The death toll from the remnants of Hurricane Earl grew to 39 in Mexico as a new tropical storm formed off the country's Pacific Coast.

Bell peppers in the United States, capsicum in Australia or more simply peppers here in Ireland, whatever you like to call them they are a colourful addition to the dinner plate. 

Kerry footballer Paddy Curtin remained in critical condition on a life-support machine in a Florida hospital last night after suffering catastrophic injuries in a car accident.

A British man and his wife, who feared their baby had been swapped at birth and sold to human traffickers in El Salvador, have been reunited with their son, after authorities tracked down the child by ordering other new mothers to have their babies DNA-tested.

Darren Kennedy and Jennifer Maguire presenters on The Unemployables, RTÉ2, 9pm, next Thursday.

With just $6m apparently available for creditors and the many Irish investors seeking the return of their investment, the affairs of liquidated Banners Broker promise to be messy despite assurances from some at the top, writes Investigative Correspondent Conor Ryan

The head of the suspected pyramid scheme Banners Broker has tried to reassure worried investors that there is still money in the company and that it has moved operations to the Central American country Belize.

The head of compliance at British banking giant HSBC resigned in front of a US Senate subcommittee today after it emerged the bank had exposed the US to billions of dollars worth of money laundering, drug trafficking, and terrorist financing.

The inmates whose bodies were carried piece-by-piece from a charred Honduran prison had been locked inside an overcrowded prison where most inmates had never been charged, let alone convicted, according to an internal Honduran government report.

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A young Belfast man has died while on holiday in Nicaragua.

Mel Gibson has visited disabled Guatemalan children as part of his community service order.

The 'Water for Elephants' actress Reese Witherspoon married agent Jim Toth last month and the pair, along with Ava, 11, and seven-year-old Deacon - her kids with ex-husband Ryan Phillippe - jetted into Belize on April 4 for a romantic six-day stay.

Tropical Storm Matthew weakened to a tropical depression over the weekend along the coast of Belize, dousing the southern part of the Central American nation and neighbouring Guatemala with rain that caused flooding in coastal areas.

Alistair Darling drew up the battlelines for the UK general election today with a highly political Budget that squeezed the better off while offering help to new homebuyers, the elderly and the young unemployed.

Honduras’ top court has ruled that ousted President Manuel Zelaya will face trial if he returns to the Central American country.

Costa Rica’s health minister today confirmed the death of a 53-year-old patient with swine flu, the first death from the epidemic outside a North American nation.

LAST week on this page Damien Enright described the magnificent trees on the neglected estate at Kincragie, near where he lives in Co Cork.

Hollywood hunk Matthew McConaughey has reportedly broken his collarbone after tumbling from his surfboard while holidaying in Costa Rica.

The Government is to double its support for fair-trade and ethical development initiatives in Central America, it emerged today.

Ireland’s bogey team Switzerland booked their place in the World Cup finals by edging out Turkey in a dramatic match in Istanbul tonight.

Hollywood beauty Catherine Zeta-Jones is recovering from an attempt by Mexican bandits to kidnap her.