Greenpeace activists have boarded two offshore drilling rigs in a protest against oil and gas exploration in Arctic waters.

One of the controversial trawlers in Irish maritime history was arrested off Tory Island yesterday after suspected breaches of fishing regulations.

The savage coastal storm powered by hurricane-force gusts that hit Britain also struck western Europe, causing at least 15 deaths.

The savage coastal storm powered by hurricane-force gusts that hit Britain and western Europe, causing at least nine deaths, including six in Germany.

Several Dutch fishermen were wounded when they netted an old bomb and it exploded on board their vessel today