The Lake House near Toormore in West Cork is a gem finished to highest standards, combining taste and practicality, writes Tommy Barker.

Man caught by long finger of the law

Tanzanian police have said a Catholic priest was attacked by acid at a busy business area on the island of Zanzibar.

The golden glow of orange montbretia marks the advent of autumn and also the return to school with summer’s end.

THREE sporting cheers for satellite and cable networks, and for the internet. Sunday’s All-Ireland hurling final will be seen by millions worldwide.

A British teenager who was attacked with acid in Zanzibar has vowed to return to the archipelago, but fears her assailants may never be brought to justice.

One of the two teenagers injured in an acid attack in Zanzibar has been discharged from hospital.

A cleric wanted in connection with the acid attack on two British teenagers in Zanzibar has handed himself in to police.

Two British teenagers attacked with acid in Zanzibar are said to be “well rested and comfortable” as they begin a second evening in hospital.

Two British teenagers attacked with acid on the African island of Zanzibar have arrived back in the UK.

The family of one of the two British teenagers attacked with acid on Zanzibar has released a photograph of the injuries suffered by their daughter as they arrived back in the UK.

Two young British women have been attacked with acid on the east African island of Zanzibar, reports say.

Freddie Mercury's final resting place may have been discovered.

YIPPEE, another book from Stevie Parle, one of the New Young Voices in food who is now really going into orbit.

Authorities in Tanzania have called off the search for missing passengers after an overloaded ferry capsized this week.

Landfalls

MORE than 240 people were killed when a crowded ferry sank off Tanzania’s coast yesterday.

Nearly 200 people are feared drowned after a crowded ferry sank near the Tanzanian island of Zanzibar.

Survivors say a ship has sunk off mainland Tanzania with about 600 people on board. About 380 people are believed missing.

The family of an Irish charity worker killed in Zanibar will fly to the island off Africa this week, to attend the trial of a man accused of his murder.

THE great world spins towards another All-Ireland Sunday. Around the world – for an hour or two at least – Irish feet will not make footprints on the fine sands of southeast Asia’s beaches.

WILD dolphins are suffering at the hands of well-meaning tourists, say British experts.

THE charity Concern is worried people may be discouraged from becoming aid workers because of the increasingly precarious nature of the job in some countries.

Police in Tanzania are questioning a man in connection with the death of a young Irish aid worker in the east African country.

A man has been arrested by detectives after an Irish aid worker was found dead on a beach in Zanzibar, it was confirmed today.

The Department of Foreign Affairs has confirmed that a 26-year-old Irishman has been found dead on the African island of Zanzibar.

A Ballyfermot man who assaulted a taxi driver, leaving him with a fractured skull, while on bail for ramming a Garda car with stolen car he had driven at 160 kilometres per hour, has been given a six-year sentence.

President Mary McAleese today travels to Tanzania as part of her resumed trip to southern Africa.

President Mary McAleese today headed off on an 11-day tour of southern Africa visiting Lesotho, Mozambique and Tanzania to check on Irish-funded aid projects.

President Mary McAleese will begin a two-week official visit to Africa next weekend, it emerged today.

HUNDREDS of dead dolphins washed up yesterday along the shore of a popular tourist destination on Zanzibar’s northern coast, and scientists ruled out poisoning.

Hundreds of dead dolphins washed up today along the shore of a popular tourist destination on Zanzibar’s northern coast, and scientists ruled out poisoning.

Jakaya Kikwete, presidential candidate for the ruling Revolutionary Party, took an early lead today in Tanzania’s third elections since multi-party politics were reintroduced in 1992.

The winner of Zanzibar’s disputed election appealed for peace today as the Indian Ocean archipelago celebrated the end of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan after days of political violence.

Political violence has flared in Zanzibar with mobs attacking political opposition members’ offices and homes - leaving at least 17 people injured - as the island prepares for elections this year.

IT was dawn last Thursday week when Grace Forster first saw the unspoiled beauty of the island of Pemba, off the coast of Tanzania.

Since the US State Department recently warned Americans about travelling to Zanzibar, the decorative Maasai warrior at the entrance to Bluebay Beach now orders guards to search all vehicles before they enter the resort.

Eighteen opposition demonstrators have been killed during two days of violence on the Indian Ocean island of Zanzibar.