An investigation into the fatal Virgin Galactic spaceship crash has found the function to help it descend was deployed early.

Back in the mid-2000s, a site for an hotel was put to market in Cork’s Ballincollig, with €7m sought for a 100-bed hotel (never built) on 5.5 acres.

THE Beatles’ song Across the Universe will be the first ever to be beamed directly into space next week, Nasa said.