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.

In July 2012 a court imposed 16 orders against him, including forbidding him from posing as a film director or journalist in search of child subjects.

From movies to music, food to fashion, our critics reveal their picks for the year ahead.

A leading offshore law firm with clients including the super-rich and international corporations has revealed it suffered a "data security incident" that may result in customers' private information being leaked.

Being named as one of the five best ports to visit in Western Europe is very prestigious for the town of Cobh and has come about through a lot of hard work.

After living abroad for 13 years, Irene Halpin Long wasn’t prepared for was the loneliness she felt once the excitement of returning home had died down. But she persevered to settle down again.

Celebrated clematis-grower Raymond Evison, the winner of 28 Chelsea Gold medals, unveils his forthcoming design for this year’s show and shares the secrets of his success with Hannah Stephenson

Prosecutors in the North are considering appealing against the sentences of a couple convicted of sexually abusing a mentally disordered woman while holding her captive for eight years.

Update 6pm: Eleven crew members have been evacuated after the Saga Sky cargo ship took on water off the English coast today.

A drunken holiday jet passenger who threatened to stab a pilot and kill everyone on board has been jailed for eight months.

Liam de Paor reports from the Livestock Event 2016 in Birmingham, where Brexit was the big topic for UK farmers

The impact of Brexit is to be debated by Irish and British politicians at a meeting next week.

AIDAN Dooley is from Claddagh, Co Galway, and gave up a job in AIB to work in theatre. He brings his Tom Cream — Antarctic Explorer to the Everyman in Cork on May 19-23.

The businessman who married movie star Oliver Reed’s widow believes the euro is teetering on the brink and is offering people who buy his produce the chance to get their change in silver.

They say footballers are remembered for the trophies they’ve won.

Dublin’s ranking as a financial centre has plummeted, falling to 70th place out of 83, well below the 10th position it had five years ago and behind centres like Luxembourg, Guernsey, Cayman Islands and Gibraltar.

BETWEEN forkfuls of salad in a New York restaurant, TV presenter Dawn O’Porter, 35, is remembering the 2011 Baftas.

The Chelsea Flower Show is pure gardening nirvana, and a must for all green-fingered enthusiasts.

Embattled airline Flybe confirmed the closure of six of its regional bases as it set out details of 500 job cuts announced earlier this week.

Two events took place over the weekend designed to showcase Gaelic sports internationally.

Belfast-based Wellington IT Solutions has signed two contracts with a potential value of €1.6m over five years.

A 25-year-old Corkman is on course to claim his share of the biggest prize in world rowing when he and his fellow crew complete a gruelling 2,000-mile non-stop race around Britain.

A Corkman is part of a crew that is on pace to break the world record for rowing around Britain.

Sue Leonard talks about men, marriage and missed chances with romance writer Roisin Meaney, who’s still hoping to meet The One

Gaming firm Sportingbet today said wagers on sport events had taken a dive in its first quarter as the number of fixtures declined.

Heather Watson became the first Briton to win a WTA Tour singles title in 24 years by winning a marathon match against Chang Kai-chen of Chinese Taipei in the final of the HP Open in Osaka.

Online gambling firm Sportingbet has snubbed a £350m takeover proposal from Britain’s biggest bookmaker William Hill, it was reported today.

Heather Watson’s infectious personality has won her many friends during Wimbledon this year, and it will play an important part in her path to stardom according to the man who turned Maria Sharapova and Andre Agassi in to champions.

Irish actor Chris O'Dowd met his fiancée on Facebook.

Victoria Azarenka led a quintet of leading players in cruising into the second round of the Australian Open today.

Britain’s Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg will warn today that the UK and Ireland need each other more than ever because of global uncertainty.

HOW DO you do justice to what we saw in the Gaelic Grounds in Limerick on Saturday?

REVENUE officials have targeted up to 2,000 suspected tax dodgers hiding money in offshore accounts as part of a major probe using tougher powers.

A 70-YEAR-OLD grandfather became the oldest person to swim across the English Channel yesterday, making it to France after almost 18 hours.

British number three Heather Watson gave third seed Maria Sharapova a huge scare in the opening round of the US Open before going down 3-6 7-5 6-3 in Arthur Ashe Stadium.

EVERY year I take the Ballymaloe Cookery School teachers on a skite to London to eat, drink and be very merry all in the way of research.

Insurance tycoon Clive Cowdery has emerged as a surprise bidder for the 632 bank branches being sold by the UK's Lloyds Banking Group, it was reported today.

UK supermarket chain Waitrose today capped its best ever Christmas trading period by announcing expansion plans that will see it create 3,000 jobs this year.

Taoiseach Brian Cowen will today brief government ministers from the North and Britain on the economic crisis during the latest British Irish Council summit.

THE Air Accident Investigation Unit of the Department of Transport yesterday began an inquiry into an accident involving a light aircraft at Kerry Airport.

A GROWING number of failed businesses arising out of the economic downturn led the Revenue Commissioners to write off almost €222 million in taxes last year.