The local Policia Judiciaria authorities have confirmed that they have arrested an Irish national wanted on suspicion of the crime of child pornography. He is understood to have been arrested on a European Arrest Warrant by Portuguese police.

According to investigators, levels of pollution in the Douro River in Northern Portugal have made it a public health hazard.

On the side-lines of the ceremony yesterday, in which Ryanair granted a 250,000 euros of customer-raised donations to the Monchique reforestation efforts that are part of the “Renature” project, Irish airline CEO Michael O'Leary made time to comment on the recent controversy over the possible closure of the company's base in Faro.

EDIA, also known as the Alqueva Development and Infrastructure Company, is preparing to launch a contractual search procedure that marks the beginning of a solar power project that will be the largest floating solar power regenerating system in Europe.

The Coastal Control Unit, through military personnel deployed on Samos Island and Chios Island in the Aegean Sea as part of a European Border and Coast Guard Agency mission on the 20th October, detected and rescued 85 migrants just northeast of Samos Island.

The exclusively online banking service, similar to other competitors such as Monzo, and Starling, has garnered 300,000 users since opening its Porto headquarters earlier this year. However, digital banks have struggled to earn the trust of the wider population in the past, and that doesn’t seem to be changing in Portugal.

Michael O'Leary, CEO of Ryanair, appears to remember his time in the Algarve, when he saw Monchique burn last year. The infamous Irish airline boss saw the devastation occurring with his own eyes whilst he was on holiday.

Carlos Mendes, Luis Sousa, Daniel Pinto and António Afonso spent 48 hours trapped, from Saturday to Monday afternoon, in a cave in northern Spain.