A US aviation giant has been advised to review the design of a steering pin mechanism on the nose wheel of a popular business jet following an investigation into an aborted take-off at Cork Airport last year.

A private jet was a minute away from crashing into a mountain after pilots became confused over flight instructions, air accident investigators have found.

The Canadian novelist Jane Urquhart has spent so much time in Ireland, particularly Kerry, that she has based her latest book — The Night Stages — here. She spoke to Sue Leonard about her more than enjoyable journey.

Police searching for a teenager who vanished during heavy flooding in the UK have today found a body.

ON SEPTEMBER 10, 2001 in Moscow, Roxanne and Clarke Loper and their two -year-old daughter Alexandria posed for a photograph to mark the end of a three-week trip costing $25,000 to adopt the orphan from Kazakhstan.