Brittany Ferries has ordered a €270m gas-powered cruise ferry to ply the popular Cork-Roscoff tourist route from spring 2017.

Cork sailor Olivia Van Walleghem tells Jonathan deBurca Butler about the buzz of taking part in the Tall Ships Race in Dublin

SYLVAIN CHAVANEL bade farewell to Cofidis by delivering a second Tour de France stage win for the French team in the 163-kilometre flat stage from Roanne to Montlucon yesterday.

British yachtswoman Ellen MacArthur today won a solo transatlantic race ending a dramatic and tense fortnight at sea.