More than 24,000 villagers have been evacuated to higher ground, officials said.

When Gerry Andrew’s photographs of the Milk Market in Limerick were exhibited in the city in 2014, the response was hugely positive. 

Gay Byrne presents a documentary on the Catholic Church in Ireland, Last Orders With Gay Byrne, at 9.35pm, RTÉ One on Tuesday.

Thompson Holidays has the Greek destinations of Rhodes, Kos and Zakynthos on offer in August at decent prices.

Authorities have shut schools, sprinkled water in streets and rushed a water train to a parched state in western India where scorching temperatures have reached up to 51C (124F).

A city in western India has suffered through the country’s highest recorded temperature — a scorching 51C (123.8F).

HERE at the Ballymaloe Cookery School, we run three-month certificate courses every year for students who want to gain the skills to earn them a living from their cooking. 

TAMIL NADU in South India, particularly the Chettinad area, is a ‘road much less travelled’ than many of the trendier tourist destinations like Goa, Rajasthan and Kerala but intriguing, particularly for those who have a penchant for temples, architecture and of course food. 

A court has sentenced three Indian men to 20 years in prison for raping a Japanese student who was sightseeing in one of the country’s most popular tourist destinations.

GIBSON GIFTS

Crafty little plaques and pulsating pouffes make up some of Esther N McCarthy’s choices for the last of winter’s weeks.

Thursday: The Fall BBC Two, 9pm

Cosmos Escorted Tours

For our 30th wedding anniversary, we visited that most romantic emblem, the Taj Mahal, on a 12-day assault on the senses that encompassed five cities, says Anne Kearney.

Highlights include Top of the Lake and Celebrity Masterchef Ireland

A man has been arrested over the alleged rape of an Irish woman working with an aid agency in India.

Naomi Campbell will pay Diana Ross more than $500,000 to perform at her boyfriend’s 50th birthday bash.

A father in north-western India remained unrepentant after beheading his daughter with a ceremonial sword in a rage over her relationships with men, police said.

Adapted from Deborah Moggach’s novel 'These Foolish Things', 'The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel' is a hilarious and touching comedy about growing old disgracefully.

Police and health authorities were today investigating reports that 12 pregnant women died after being given contaminated intravenous fluid at a government hospital in north-western India.

TEAL are such pretty little ducks — hardly as big as a wood pigeon — it’s sad to think of them stuffed inside a widgeon which is stuffed inside a mallard which is stuffed inside a goose, and the lot then put in the oven and roasted.

Managers at the luxury Indian resort where Russell Brand and Katy Perry married are being charged with violating noise laws during last week’s wedding, officials said today.

Comedian Russell Brand and American pop singer Katy Perry were married today in a traditional Hindu wedding ceremony at a luxury resort in a tiger reserve in north western India, an official said.

Russell Brand's bodyguards assaulted four news photographers when they were taking pictures of the British comedian in an Indian tiger reserve today before his wedding to Katy Perry, the photographers have claimed.

Katy Perry and Russell Brand will sit on giant thrones for their wedding ceremony.

Katy Perry and Russell Brand are planning to marry in India next weekend.

Edinburgh: Investors in explorer Cairn Energy were toasting the prospect of a multi-billion euro windfall yesterday from the Indian oil fields it bought more than a decade ago for a fraction of the price.

A bus fell from a bridge into a dry riverbed in northwestern India early today, killing at least 26 students and teachers on board, police said.

More than 40 people are feared dead after a bridge collapsed while under construction in western India, police said today as hope faded for finding survivors.

Hopes were fading today for a four-year-old boy who fell into a 150ft well in an Indian village.

A speeding train derailed in western India, killing at least nine people and injuring more than 80.

A speeding train derailed in western India this morning killing at least nine people and injuring more than 80 others.

Rescuers were today trying to reach a four-year-old boy stuck in a 150-ft well in western India by manually digging a pit next to it.

Sporadic violence marred the fourth phase of parliamentary elections in India today.

The fourth phase of parliamentary elections in India began today on a peaceful note amid high security.

The London market began the wind-down to Christmas today as the market drifted lower amid thin trading volumes.

A huge explosion at an illegal fireworks factory in India killed 27 people including 12 children today.

Police say 18 people, including 10 children, have been killed in an explosion at an illegal fireworks factory in western India.

The Indian temple stampede which killed at least 168 people and injured 100 was caused by a false rumour of a bomb, it emerged.

AT LEAST 167 people were killed and scores injured yesterday in a frenzied stampede at a Hindu temple in western India, police said.