A newly qualified pilot is being hailed a hero in Australia for safely landing a small plane after fighting off an elderly passenger who tried to grab the controls and cut off the engine.

SETANTA Ó hAILPÍN is “hell bent” on capitalising on a second bite of the cherry that has seen him go full circle, bringing him back to the doorstep of where he was born.

An Australian man has been jailed for a horrific attack on a Cork man in Sydney two years ago.

A JURY in Sydney, Australia, has retired to consider its verdict in the case of the attempted murder of Irishman David Keohane.

A 16-year-old boy has been shot and killed in Australia while waiting for a bus home after school.