Specialist underwater units and forensic experts continued a massive search operation yesterday near where missing Offaly woman Catherine Gowing’s burned-out car was found last Friday.

A man will appear in court today charged with the murder of Irish vet Catherine Gowing.

The sister of missing Irish woman Catherine Gowing yesterday appealed to people to search for her “beautiful sister and best friend”.

A text message was sent from the phone of a missing Irish woman who is feared murdered in Wales after she was last seen alive, her employer has revealed.

Police in Wales are continuing to be question a man today in connection with the murder of a 37-year-old Irish woman.

Welsh police have arrested a man on suspicion of the murder of an Offaly woman.

England were facing a “do-or-die” World Cup clash with Slovenia today, as the nation held its breath in expectation.

US investigators removed data recorders from a train that derailed and burst into flames over a bridge in south-western Pennsylvania as ethanol tanker carriages continued to burn today.

Several rail carriages were on fire and dangling into a river after a freight train carrying ethanol derailed while crossing a bridge in south-west Pennsylvania early today.