Vaccinations and visas all up to date, Shamrock Rovers will boldly go where no League of Ireland team has gone before when they fly out to India today to participate in an international football tournament.

Airline Emirates today blamed record fuel prices for a sharp fall in profits.

At least 19 people were confirmed dead and more than 200 people were taken to hospital today after three carriages from a passenger train derailed and plunged into a river in the southern Indian state of Kerala, officials said.