A plane was hijacked today while on the tarmac near Montego Bay in Jamaica, an airport spokeswoman said.

Passengers today scrambled to get tickets for alternative flights following the collapse of transatlantic budget airline Zoom.

TREATMENT of patients with advanced colorectal cancer varies according to marital status with singletons less likely to be operated on, it has emerged.

THE world’s fish and seafood supplies could disappear by 2048 as overfishing and pollution destroy ocean ecosystems at an accelerating pace, US and Canadian researchers have reported.

SHOPPERS were urged yesterday to do their bit to keep fisheries afloat by choosing their fish products carefully.

THE body of the Canadian seaman who died following a fire on the stricken submarine, Chicoutimi, was returned home yesterday after a joint Irish-Canadian military and religious service at Dublin Airport.