Air France’s new daily flight from Cork to Paris will open up a vast long-haul network to Irish passengers and boost inbound tourist numbers to the south.

Four-time world time trial champion Tony Martin has called the decision not to suspend Team Sky leader Chris Froome immediately for his adverse drugs test a "scandal".

A 57-year-old British man is in a critical condition after a helicopter reportedly plunged off a superyacht in Norway.

Tourism ambassadors have, for the first time, begun selling Cork city’s visitor attractions to passengers on board the luxury cruise ships calling to the Port of Cork in a bid to capture a slice of an estimated €12m market.

More than six months after it took flight from West Cork, a humble Christmas balloon returned whence it came — bringing a Norwegian family in tow.

It took six months, strong high-altitude winds, and a whole lot of luck for a little balloon to fly some 2,500km from Ireland to Norway.

10-day fly-drive LA packakge

A helicopter that crashed in Norway killing 13 people had to return to base twice in the days before the tragedy after a warning light was triggered.

Cork Airport is getting a €100,000 marketing boost after celebrating another string of route announcements yesterday.

The funerals of the Co Limerick woman and her daughter who died in a road accident in Poland on May 6 has taken place in Norway.

The father of the Co Limerick woman who was killed along with her young daughter in a road crash in Poland revealed yesterday that the funerals will take place in Norway, where she had settled four years ago after she had married.

The Limerick woman who along with her young daughter died in a road crash in Poland on Wednesday, had just moved into a new family home in Norway with her helicopter pilot husband and their two children.

Cycling’s governing body has announced plans to form an international anti-doping tribunal by 2015.

Cork has topped a list of under-rated cities that tourists should see in their lifetime.

Norway may be hugely expensive for visitors, but the astonishing Northern Lights and Western fjords are worth every penny.

From budget breaks in Bodrum to direct flights to Canada, Travel Writer of the Year Pól Ó Conghaile picks his top overseas destinations for 2014.

So, what does the fox say? Its Norwegian creators would probably respond “money, money, money” after the parody music video was yesterday named the top trending video around the world and in Ireland this year.

A fire aboard a cargo ship carrying armoured vehicles and other military supplies to a military exercise in Norway has been extinguished.

Norwegian Fjords Cruise

Dozens of people had to be taken to hospital after being caught in a fire in seven-mile long Norwegian road tunnel.

EVERY old river city, from Bergen to Bristol, from Hamburg to Cork, wears its past like a beautiful necklace.

Fed up with forced family frolics and catty couples on Christmas Day? Pack your bags, says Pól Ó Conghaile Christmas is the ideal time for solo travellers to get away

KJERSTI studied mathematics, and became a computer engineer. Then she became ill, and moved home to recover. Lying in bed, she started to write about an old woman on post-it notes. Then she turned the notes into a novel.

PASSENGERS were forced to evacuate a popular cruise off Norway’s craggy western coast yesterday when a fire in the engine room killed two crew members and sent heavy smoke billowing through the ship.

BMI announced today that it is suspending flights between Glasgow and Heathrow.

European coastal nations today agreed to review rules for offshore drilling, but said each country should decide individually on how to improve safety on oil rigs to avoid disasters like the Gulf of Mexico spill.

THE stars turned up and performed and the others all exceeded what was expected of them as Ireland not only retained First League status but reinforced their position in the table at the European Team Championships in Budapest over the weekend.

Norway's Olympic, world and European champion Andreas Thorkildsen and Britain'sJessica Ennis have been voted as the European Athletes of the Month for May, European Athletics announced today.

CORK WEEK chairman Peter Deasy said he is pleased with the level of support for the bi-annual regatta and is also looking forward to welcoming more yachts and crew in July.

Thousands of flights took off from European airports today after a week of unprecedented disruptions, but shifting winds sent a new plume of volcanic ash over Scandinavia.

This was the status of European airspace this afternoon:

SUNWORLD’S 2010 collection is now available at travel agents across Ireland offering discounts of up to €270 off per couple on 4 and 5 star hotels.

Amy Winehouse has dropped her appeal against drug charges in Norway and has accepted a fine after she was caught in possession of marijuana in the country.

Amy Winehouse has dropped plans to appeal against a drugs conviction in Norway, her lawyer said today.

Singer Amy Winehouse has been summoned to appear in a Norwegian court on January 12 in her appeal against a fine in a drugs possession case.

Erlend Hanstveit began his week-long trial at Celtic today but refused to speculate on whether it would lead to a permanent move.

Oil prices jumped to a new record near USD$140 a barrel today.

Norwegian oil company StatoilHydro ASA halted oil and gas production on a North Sea platform after a fire broke out.

IT WAS her mother’s dying wish. Peggy Kehoe, 88, fought for decades to find the remains of her war hero brother — killed when an RAF bomber ploughed into a Dutch potato field in 1941 — and have him brought home to Ireland for burial in consecrated ground, which is what their mother always wanted for her beloved son.

EVERTON midfielder Tim Cahill yesterday apologised “wholeheartedly” for any offence caused by his goal celebration in Sunday’s 3-1 Premier League win against Portsmouth.

Singer Amy Winehouse’s lawyer has asked a court in Norway to postpone a drugs possession hearing she is due to attend on Friday.

Everton 6 Brann 1 (Everton win 8-1 on aggregate)

David Moyes flew back from Oslo today believing his Everton side are maturing in Europe and capable of achieving his boast that they are good enough to win the UEFA Cup and qualify for the Champions League.