QUESTIONS surrounding the circumstances of Thursday’s Cork Airport tragedy remained unanswered last night after the mother of a pilot on the doomed flight revealed it was one of her son’s first as captain.

Dennis Hopper is making his mark as an artist in Europe after becoming the first living American to exhibit at the fabled Hermitage gallery in St. Petersburg, Russia.

Singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen is to play his first live shows for 15 years.

Reformed pop group Boyzone have announced a UK tour.