Twenty-three teenagers and seven crewmen have been rescued after the Dutch tall ship Astrid ran aground off the coast of Cork.

Thirty people have been rescued from a tall ship which ran aground off the south coast of Ireland.

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THE Irish art market will be tested on the international stage in London next Thursday.

Steven Spielberg’s civil war epic Lincoln leads the race for honours at the Golden Globes.

South-east Asian diplomats have failed to reach common ground on how to resolve a territorial dispute involving China, as a regional conference ended without a joint statement for the first time in the bloc’s history.

A multi-vehicle smash on a motorway has led to reports of “multiple serious injuries and possible fatalities”, English police said tonight.

A profits warning from Currys and PC World parent Dixons Retail triggered declines for retailers today, but the news failed to drag the wider market down.

Paul Nicholls believes Poquelin has every chance of reversing Paddy Power Gold Cup form with Irish raider Tranquil Sea as the pair clash again in the Ryanair Chase.

Yonhap news agency said that the militaries of North and South Korea exchanged artillery fire along their disputed western sea border.

Paddy Power Gold Cup winner Tranquil Sea may have one more run before returning to Cheltenham for a crack at the Ryanair Chase.

Voy Por Ustedes is poised to try and provide Robert Ogden with a second consecutive success in the Lexus Chase at Leopardstown on Monday week.

Gardaí made a series of arrests after a stand-off with protestors at the Shell to Sea site in Mayo last night.

Erin Brockovich, the campaigner immortalised in an Oscar-winning film, today urged oil giant Shell to reroute a controversial gas pipeline in the west of Ireland.

The Minister for the Environment has said it may be appropriate for his colleague the Energy Minister Eamon Ryan to meet with those involved in the Shell to Sea protest in north Mayo.

THE loss of the three scheduled chases has left this afternoon’s Thurles card looking more than a little threadbare and what’s left could hardly be described as inspiring.

FIVE demonstrators were arrested and two gardaí injured as clashes broke out during protests at the Corrib gas terminal site in Co Mayo yesterday.

Campaigners against the construction of the Corrib gas field will stage a protest in Dublin today.

THE moment of truth is approaching in the North. On past performance one might be hard pressed to believe Ian Paisley is finally going to say ‘yes’.

Gardaí today removed up to 100 protesters after they entered the controversial Shell refinery site in north Co Mayo.

BARRY WALSH (Irish Examiner letters, November 21) misinterpreted my recent letter on garda violence at Bellanaboy in Co Mayo (Irish Examiner, November 16).

Gardaí are investigating a death threat issued against Minister for Natural Resources Noel Dempsey.

Israeli premier Ariel Sharon has agreed to attend a summit with is Palestinian counterpart in Egypt next week, his office said today.

Suicide attackers seized a packed school in Russia’s troubled Caucuses region today and threatened to kill 50 children for every gunman “destroyed".

The man who was killed in last nights road accident in Co Wexford has been named as 24-year-old Edward Culleton, from Broomhill, Fethard on Sea, Co Wexford.

The opening salvos in the war to remove Iraqi President Saddam Hussein relied on tried-and-tested cruise missiles and precision-guided bombs dropped by US Air Force stealth fighter-bombers.

Three Celtic footballers arrested after a fracas with a photographer during the club’s Christmas party will not face any charges, police said today.

Three Celtic players were still in custody tonight after a fracas at their Christmas party.

Gorey’s David James (Ford Escort) has finally won a rally in Wexford.

Glasgow Warriors captain Andy Nicol is confident that the professional clubs can offer Scotland coach Ian McGeechan a boost ahead of the Six Nations climax against Ireland next month.