When prosecutors announced that manslaughter pleas had been accepted from Valdo Calocane for the Nottingham attacks, they said the decision was taken after consultation with the victims’ families. But the families were angry because this gave the false impression that they had agreed with the decision. Emma Webber, mother of …

Ahead of the release of her new single Chess and debut self-titled album, we caught up with Cork singer-songwriter Lyra to discuss her “new era” in music. A fresh-faced Lyra, off-duty and relaxed in a grey crewneck sweatshirt, is beaming at me from her car as we speak over Zoom …

Alaska Airlines has resumed flights with its Boeing 737 MAX 9 fleet, three weeks after a mid-flight blowout of a panel and emergency landing prompted sweeping inspections of the aircraft, the company said. The first trip was flight 1146 from Seattle to San Diego, which left 90 minutes past its …

Waste disposal is a lucrative business here in Ireland, with household waste collection companies sweeping up around €350 million in revenue every year. There are around 40 companies that collect household waste across the country. Ten of these are quite small and would count their customers in the hundreds rather …

US forces struck an anti-ship missile in Houthi-held Yemen that they said was ready to fire early this morning, hours after the Iran-backed rebels caused a fire on a British tanker in the Gulf of Aden with a similar munition. US and British forces have launched joint strikes aimed at …

The UN Security Council will meet next week over the decision by the global body’s top court calling for Israel to prevent genocidal acts in Gaza, the council’s presidency announced. The Wednesday meeting was called for by Algeria, whose ministry of foreign affairs said it would give “binding effect to …

Colombia recalled its ambassador to Argentina for consultations, after Argentine President Javier Milei called his Colombian counterpart Gustavo Petro a “communist murderer.” In an interview with journalist Patricia Janiot, Mr Milei called Mr Petro “a communist murderer who is ruining Colombia.” Ms Janiot shared the interview with Mr Milei on …

A jury in New York ordered former US president and 2024 candidate Donald Trump on Friday to pay $83.3 million to compensate the writer E. Jean Carroll whom he was found to have sexually assaulted and defamed. The civil order, which prompted an audible gasp in the federal court, far …

Bambie Thug was crowned champion on Friday night’s Late Late Show Eurosong Special and will now represent Ireland at the Eurovision Song Contest in Malmo, Sweden, in May. The winner was chosen by the combined votes of the public phone vote, an international jury and a national jury. The Cork …

Gardaí investigating the murder of Sophie Toscan du Plantier have conducted a search under warrant at the flat in Bantry, Co Cork, where chief suspect Ian Bailey had been living up to the time of his death last Sunday. A large quantity of items were seized, including a laptop, memory …