The Department of Foreign Affairs has confirmed that members of the emergency civil assistance team are on the ground in Tripoli Airport.

An air corps aircraft has left Tripoli airport tonight, carrying Irish citizens who have been trying to flee the violence in Libya.

An Irish author killed in the Libya plane crash was flying to Britain to sign a book deal after being delayed by the volcanic ash cloud, it was revealed today.

The boy who survived a plane crash that killed 103 people in the Libyan capital is in satisfactory condition after surgery on his shattered legs, doctors said today.

AN Irish passport holder was among 103 people killed in a plane crash at Tripoli airport in which a 10-year old boy was the sole survivor.

A LIBYAN plane carrying 104 people crashed yesterday on approach to Tripoli’s airport, leaving a field scattered with smouldering debris that included a large chunk of the tail painted with the airline’s brightly coloured logo. A 10-year-old Dutch boy was the only known survivor.

A child was among the handful of survivors from a Libyan airliner crash that killed more than 100 people today.

The British Foreign Office is strongly denying claims that the release of Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset Ali Al Megrahi was linked to trade agreements between Britain and Libya.

The Libyan secret agent found not guilty of the Lockerbie bombing has returned to jubilant scenes at Tripoli Airport.