An Irish wood pellet boiler manufacturer has increased turnover by 500%, boosted by British government alternative energy incentives. And in the three years since it was set up, it has sold just one boiler in Ireland, writes Trish Dromey.

IT’S COLDER than you have ever imagined night air could be.

A chartered Boeing 737 plane has crashed in Canada’s Arctic region today, killing 12 people.

SOUTH POLE: check. Everest: check. Highest peaks on seven continents: check.

A son of Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chretien has been charged with sexually assaulting an 18-year-old girl, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police said.