The late controversial Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe found himself at the centre of a major emergency at Shannon Airport in March 1997 when his plane caught fire after take-off.
Ireland’s first charity-led Air Ambulance has been officially launched by An Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade Simon Coveney in Cork.
The Lough Derg RNLI lifeboat was called out to assist two people after their 35-ft cruiser suffered engine failure close to Mountshannon on the Clare shore.