Separated by thousands of miles, but not by a common language. History was made yesterday when a gaelscoil hooked up for the first time on Skype with a primary school in the Caribbean, and they both conversed as Gaeilge.

I read with interest John O’Connell’s letter (Jan 27) on an apology for slavery.

One of the last funerals for a firefighter killed in the September 11, 2001 attacks was held today for a Montserrat native who had followed his father into the fire department.

MANY flights were cancelled yesterday as a volcano on Montserrat plunged surrounding islands in the Caribbean into a gritty haze.