HONDA has shared its vision of the hands-free commute, a car that can safely drive itself on the road while the driver’s hands are off the wheel.

Claudie Gallay (translated by Alison Anderson)

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

Damien Enright on how the amazing energy of ants is still a sight to behold.

A 16-year-old French girl was kidnapped, raped and then murdered by a jilted boyfriend she met after accidentally sending a text message to his mobile phone.

CROAT police have arrested a man caught smuggling 50 NATO-issue rocket-launched grenades on a suspected arms run for the Real IRA.

Gardaí in Dublin are continuing to question two men on the activities of the Real IRA.

French police today arrested five people suspected of links to the Real IRA and uncovered a cache of weapons.

Asylum seekers on a cross-Channel ferry threatened to throw their children overboard unless they were allowed into Britain, it emerged tonight.

French authorities say the body found in a lake near Dieppe is that of Bunmi Shagaya.

Police investigating the disappearance of Bunmi Shagaya are preparing to lift an object from the swimming area of the lake near Dieppe.

Police in France are intensifying their search for missing British schoolgirl Bunmi Shagaya as the hunt entered its fourth day.

A man has been arrested by police searching for missing British schoolgirl Bunmi Shagaya.

An 11-year-old British girl has gone missing during a school trip to France.

A 24-hour strike by a French seafarers' union has forced ferry operator SeaFrance to reduce its cross-channel service.