Ireland’s newly-crowned World Junior Boxing Champion is aiming to give 2024 her best shot yet. Siofra Lawless, 16, from Greystones in Co Wicklow won gold in the World Junior Boxing Championship in Armenia in early December. Only a few days later, Siofra Lawless returned to a hero’s welcome from her …

As 2023 comes to a close, there has been evidence of our struggle as a society to deal with the significant issue of migrants seeking refuge. New arrivals sleeping rough on streets or in tents while seeking refuge and protection, is evidence of those failures. Equally, protests in towns and …

Russia unleashed its biggest air attack of the war on Ukraine on Friday, killing 31 civilians, wounding more than 160 others and hitting cities and infrastructure across the country, officials said. NATO member Poland said a Russian missile appeared to have flown into its airspace for some 40km before returning …

US prosecutors said they do not plan to conduct a second trial against Sam Bankman-Fried, who was convicted last month of stealing from customers of his now-bankrupt FTX cryptocurrency exchange. In a letter filed in federal court in Manhattan, prosecutors said the “strong public interest” in a prompt resolution of …

Fierce Israeli tank fire and aerial bombing struck Khan Younis in Gaza on Friday night, residents said, after nearly 200 people were reported killed in 24 hours in Israel’s campaign against Hamas militants. The sound of shooting indicated fighting between Israeli forces and Hamas fighters in Khan Younis, some residents …

On 6 May 1998, 83-year-old Eddie Fitzmaurice was found dead having been bound, gagged and beaten in a bedroom above his drapery shop in Bellaghy, Co Sligo. No one has ever been charged in connection with his death despite an extensive and still-ongoing garda investigation. Here, North West Correspondent Eileen …

Rishi Sunak must be wondering what he has to do to win the confidence of his party and the British public while he weighs up the best time to call an election in 2024. Even though he has brought some stability to government after the turbulence of the Johnson and …

Met Éireann has issued a Status Yellow wind and rain warning for eight counties. The warning for Clare, Cork, Kerry, Limerick, Waterford, Galway, Mayo, and Wexford comes into effect at 2am on Saturday and is due to remain in place until 11pm Saturday night. The forecaster says “southwest winds will …

Gardaí are continuing to question a man in his 20s in connection with the death of a man, whose body was found in a rural house in Co Tipperary. The man who died has been named locally as 32-year-old Maciej Nowak. He lived in the house which is located near …

With multiple US states hearing challenges to Donald Trump’s right to run in the 2024 election, his supporters claim his enemies are tearing up democracy to prevent his return to the White House. Rulings in Colorado and Maine banning the ex-president from their primary nominating contests under the Constitution’s “insurrection …