An Irish aviation services company has secured a major contract to paint an award-winning airline’s fleet of aircraft.

A DELTA Airlines flight from Italy to the United States was forced to make a U-turn over the Atlantic and divert to Shannon Airport after an 89-year-old passenger became ill on board.

Police across western Europe have arrested 90 people in a year-long investigation into a drug ring that used pregnant women to smuggle in drugs from Africa and South America, Italian police said today.