THE Portuguese Tourist Board has combined with PAB Tours to sell three special deals this year, one of them with an Irish theme of sorts.

MURDER accused Oliver Hayes denied that he knew Bandon woman Anne Corcoran in reply to a Garda questionnaire circulated in the west Cork town following her disappearance in early 2009.

TOPFLIGHT have announced sponsorship of a Ski Weather Forecast which will be presented by Martin King live on TV3 each Wednesday and Thursday at 7.58pm until the end of the ski season in March.

RADAR traps and speed limits are being put up in European ski resorts to stop speeding skiers who might drink too much before going out on the piste.

Youngsters from two British schools are recovering in hospital after their ski holiday coaches crashed in treacherous weather conditions in Austria.