A river cruise ship carrying nearly 230 people has struck a bridge in southern Germany, crushing the wheelhouse and killing two crew members, authorities said.

Whenever Dan McCarthy came back to Iveleary from the US, he brought his camera with him. He shows Helen O’Callaghan the pictures he took.

The illusionary and illogical nature of the Irish banking system is amply displayed in your discussion of the ELG scheme in your recent article ‘weaning banks off guarantee scheme’.

Several cases of bird flu have been detected at a poultry farm in southern Germany, and tests are under way to determine if it is the lethal H5N1 strain, authorities said today.