Dublin artist Guggi’s first exhibition in South America features his trademark paintings of jugs and bowls, says Tina O’Sullivan

Two Limerick brothers who became millionaires while still at school have seen their newest venture, Stripe, valued at €75 million.

Stereophonics are recording their new album in Europe.

AN ELECTRICAL fault sent smoke into the cockpit of a Qantas Boeing 747 and forced pilots to turn back yesterday in the latest in a string of problems for the airline since an engine explosion on a superjumbo prompted a global safety scare.

SCARCITY could make beef the caviar of the future, a luxury food item in the same way that salmon was half a century ago.

Security was tightened around San Francisco today as officials prepared for massive protests against China’s crackdown in Tibet during the Olympic torch’s only North American stop on its journey to Beijing.

RELATIVES of missing backpacker Ronan Lawlor yesterday awaited the return of his body after his remains were discovered in a remote area of a national park in southern Chile.

The Department of Foreign Affairs has confirmed that there were four Irish people among 100 passengers forced to take to lifeboats today after their cruise liner hit ice and began taking on water in the Antarctic Ocean.

US President George Bush sees a new agreement with Brazil on ethanol as a way to boost alternative fuels production in the Americas and get more cars running on something other than petrol.

Soccer legend Diego Maradona has been charged with injuring two people following a hit-and-run car crash in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on Friday.

The daughter of former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet has dropped her request for asylum in the US, a government official says.

COLM MORIARTY (Athlone) and Justin Kehoe (Birr) have been selected to compete in the Lake Macquarie Amateur Championship and the NSW Medal and Amateur Championship in Australia early in the New Year.