The apparent triumph of Nigel Farage in the British political sphere has cast a huge shadow over a nation struggling to find its identity, writes Gordon Brown.

The search for the missing plane taking Argentine soccer player Emiliano Sala to his new team in Wales was called off for the night last night with authorities not expecting to find any survivors in the English Channel.

More strong results from Irish sailors at home and abroad this week point to 2018 becoming one of the best seasons in years.

 

Offshore racing in Ireland is witnessing a significant increase both of participants but also as a course area if 2018 is used as a measure.

Boris Johnson has raised the prospect of a second crossing for the English Channel after top-level talks between the UK and France.

Night herons have nested for the first time in Britain. A pair raised two chicks at Westhay Moor nature reserve in Somerset. 

The quality of food on supermarket shelves could suffer if the Government fails to secure frictionless trade with the European Union after Brexit, the head of the maritime trade body warned.

Latest: A chemical cloud which forced coastline evacuations across East Sussex in England on Sunday is "very unlikely" to have floated over from northern France, authorities said.

As many as 200 migrants have clashed near the French city of Calais, using sticks and iron bars in five battles pitting mainly Afghans against Eritreans, authorities said.

Latest: A man's body has been found in the English Channel after a boat sank. Two others are still missing.

The Taoiseach has put it up to Britain by stating that the Government is “not going to design a border for the Brexiteers”.

The Taoiseach has put it up to Britain by stating that the Government is “not going to design a border for the Brexiteers”.

We don’t know about you but that has the heebeegeebees written all over it.

A British Royal Navy warship has intercepted several Russian vessels in the English Channel during the bank holiday weekend.

Cork is renowned as a sports-mad city, boasting a rich seam of success in all codes, whose heroes on the field of play attain iconic status.

Dog owners have been warned to keep their pets on a lead while out walking on the beach as palm oil ‘fatbergs’ have washed up on the Irish coastline.

Dog owners have been warned to keep their pets on a lead while out walking on the beach as palm oil ‘fatbergs’ have washed up on the Irish coastline.

A record-breaking West Cork-based swimming hero is to be inducted into the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame (IMSHOF).

French authorities have started transporting migrant children out of Calais to processing centres around France, amid tensions around the closure of the vast Jungle camp.

Spain is coming under criticism for reportedly preparing to allow the refuelling of Russian warships en route to bolstering the bombing campaign against the besieged Syrian city Aleppo.

The Government has been urged to ensure an upcoming Cold War era cat-and-mouse game between the British and Russian military, which will potentially play out off our coast, does not spill into Irish-controlled airspace and cause passenger jets to be grounded or diverted.

Charities working with refugees and migrants in the camp in Calais are objecting to the government's plan to dismantle the camp and disperse the occupants.

An Irish adventurer dubbed the ‘lawnmower man’ has become the first person to fly from Ireland to Africa by paramotor.

The Irish Defence Forces are well ahead of their French counterparts when it comes to planning against terrorist hijacking of passenger ferries.

An Irish adventurer hopes to become the first person to fly from Ireland to Africa using a lawnmower-like engine strapped to his back.

IT may seem far-fetched to suggest that it is only a matter of time before refugees who have thrown themselves on the tender mercies of people traffickers arrive on our shores but the fact that two British men have been remanded in custody charged with immigration offences after 18 Albanians were rescued from a sinking boat in the English Channel suggests otherwise.

Latest: Two British men have been remanded in custody charged with immigration offences after 18 Albanians were rescued from a sinking boat in the English Channel.

A Cork man is aiming to achieve a new record, when he flies from Ireland to Africa this summer on a craft that is powered by a lawnmower engine.

An Afghan migrant has died after being hit by a truck near the French coastal city of Calais.

Uncertainty over the future of Britain remaining in the EU has big pharmaceutical manufacturers in Ireland, and around the world, worried.

French state representatives went from tent to tent trying to convince residents in a sprawling migrant camp in the port city of Calais to leave, a day after a court ruled that a mass eviction could go ahead.

The Seine is a 776 kilometre river which rises in North Eastern France and flows through Paris into the English Channel at Le Havre and is constantly dredged and kept clear for water activities.

PEOPLE are being asked to keep an eye out for a new colonist on its way to Ireland. The ivy bee was first recorded in the south of Britain, in 2001, having crossed the English Channel. It is continuing to move northwards and, according to experts, it’s only a matter of time before it crosses the Irish Sea.

French riot police sprayed migrants with a chemical irritant as they tried to storm the Channel Tunnel.

A Co Cork-based kayaker has completed a gruelling 2,500km voyage during which he had to dodge supertankers and all the elements could throw at him and his flimsy craft.

A French pilot claimed to have made aviation history with the first flight in a manned electric plane across the English Channel from land to land — but the stunt faced controversy following a claim to the record by a rival pilot.

USA: The Cincinnati village of St Bernard is being taken over by the smell of cats.