Aer Lingus flight forced to return to Dublin due to technical fault
An Aer Lingus flight had to return to Dublin Airport this morning.
The DAA says flight EI 490 took off bound for Faro at 6:20am.
However, a decision was made to return due to a technical fault with the aircraft.
It follows reports of vibrations in one of the plane's engines.
Emergency services were on standby as the plane returned to the ground at 7.06am.
WATCH: Roy Keane nails the crossbar challenge
We all know that Roy Keane has magical powers, and he proved it today at a training session for the Republic of Ireland squad.
At the session, Keane, Steve Guppy and Darron Gibson all line up to try hitting the crossbar from the edge of the box, and worryingly for Irish fans, Gibson doesn't succeed, while the now retired assistant manager does.
Postal services to resume as talks to begin tomorrow
Postal services are to resume as industrial action that has seen the postal service shut down has been suspended, with new talks to begin tomorrow.
The Communications Workers Union says it is suspending its strike after IO Systems agreed to restore workers to their agreed wage levels and rostering.
The dispute between the two groups has seen the postal service effectively shut down since last Friday afternoon.
In a statement this evening the CWU said a new round of talks would begin tomorrow afternoon.
NASA releases 8,400 images taken by its astronauts on the way to the moon
The US space agency NASA has just release more than 8,400 images taken by its astronauts who journeyed from the Earth to the Moon between 1969 and 1972, revealing in stunning high definition photos that very few people have previously seen.
Armed with a number of Hasselblad cameras, the astronauts were encouraged to take photographs while working on their scientific experiments en route to the Earth’s biggest satellite. The images were preserved and digitised, but started to look increasingly dated and fuzzy as photographic technology for amateur photographers dramatically improved over the years.
WATCH: This parrot is mad as hell, and he's not going to take it anymore
So you think owning a pet parrot is all pirate impressions and teaching it foul language?
Well this video shows there's a darker side to our feathered friends.
It features Eric throwing an absolute stormer, flinging coins out of a jar while his owner pleads with him to stop.
At one point she threatens to get the 'scary fish,' which puts Eric off for a moment. But then he goes back to throwing pennies.
