A new documentary shows how Irish engineer Peter Rice was involved in such iconic constructions as Sydney Opera House and the Louvre pyramid, writes Esther McCarthy.

A French climber nicknamed “Spiderman” was fined 2,000 ringgit (€400) today for climbing Malaysia’s 88-storey Petronas Twin Towers.

Self-proclaimed Spider-Man Alain Robert – a French "urban climber" – was arrested as he attempted to scale Malaysia’s 88-storey Petronas Twin Towers with his bare hands for the second time in 10 years.

RESCUERS on September 11 were forced to make rapid-fire, life-and-death decisions based on incomplete communications, according to a new report by the federal commission investigating the attacks.