A dual-arm robot made its orchestral debut alongside Andrea Bocelli and the Lucca Philharmonic Orchestra at the Teatro Verdi in Pisa, Italy.

Women who gain too much weight in pregnancy run the risk of giving their offspring health problems in later life, researchers have found.

The ISEQ index of Irish shares closed down 54.87 at 6278.28.

Airlines were today given the green light to continue advertising flights at less than their full cost on the internet, said trading standards officers.