A 27-year-old man who drowned in a remote area of Australia was from west Belfast.

FOR the second year in a row a young motorbike rider has died in a practise session for the Kells road races.

A 27-year-old man from the North has drowned after going swimming in a remote area of Australia.

The Department of Foreign Affairs is investigating reports that an Irish man has drowned in Australia.

NORWAY continues to be a big success story with Topflight clients — with big increases in business each year since working in partnership with SAS Airlines and using direct flights to Oslo from Dublin.

A Danish family was forced to spend a night in an Australian national park known to be infested with crocodiles after a tour boat operator forgot to pick them up.

A guide who invited foreign tourists to swim in crocodile-infested waters in northern Australia acted in a “grossly negligent” manner that led to the death of a German visitor, a coroner’s report said today.

A 60-year-old woman jumped onto the back of a 14-foot crocodile, tackling it to free a man trapped in its jaws.

A 10-year-old girl was recovering in hospital after a crocodile bit her leg in northern Australia, police said today.

THE most experienced of the five Catholic Worker members, who entered Shannon Airport damaging a US military plane on Monday morning, has already spent more than 18 months in prison for similar actions on two different continents.

A tour guide in Australia accused of causing the death of a German tourist killed by a crocodile has failed to appear in court for his arraignment.

A tour guide is to be charged with causing the death of a German woman in a crocodile attack in northern Australia last month, police said today.

A YOUNG German woman was killed

A crocodile has killed a 24-year-old German tourist as she swam in a national park in the Australian Outback, police said today.