Latest: The mother of Danielle McLaughlin, who has been found dead in a Goa tourist resort, has paid tribute to her daughter saying she will be "sadly missed".

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THE opening pages of Conquerors are brimming with eye-popping facts, images and incidents.

TAMIL NADU in South India, particularly the Chettinad area, is a ‘road much less travelled’ than many of the trendier tourist destinations like Goa, Rajasthan and Kerala but intriguing, particularly for those who have a penchant for temples, architecture and of course food. 

Lord Lucan’s disappearance after his family’s nanny was found bludgeoned to death more than four decades ago continues to baffle detectives and historians.

As January settles in and resolutions give way to good intentions followed by niggling guilt, booking a Yoga retreat holiday for the Easter break may be the perfect way to motivate yourself to stick to the new, healthy course you’ve plotted, writes Ellie O'Byrne. 

TAIWAN:  Budai, a township in southwest Taiwan, is building a church in the form of a giant high-heeled shoe, made of metal and blue glass tiles, seeking to attract more tourists to the area.

I PASSED through Los Cristianos in southern Tenerife last week on my way to my youngest son’s wedding on the island of La Gomera. 

ALL IS suspense and tension upstairs in bed; we are watching the final episode of The Last Tango in Halifax, series two, on Netflix. 

A quiet night in?

Polish artist Wilhelm Sasnal’s ‘Take Me To The Other Side’ is the latest exhibition at Lismore Castle Arts, the gallery in the west wing of William Burlington’s Co Waterford home.

LONELY Planet just sent a marketing email – Best Places For A Break Up. Attached is a list of varied and interesting areas around the globe, accompanied by glorious photography of places where you ought to try and station yourself if you are about to either give or receive that old it’s-not-you-it’s-me speech. (Picture by Jim Broadhead, Skerries.)

BBC1 @ 10.20pm: Graham Norton continues his award-winning talk show, with guests Ricky Gervais, Ronnie Corbett and Juliette Binoche, plus music and chat from Irish pop star Imelda May.

Thanks to free sites, the porn industry is in rapid decline, reports Mark Hayes from LA

Indian Maoist rebels have killed 14 people in two separate attacks as they continue a campaign of violence aimed at disrupting a five-week national election.

The high-profile editor of an Indian investigative magazine has been charged with sexually assaulting a female colleague in the lift of a five-star hotel in the resort state of Goa.

Rescuers using backhoes and shovels searched for survivors yesterday under a massive pile of broken concrete and dust that was left when a residential building under construction collapsed in southern India, killing at least 15 workers.

A five-storey building under construction in the southern Indian state of Goa has collapsed, killing at least seven workers and leaving dozens more feared trapped under the rubble.

As each generation becomes more liberal, writes Suzanne Harrington, is there anything left to rebel against?

A man has been arrested over the alleged rape of an Irish woman working with an aid agency in India.

WHEN Anthony, the bicycle hire man near the Goan village of Benaulim asks “Good morning Madam, how is your climate today?”, he’s referring to my general mood, not the weather, in that unique interpretation of the English language only found in India.

IT’S only March but already there’s a profusion of willies on the gay naturist beach at the bottom of our hill.

At least six children were killed when a school bus plunged into a river in the Indian resort of Goa.

Filming on the next Bond movie is all set to Goa – after authorities agreed to allow scenes to be shot in India.

India has increased security in major cities after receiving information that a Pakistan-based militant group is planning a New Year attack.

Wave after wave of tar balls floated ashore on India’s renowned Goa beaches today after a ship dumped tons of waste oil off the country’s western coast.

LAST Sunday week was Flying Ant Day on the Seven Heads of west Cork.

HAILED as a paradise on earth, Goa is geared for those looking for a peaceful sun holiday. Incredible India are offering a 14-night beach break in the Lemon Tree Amanrante Beach Resort for €1,309 plus €250 tax.

Witness statements in the investigation into the rape and murder of British teenager Scarlett Keeling have suggested that drugs were freely available near the beach where her body was found.

Tourists visiting Goa are to be screened for swine flu.

THE Dublin Port Company is considering lodging a proposal with Government, before the end of this year, for it to make investments in port projects in Asia.

The second phase of parliamentary elections in India ended relatively peacefully today in all but the rebel-affected state of Jharkhand.

Maoist rebels launched a series of attacks today as the second phase of parliamentary elections began in India.

AER LINGUS new route from Cork to Lisbon has already had an encouraging start, with a high profile launch last week, good forward bookings and Portugal’s tourism body rowing in behind the service.

NEARLY 50 rare mammals including tigers, leopards, sambar and fishing cats could face extinction, conservationists warned yesterday.

The mother of murdered UK teenager Scarlett Keeling today denied she was guilty of neglecting her daughter and said she would not answer a court summons to face such allegations.

THE Dublin Port Company has confirmed that it is looking at investment opportunities in ports in India and South-East Asia.

A BOLLYWOOD filmmaker plans to make a movie about a British teenager murdered at one of Goa’s famed beaches, but a lawyer said the family was afraid the script could deviate from the truth.

THE body of a British teenager raped and murdered on a beach in India was returned to Britain without some internal organs, it was confirmed yesterday.

A prominent human rights activist accused Indian police of a cover-up in their investigation into the rape and killing of a British teenager on a Goa beach last month.

THE mother of murdered British teen Scarlett Keeling said yesterday she would ask a court in the Indian beach resort state of Goa for protection, saying she feared the local drugs mafia.

The mother of a British teenage girl raped and murdered in Goa broke down in tears tonight after being served with a summons under the Goa Children’s Act by police.rs tonight after being served with a summons under the Goa Children’s Act by police.

Authorities deployed thousands of police in a popular India resort area to protect tourists after a group protesting at the building of industrial parks said it could not ensure the safety of visitors.

AN IRISHMAN is facing the prospect of spending the next decade in an Indian prison after police arrested him for being in possession of drugs.