The International Court of Justice ruled the UK’s ongoing administration of the India Ocean land is a ‘wrongful act’.

A marine biologist with a passion for scuba diving is going deep with a new venture which aims to unlock the underwater tourism potential of Cork Harbour.

Helen O’Callaghan talks to Jennifer Zamparelli about how baby number two will fit in to the 2fm presenter’s hectic life

A leading offshore law firm with clients including the super-rich and international corporations has revealed it suffered a "data security incident" that may result in customers' private information being leaked.

Authorities in Madagascar are struggling to contain an outbreak of plague that has killed two dozen people in recent weeks.

Iceland's nine-month-old government has collapsed after a small coalition partner quit over an attempt by the prime minister's father to help clear a convicted paedophile's name.

One for the boys

Ireland assisted in the relocation of just one refugee classed as an “unaccompanied minor”, from Greece between June 14 and July 11 of this year.

The ‘slings and arrows of outrageous Fortune’ wear us down eventually but, when it comes to longevity, they’re not the only players. Our body cells have their own agendas; they decide when it’s time “to shuffle off this mortal coil”, writes Richard Collins

You might have thought that during his recent visit to the UK, US president Barack Obama was solely concerned with convincing British voters that their country would be far better off remaining in the European Union. However, other issues made it on to the agenda in the discussions between the US president and his UK counterpart, David Cameron.

On September 16, 2002, a group of 19 people, who were born in the Chagos Archipelago, picked up their suitcases from the carousel at Gatwick Airport and, having passed through immigration, walked into the South Terminal.

Governments across the world have begun investigating possible financial wrongdoing by the rich and powerful following a leak of documents from a Panamanian law firm which allegedly showed how clients avoided tax or laundered money.

Jerome Cahuzac was the face of France’s fight against tax evaders — until he was forced to acknowledge that he himself was dodging taxes, hiding money in tax havens around the world.

PRICE CUT

Ask Audrey has been sorting out Cork people for years ....

A banknote from the Seychelles in which the word ‘sex’ was secretly hidden in the design is to be auctioned.

Police have confirmed the remains found at a farm outside Glasgow are those of missing Cork student Karen Buckley, Water-charges protesters can't bin their bills -  as not enough have received them and Ulster Rugby have announced the retirement of prop Declan Fitzpatrick at the age of 31. These are some of the latest and most read news on irishexaminer.com this evening.

A 21-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the death of student Karen Buckley, a Labour senator has published plans to make cyberbullying a criminal offence and Jason McAteer says Roy Keane persuaded Alex Ferguson not to axe him many times. These are some of the latest and most read news on irishexaminer.com this lunchtime.

We all know what the capitals of England and France are because they are epicentres of culture, art and business. But what about states we have less interaction with such as Seychelles or Liechtenstein?

Inchydoney in West Cork has been voted the best beach in the country for the second year in a row.

A Cork-based student who sexually assaulted a woman after climbing into her bed while she was asleep will be sentenced next March.

Ireland’s only maritime college has set its sights on becoming the world’s first global training hub for officers of ocean-going super-tankers.

A prominent former Garda superintendent who relocated to the Seychelles where he worked to combat crime in the island nation’s version of the Criminal Assets Bureau has died of a suspected heart attack.

With her trademark big perm and dangling fag nowhere to be seen, RTÉ funnygirl Jennifer Maguire got hitched to long-term partner Lau Zamparelli at an intimate ceremony in Castle Leslie.

George Clooney could finally be settling down — the Hollywood star is engaged to beautiful lawyer Amal Alamuddin.

Sugar & Spice is a wonderful cooking competition& open to all ages and all levels of experience in aid of the very excellent Cork-based Hope Foundation charity, which works with deprived street children in Kolkata, India.

Ryanair chief executive Micheal O’Leary said that the company’s stake in rival airline Aer Lingus might be worthless and that his airline has received less justice than the Birmingham Six.

IF your getaway to Bali was shunned in favour of Bantry Bay, or trip to the Seychelles postponed (until further notice) for Salthill, don’t despair.

We are as attached to our possessions, be they clothes, household goods, or cars, as we are to people and places. Róisín Burke talks to three people who recently went through the process about the emotional pain of decluttering

Ireland’s only third level college that can boast a 100% employment record saw it’s largest ever class graduate yesterday.

Shipping and other companies from the Middle East and beyond will be sending more workers for expert training in Cork over the next year.

The editor of the Italian magazine which published pictures of a bikini-clad Duchess of Cambridge defended his decision today saying they did not “harm” her image.

It is no secret that the duke and duchess of Cambridge dreamed of starting a family of their own. Before their wedding, they both spoke earnestly about the next stage in their life.

Kate Middleton, now the Duchess of Cambridge, is pregnant, Britain's royal family has announced.

Somali pirates who have been holding a hijacked ship for nearly two years killed a Syrian hostage crew member and wounded another to protest over a delayed ransom payment, a pirate leader said.

The billionaire heiress to the L’Oreal beauty goods empire has sold a Seychelles island at the heart of a tax evasion case, the archipelago’s government said.

Some say being a cartographer can’t be fun but they clearly haven’t spent two weeks mapping a tropical island for a cool €10,000.

JUMP IN TAKE-UP OF SOLO FRIENDLY BREAKS

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge will spend this weekend with friends as they mark their first wedding anniversary.

SATURDAY

The Costa Allegra’s captain said passengers had put on life vests and were ready to abandon ship as his crew fought a fire in the engine room that left the vessel adrift and powerless.

Hot and tired passengers disembarking from a disabled cruise ship in the Seychelles said they had prepared to abandon ship when fire broke out in the engine room three days ago.