Sinéad Kane has entered the Guinness Book of Record for being the first visually- impaired runner to complete seven marathons, over seven days on seven continents.

A visually-impaired Cork woman hopes to claim a Guinness World record by becoming the first officially blind person to run seven marathons on seven continents in seven days.

Threats to cut the heads off Jews were allegedly made by a 39-year-old man dressed in dark robes and carrying the Koran who appeared before Cork District Court today.

Climate negotiators have started work on implementing the Paris Agreement on global warming amid uncertainty over how the US election will impact the landmark deal as temperatures and greenhouse gases soar to new heights.

Woody Allen chose Hotel Le Bristol in Paris to capture the glamour of the roaring twenties in ‘Midnight in Paris’. After a weekend there, Deirdre Reynolds understands why.

The airline planning to launch the first transatlantic flights from Cork has urged US authorities to make a decision on its licence application and clear its ambitious expansion plans for take-off.

IT’S THE season of florals as bright yellow gorse and forsythia are starting to give way to the pink of cherry blossoms with their short burst of happiness. 

Holiday travel chaos looms as French air traffic controllers plan further work stoppages this month

ENGLAND: A rare collection of 2,000 Dinky toys and other cars and trains which has been lovingly built up over 50 years could fetch £250,000 (€348,000) at auction next week.

Real Madrid’s Fifa Club World Cup semi-final clash tomorrow with Mexico’s Cruz Azul has been switched to Marrakech from Rabat due to the waterlogged pitch at the Complexe Sportif Prince Moulay Abdellah.

Flash floods have led to the deaths of 32 people after days of unusually heavy rain pounded Morocco's south.

While Fionnuala Britton heads to tomorrow’s 20th European-Cross Country Championships in Belgrade in search of a hat-trick of titles with customary quiet steely resolve, her bigger ambition is to ultimately join the likes of Sonia O’Sullivan and Catherina McKiernan as Ireland’s greatest distance runners.

IT’S time for summer entertaining, and even if we’re still frozen stiff we can muster a sense of summer indoors.

Ryanair has lost its final challenge to the UK Competitions Commissions investigation into its 30% stake in Aer Lingus after that country’s Supreme Court refused to review a decision to allow an investigation by a lower court.

Aer Lingus Regional and Ryanair both announced the addition of new routes to their summer schedules from yesterday.

More than 100 countries have recognised a new Syrian opposition coalition, opening the way for greater humanitarian assistance - and possibly military aid - for the forces battling president Bashar Assad.

IRELAND has a rich tradition in cross-country running stretching back to the 1930s and Tim Smyth’s world dominance, through John Treacy’s back-to-back world titles in 1978 an 1979, Catherina McKiernan’s European title in 1994 and then Sonia O’Sullivan’s two world titles on successive days in Marrakech in 1998.

One of Kate Moss' favourite portraits has sold for £16,250 (€18,977) at auction.

A man has been sentenced to death by a court in Morocco for a cafe bombing which left 17 people, mainly tourists, dead.

CIARAN Ó LIONÁIRD flew to Portland, Oregon, on Tuesday to continue his build-up to next year’s Olympic Games under legendary marathon runner Alberto Salazar, who heads up the Nike Oregon Project.

The chief suspect in the trial over the bombing of a Moroccan cafe popular with tourists recanted his confession today and denied any involvement in the attack which killed 17 people.

A 25-year-old Swiss woman has died from wounds suffered in last week’s explosion at a cafe in the Moroccan city of Marrakech.

Three people have been arrested in connection with a bombing in Morocco which killed 16 people including a Briton.

A terrorist attack at a tourist cafe in Marrakech has killed 16 people, Morocco’s state news agency said.

A massive blast which killed 14 people in a popular tourist cafe in the Moroccan city of Marrakech was caused by terrorists, officials say.

An explosion at a cafe in Marrakech has killed several people, Morocco’s state news agency has said.

In the past few years, Morocco has transformed itself into a modern and exciting sunshine getaway. Catherine Shanahan’s only complaint? Four days simply wasn’t enough.

Airlines are starting more than 120 new services from UK airports this summer.

Neil Prendeville returned to the airwaves today saying he was worried, frightened, hopeful, sorry and grateful.

BMI announced today that it is suspending flights between Glasgow and Heathrow.

RYANAIR has announced five new routes from its Madrid base and seven new routes from Rome (Ciampino).

Cheryl Cole may be forced to film the 'judges houses' segment of the X Factor in Britain, as she could still be too sick to travel.

SHANNON Airport played a pivotal role in a successful world record attempt when an Italian aviator had to divert and refuel there last weekend after a volcanic eruption prevented him from making a scheduled stop in Iceland.

GOLFING legend Jack Nicklaus and former Ryder Cup-winning captain Tony Jacklin have expressed surprise that Tiger Woods will end his five-month self-imposed exile at the US Masters in Augusta.

TROUBLED property tycoon, Johnny Ronan, is understood to have left Ireland for now.

IT appears that the stress associated with being the number one 55-year-old multimillionaire that 20-something Irish models can’t get enough of has finally got to property tycoon, Johnny Ronan.

Kim Cattrall has confirmed the 'Sex and the City' franchise may continue.

A 31-year-old from the North has been killed in a holiday bus crash in Morocco.

SONIA O’SULLIVAN is poised for a plum position on the Executive Committee of the Olympic Council of Ireland.

French fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent has died. He was 71.

Arsenal are one of a number of European clubs to have made an offer for Marseille playmaker Samir Nasri, the player’s agent has confirmed.

Sonia O'Sullivan has been appointed as Australia's team coach for the IAAF World Cross Country Championships in Edinburgh at the end of this month.