Cork Airport recorded a 5% increase in passenger numbers in January compared to the same period in 2017.

A massive winter storm, dubbed a bomb cyclone, swept from the US East Coast on Thursday, dumping snow along the coast and bringing strong winds that will usher in possibly record-breaking cold.

Here we go. That time of the year again.

Wild Care Cape Cod, a wildlife rehabilitation facility in Eastham, said that the masked booby died overnight.

The Department of Foreign Affairs has received no information that would suggest Irish J-1 visas are under threat, despite weekend reports that the US administration is considering “major reductions” in the number of summer work exchange visitors.

Travel advice and ideas from Barry Coughlan

Norwegian Air boss Bjorn Kjos tells reporter Pádraig Hoare that Cork is strategically important and insists the airline has not abandoned plans for its Cork to New York route.

An "elderly man" found at a house in Massachusetts in the US was actually a 31-year-old fugitive wearing a disguise.

Captain Kirk, politics, tackling Irish accents and life as the face of Armani fragrance – there was a lot to talk about when Annmarie O’Connor met Chris Pine in London.

Cape Cod is seeing a lot more of some big-fish tourists - endangered right whales enticed by the fine dining possibilities of its plankton-rich bay.

Classic vacations

A travel ban for the New York area was lifted but Washington was still at a standstill after a blizzard paralysed the north-eastern United States, killing at least 24 people.

A British adventurer's transatlantic rowing boat, which was abandoned during a hurricane mid ocean almost two months ago, has been recovered just off the Cork coast.

He said that he picked the infamous sum Anglo needed on guarantee night “out of me arse”, later leaving for the US and telling a reporter who tracked him down to “have a bit of respect”.

The banking inquiry is to decide on Monday whether to allow former Anglo chief executive David Drumm to give evidence from the US by video link next Wednesday to get around legal issues with his return to Ireland.

ENGLAND: As many as 22% of adults still play with toy cars even when their children are not around, according to a survey.

Liz Dunphy explores current thinking on the concept of family and talks to an eminent researcher, a donor-conceived adult and a constitutional expert on the current family values.

USA: A West Texas man has been charged with impersonating an officer by using sirens and flashing lights to skip to the head of the line at a drive-through restaurant.

SINCE the recession, the number of home-interior books being published has fallen dramatically, but a new crop this spring is offering practical advice on perennial topics and have utterly stylish photography to inspire you.

A third major winter storm in less than two weeks has inflicted fresh snow - and misery – across parts of the north-eastern United States.

Tommy Barker visits Ilen River bank home of departing banker, AIB’s Chief Executive David Duffy, after its latest €1m-plus drop.

Former Anglo chief left behind a bank that would eventually cost the Irish taxpayer €30bn annually — and our economic sovereignity, writes Business Editor John Walsh

Stephanie Lynch is the CEO and Founder of OnTheQT.ie, a website dedicated to finding and showcasing the best out of the way places in Ireland. Stephanie talks about how she started and why ‘off the beaten track’ tourism is growing.

The devastated parents of a brain injured student plan to set up a rehabilitation unit here, writes Caroline O’Doherty

Hopes of finding the missing British crew of the Cheeki Rafiki have all but faded after the yacht’s life raft was found on board the capsized vessel.

The US Navy has found the hull of the yacht Cheeki Rafiki which went missing a week ago.

Debris has reportedly been found in the Atlantic Ocean in the area where UK yacht the Cheeki Rafiki went missing.

A British MP has backed calls by the families and colleagues of four Britons who went missing when a yacht capsized in the mid-Atlantic Ocean for the American authorities to relaunch the search and rescue mission to find them.

A winter storm with fierce winds has struck the north eastern United States dumping nearly two feet of snow in some parts and whipping up blizzard-like conditions.

A strong winter storm pounding north-east America with stiff winds and punishing cold has dumped nearly two feet of snow in parts of Massachusetts today.

Seldom has an RTÉ TV programme evoked such interest as A Life in Food, about chef Myrtle Allen, which was broadcast on Sept 3. Allen is highly praised.

A month ago the idea of featuring the beach-house look seemed futile with the prospect of another summer like last year, and best left to residents of Cape Cod and The Hamptons whose environment and guaranteed climate invented this style of home interior.

David Drumm cemented efforts to hide a multimillion-dollar American investment property from Anglo Irish Bank within hours of his explosive comments caught on tape urging other executives to “get the money in”.

David Drumm carried out a number of personal financial moves that coincided with Anglo’s demise, writes investigative correspondent Conor Ryan

THE entrepreneur responsible for sending green, leprechaun-emblazoned, tourist filled Paddywagon buses all around Ireland has decided to take on the world.

Saint Valentine’s Day is just five days away and gifts are obliged to be personal.

Astray

A judge in Boston has agreed to a settlement between the wife of former Anglo Irish Bank CEO David Drumm and the court.

A mysterious outbreak of dolphin beachings is baffling wildlife experts in Massachusetts.