Beyonce has apologised to fans after cancelling a concert in Antwerp.

A 93-year-old man who watched the 1938 Cork Grand Prix in awe is gearing up to attend a re-run of the event this summer.

Ladies and gentlemen, start your engines for a grand prix circuit down memory lane.

Lady Gaga has donated $1m (€780,000) to help victims of hurricane Sandy.

Chinese officials have promised to play a positive role in this month’s UN environment summit, but stressed the needs of their country’s poor in an apparent move to dampen hopes for major concessions.

SHOW jumper Billy Twomey said a “few scrapes and cuts” to his horse Romanov were the reason he was disqualified from the €1 million Global Champions Tour contest at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Sunday.

FASHION followers have flocked to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, where the city’s annual fashion week has earned a reputation for turning models into global sensations.

The cockpit voice recorder of an Air France plane which plunged into the Atlantic in 2009, killing all 228 people on board, has been found and recovered, France’s Accident Investigation Agency said.

France’s air accident investigation agency says an undersea search has located the flight data recorder from the 2009 Air France flight that went down in the mid-Atlantic.

Underwater search teams have located pieces of an Air France plane that crashed in the Atlantic in 2009, offering a surprising new glimmer of hope in the protracted hunt for clues.

IRFU chief executive Philip Browne has cast doubt on the likelihood of an Ireland Sevens team going to the Olympics in 2016.

A burst of automatic messages sent by Air France Flight 447 before it crashed into the Atlantic includes one about a problem with a rudder safety device, an expert said.

Exxon says it has discovered oil in deep water off Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, near massive fields that could hold as much as 80 billion barrels, it was reported today.

Naomi Campbell is refusing to set foot on another British Airways plane after she was arrested for arguing with flight staff in London.

The Rolling Stones attempted to persuade moviemaker Martin Scorsese to film their historic 2006 free concert in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - but he wasn't interested.

Campaigning rocker Bob Geldof has branded Al Gore's forthcoming Live Earth concert as "just an enormous pop concert" - and lacking any concrete measures to fight global warming.

Screams and cheers greeted the Rolling Stones as they pulled up to their beach-front hotel in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, today in a huge police motorcade, and die-hard fans were already staking out spots before an enormous stage on Copacabana Beach, where up to two million people were expected to attend the band’s free concert tomorrow night.

Supermodel Naomi Campbell's spokesman has vehemently denied claims she attacked an assistant with a hand-held computer.

Two Olympians, a national swimming record holder and a champion hang glider will represent Ireland in an international sports event in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil next month.