Hurricane Ernesto has come ashore on Mexico’s Caribbean coast near the border with Belize, after hundreds of tourists left beach resorts and fishermen abandoned low-lying villages to avoid the threat.

Forecasters say Ernesto has become a hurricane off the coast of Honduras and is heading toward the Yucatan Peninsula.

Cork travel company TravelAgent.ie is celebrating 12 years in business with the with the launch of its new online venture, BookHotels.ie

Tourists fleeing Hurricane Rina crowded Cancun’s airport even as the cyclone lost some of its punch on a course for Mexico’s resort-studded Caribbean coast.

Joe Durant moved two shots clear of the his nearest rival with a five-under-par 66 in the second round of the PGA Tour Mayakoba Golf Classic on Friday.