Public representatives were not informed about plans for an unoccupied building in Dublin which went on fire over the weekend, a local councillor has said. The fire broke out at the former Shipwright pub in Ringsend in the early hours of Sunday morning and gardaí are treating it as suspected …

A 17-year-old girl from Co Donegal who received a standing ovation at Jools Holland’s Hootenanny has said performing on the iconic show was a “really amazing experience”. Muireann Bradley from Ballybofey delivered a pitch-perfect rendition of Candyman by Rev. Gary Davis on the annual New Year’s Eve programme on BBC2. …

A Japan Airlines aircraft with passengers still on board was on fire on a runway at Tokyo’s Haneda airport after a possible collision with a Coast Guard aircraft, Nippon TV reported. Live footage on public broadcaster NHK showed flames coming out of the windows of the aircraft. The images on …

Ireland had no excess deaths during the core pandemic years of 2020-2022, the Department of Health has said, citing new research. It cites a new ‘Working Paper’ from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) showing that Ireland was one of nine OECD countries to avoid excess deaths during …

Public representatives were not informed about plans for an unoccupied building in Dublin which went on fire over the weekend, a local councillor has said. The fire broke out at the former Shipwright pub in Ringsend in the early hours of Sunday morning and gardaí believe are treating it as …

A man in his 20s has died following a collision on the M7 at Curraghfarm near Kildare, yesterday evening. The crash occurred at around 8.45pm, when a car hit a raised grass bank between junctions 12 and 13. The man, who was a passenger in the car, was pronounced dead …

At least 30 people were killed after a powerful earthquake hit Japan on New Year’s Day, with rescue teams struggling to reach isolated areas where buildings had been toppled, roads wrecked and power cut to tens of thousands of homes. The quake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.6 struck in …

Israeli aircraft and tanks stepped up strikes in southern Gaza overnight, residents said, after it announced plans to pull back some troops, a move the US said signalled a gradual shift to lower intensity operations in the north of the enclave. Israel says the war in Gaza, which has reduced …

Russia has pounded the Ukrainian cities of Kyiv and Kharkiv with missiles, officials said, hours after Russian President Vladimir Putin promised to avenge what Moscow said was a Ukrainian attack on the city of Belgorod that killed 24 civilians. Russia barraged the Ukrainian capital with waves of missiles during the …

Three decades since she was last seen, Imelda Keenan remains at the forefront of her family’s thoughts and her loved ones hold on to hope that the truth of what happened to her will be discovered. Family members have issued a fresh appeal for information on the disappearance of Ms …