A private jet was a minute away from crashing into a mountain after pilots became confused over flight instructions, air accident investigators have found.

When the first transatlantic telegraph cable was laid under the Atlantic Ocean between Europe and north America in the 1800s, it was even more revolutionary in its day than fibre optic transmission is now.

NOT every house can boast a suite of tapestries given as a gift by the King of France to his future daughter-in-law, Marie-Antoinette.

Tropical Storm Leslie has strengthened in the Atlantic, forecasters warned today.

A man got the shock of his life today when he leapt out of bed to his son’s cries of “Polar bear!”

THE largest collection of artefacts salvaged from the Titanic is to be put up for auction next year — the 100th anniversary of the world’s most famous shipwreck.

The largest collection of artefacts salvaged from the Titanic is to be put up for auction next year – the 100th anniversary of the world’s most famous shipwreck.

An oil rig helicopter carrying 18 workers ditched in the Atlantic off Newfoundland, Canada today.

HUNDREDS of visitors are expected at Foynes port this afternoon to witness a flying boat splash land after a flight from Newfoundland, Canada.

Two Belfast teenagers are at the centre of a new bid to cut the city’s suicide rates from 150 a year, it emerged today.

MARINE biologists have revealed that they have tagged a second giant turtle, roughly the size of a cow, off the coast of Co Kerry.

SCHOOLS, bars and sports clubs are among hundreds of venues being used to promote our native language when Seachtain na Gaeilge kicks off this weekend.

A US military aircraft has made an emergency landing at Shannon Airport this afternoon after the pilot was forced to shut down one of the planes four engines.

A British oarsman has spoken of the moment a rogue wave split his team’s boat - and delivered a “killer blow” to hopes of breaking the transatlantic rowing record.