POLICE: INTRUDER CAUGHT COOKING CORN IN HOME

Isabel Conway experiences a break with a difference — Spain’s luxury state-run Parador hotels.

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.

ENGLAND: Sizzling summer temperatures have not stopped the opening of a Christmas shop.

A priest from Co Cork helped has lead the St Patrick’s Day celebrations on a tiny Caribbean island — the only country in the world apart from Ireland that marks the event with a public holiday.

You may be aware that St Patrick's Day is coming up, so we have a few suggestions for what to do on the day itself.

He’s one of the best-known patron saints in the world.

Tropical Storm Rafael has lashed the eastern Caribbean with heavy rains which are expected to unleash floods on islands around the region.

A potential hurricane is posing a threat to next week’s Republican National Convention in Florida, which culminates in the nomination of Mitt Romney for presidential candidate.

Archimedes had his famous eureka moment while sitting in the bath. Paul Watson — like many of us — had his while sitting on his couch.

THE Republic of Ireland are back in FIFA’s top 30 rankings — but Euro group opponents Armenia are in hot pursuit.

Flooding from the remnants of Tropical Storm Lee is being blamed for two deaths in Pennsylvania and numerous water rescues and road closures around a soggy north-eastern United States.

AN impromptu performance from a Caribbean island choir impressed rail commuters in Cork who were probably totally unaware of their Irish roots.

FIFA have given all 25 Caribbean associations 48 hours to provide statements about the events at the meeting in Trinidad which led to Mohamed Bin Hammam being banned for life for bribery.

Premier League player Titus Bramble "strenuously denies any wrongdoing" after being arrested on suspicion of rape, Sunderland chairman Niall Quinn said.

SUNDERLAND chairman Niall Quinn has pledged the club’s full support to Titus Bramble after the defender was arrested on suspicion of rape yesterday.

Hurricane warnings went out across a large part of the Caribbean today as a major storm grew in force.

THE crowd is happy, the music is swirling, and two men jump up, pints of Guinness in hand, for a quick jig.

The Republic of Ireland have slipped one place in the latest FIFA world rankings to 36th place.

Hurricane Dean is heading towards Caribbean islands today with 100mph winds.

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.

AWARD-winning author, broadcaster and humorist Pete McCarthy, whose travel book McCarthy’s Bar was an international bestseller, has died in England.

2006 World Cup qualifiers draw:

2006 World Cup qualifiers draw:

2006 World Cup qualifiers draw:

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

The tiny territory of Montserrat has warned that a busy hurricane season could spark a disaster by toppling a volcano’s dome and unleashing a torrent of ash and lava on nearby communities.

THE IDEA began at a Dutch TV planning meeting. What about a game between the two worst nations in football on the same day as the World Cup final? And so it came to pass. Simon Lewis reports

A volcanic eruption on the Caribbean island of Montserrat spewed clouds of ash as far away as Puerto Rico, causing airlines to cancel flights to and from the US territory.