Two reports into the bungling Garda fixed charge notice processing system have identified the ideal replacement system but say it will not be an option here for the foreseeable future.

Kya deLongchamps reveals Ireland’s special claim to fame and the dramatic role it played in colonising the Earth before the Age of the Dinosaur

The father of one of four crew members who died when the Cheeki Rafiki capsized mid-Atlantic has told a court of the "harrowing" moment when he found out his son had been lost at sea.

A tourist on holiday in the Bay of Fundy caught this amazing moment on camera.

An ultra-fast super-capacity data cable has been brought ashore on the south coast linking Ireland to one of the world’s fastest transatlantic fibre-optic sub-sea cables.

Great hullabaloo on Courtmacsherry pier the other morning with dozens of boys and girls (and old boys and old girls) hauling onion bags stuffed with fish debris out of the sea and shaking the shore crabs hanging onto them into buckets, fish boxes and barrels.

Canadian Peter McCathie is being dubbed "the luckiest man alive" after surviving a lightening strike as a teenager before going on to win a $1m prize in the Atlantic lottery this week.

A former Catholic archbishop has told the High Court he had an “inappropriate” sexual relationship with a woman in Nigeria which began in 1989 when she was aged 20 and he was 40.

An Air Canada plane made an abrupt landing in bad weather and skidded off the runway at the airport in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada officials said yesterday. They said 23 people were taken to a hospital for observation and treatment of minor injuries.

ENGLAND: A thieving worker would have a break and a KitKat — before stealing small bundles of cash he hid inside the empty chocolate wrappers.

Jordan Axani was looking for the right woman to take on a round-the-world air trip. But there was a catch. She had to be named Elizabeth Gallagher and have a Canadian passport.

Ireland is set to get a link to the fastest ever super-capacity transatlantic fibre-optic data cable — a move that could help deliver hundreds of hi-tech jobs in the growing cloud computing and data sectors.

New leaked files from Edward Snowden seem to show that UK authorities have tapped the underwater cables that carry data from Ireland to the UK and beyond.

Jennifer Hough says Nova Scotia’s Irish immigrant influences are obvious, but it also has its own charm.

Chances are you'll drop the ring.

Million Dollar Arm ***

After a global social media hunt, one love-struck Galway man is set to meet the mystery woman he fell for on a flight from Barcelona to Dublin.

The Irish lad and the Canadian girl he's been looking for were reunited live on air this morning.

Hurricane Arthur has weakened to a Category 1 storm in the Atlantic after bringing flooding and power outages to North Carolina’s Outer Banks overnight.

Aer Lingus has just launched a new daily direct flight to Toronto, Canada’s largest city. Jennifer Hough, who has been living there for two years, has the insider’s guide.

Irish tidal technology company OpenHydro is set to build a 4MW underwater generator array in Canada, marking the world’s first multi-megawatt array of interconnected tidal turbines.

Mo Kenney

A psychiatrist who had sex with patients in his care has been found guilty of professional misconduct for lying about his past when applying to work in Ireland.

Laszlo Csatary, a former police officer indicted in June by Hungarian authorities for abusing Jews and contributing to their deportation to Nazi death camps during the Second World War, has died. He was 98.

Police in Canada have made two arrests in the case of a 17-year-old who died after a photo of her allegedly being sexually assaulted was shared online.

Two people have been arrested in the case of a 17-year-old girl in Canada who died after a photo of her allegedly being sexually assaulted was shared online.

A woman nicknamed the “Black Widow” for her ability to persuade grieving widowers to marry her, was sentenced to three and a half years less time served, for administering a noxious thing and failing to provide the necessaries of life.

A message in a bottle has apparently been found 28 years after it was sent.

Whether it’s in Tesco, at devotions after mass, or on holiday, embrace the signs of love. It may be your one chance, says Joan Mitchell

More than 100 flights at Toronto’s Pearson International Airport were cancelled and dozens more delayed today after a winter storm hit Canada.

Judi Dench says acting came to her "rescue" when her husband died.

Hungary is investigating whether a Holocaust-era war criminal has been living in the capital Budapest, as international and domestic groups clamoured for him to be placed on trial.

Staying in the homes of strangers is a fun, cheap way to travel. Just open your door in return, says Brian Canty

The Jameson Dublin International Film Festivalcombined big-name actors with some superb viewing, says Orlagh Ní Arrachtáin

Over the past year, sports headlines have focused as much on inspirational championship glories as shameful transgressions on and off the field of play.

Dozens of people have been arrested in the United States after after a day of protests in cities around the world where tens of thousands gathered to rally against what they see as corporate greed.

More than 80 people were arrested in New York in the latest demonstrations against corporate greed which sparked global protests.

The full measure of Hurricane Irene's fury came into focus as the death toll passed 44, while towns in the northern US region of New England battled epic floods and millions were still without electricity.

No longer a hurricane, Irene spent the last of its fury and sloshed its way into Canada early today, inflicting relatively little damage to New York but leaving a trail of treacherous flooding and millions without power along America’s east coast.

Hurricane Irene opened its assault on the Eastern Seaboard today by lashing the North Carolina coast with wind as strong as 115 mph and pounding shoreline homes with waves.

THE Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland hosted its annual outreach lecture last week.