Eurostar announced tonight it was cancelling all its services for tomorrow as the company strived to avoid a repeat of the chaos that saw thousands of passengers trapped in the Channel Tunnel for hours.

FRANCE may have seen the hand of God, but the Dáil detected nothing less than the hand of the devil himself.

Daytime Dover-Calais ferry services in were resuming today after protesting French fishermen decided to call off their blockade of the port of Calais.

Protesting French fishermen blockaded Boulogne port today forcing a ferry service from England to be cancelled.

More than 100 jobs are to be lost after administrators were unable to find a buyer for British cross-Channel ferry company SpeedFerries, it was announced today.

A TRIO of European councillors who sailed across the English Channel on a homemade raft to deliver a message of goodwill were arrested upon arrival in Britain.

Rail and ferry services were badly hit by Britain's extreme windy weather today.

WHEN it comes to holding a party the French can compete with anyone, but as the pre-match festivities get into full swing, the Italians seem to be one-nil up.

Beleaguered Channel Tunnel operator Eurotunnel is slashing prices in its latest bid to compete with high speed ferry operators.

Protests were being staged in ports around Europe today over plans for more drastic cuts in fishing next year.

HUNDREDS of fishermen in the South-West are facing a bleak Christmas with no income, a fisheries manager warned yesterday.

Protesting British fishermen fired hundreds of flares into the air to mark the number of East Coast jobs they say are at risk if new European quotas are introduced.

French trawlermen are gathering to blockade the port of Calais, threatening to ruin the plans of thousands of travellers.

Four Iraqi Kurds were jailed in Boulogne today following a police crackdown against alleged trafficking of illegal immigrants near the Channel coast.

Four young refugees have been jailed for four months for breaking down security barriers at the Channel Tunnel, allowing hundreds of illegal immigrants to try to cross to Britain by foot.

Four young refugees were today jailed for four months for breaking down security barriers at the Channel Tunnel, allowing hundreds of illegal immigrants to try to cross to Britain by foot.

The skipper and mate of a French fishing boat which collided with an oil tanker causing more than 70 tonnes of oil to spill into the English Channel have been arrested, the coastguard said today.