THE Port of Cork has said it handled 8.8 million tonnes of cargo last year, up by 8.6% on 2009.

THE Lord Mayor of Cork has called a meeting of the city’s TDs as part of a new drive to secure Government funding for an €80 million bridge that will help kickstart the city’s docklands regeneration.

A dozen people were rescued, with many more missing, after a cargo ship sank in stormy seas off the Lebanese coast, it has emerged today.

AN important meeting is set to take place next month between the Port of Cork and Associated British Ports aimed at getting the Swansea-Cork ferry up and running again.

DESPITE the hard-hitting allegations contained in the report of the North’s Independent Monitoring Commission, which squarely lays the blame for a string of recent robberies at the door of the IRA and Sinn Féin, the lack of concrete evidence to support this contention remains the weak link in the argument.

More than 120 passengers were evacuated today after fire broke out on board their luxury cruise ship.

The Russian nuclear submarine Kursk will be raised from the bottom of the Barents Sea in mid-September, weather permitting, officials said today.