are gathering in London today for what some sources are describing as the most important meeting in the top flight’s history since its creation in 1992.

A court in Thailand has sentenced former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra in absentia to five years in prison for alleged negligence in a money-losing rice subsidy programme.

Interpol has issued an international request for the arrest of the billionaire heir to the Red Bull energy drink fortune who is wanted for allegedly killing a traffic policeman in a 2012 hit-and-run incident in Bangkok.

Thai authorities are searching for former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra after she failed to appear for a verdict in a criminal case that could send her to prison for 10 years.

Galway hurling captain David Burke has identified Cork as slight favourites to join the Tribesmen in the All-Ireland hurling final, a comment that will inevitably be stored for motivation in Waterford.

Former ‘Fair City’ actress Lisa Harding has written a novel about human-trafficking in Ireland, says Olivia Kelleher

The Irish have had an ability to make a mark all over the world, not just in the big emigration destinations of Britain, USA, Canada and Australia.

Emirates longhaul

Ed Byrne and Dara O Briain take in Malaysia, Thailand and Myanmar for their new travel series, writes Jeananne Craig.

Thai prosecutors are to ask police to issue an arrest warrant for an heir to the Red Bull fortune if he does not turn up to face charges over an alleged hit-and-run that killed a police officer almost five years ago, officials said.

The world's 50 best restaurants have been announced today in Melbourne, Australia.

Eventually, the money formed a weight that cracked Bank's shell.

Thai authorities have seized 21 rhinoceros horns smuggled from Ethiopia worth almost $5m (€4.7m).

Thai authorities have seized 422 elephant tusk pieces and arrested a Gambian man suspected of smuggling the ivory into Bangkok's main airport.

Vietnam is a country like no other, with stunning landscapes, friendly locals, and plenty of adventures to be had, writes Kelly O’Brien.