The League of Ireland has said it is aware of a police investigation into an alleged incident where a player was approached to take part in spot fixing. In a statement released on Thursday, the administrating body thanked the player for quickly reporting the alleged incident. “The League of Ireland …

At least 43 people have been killed and dozens injured after a fire blazed through a seven-storey building in an upscale neighbourhood in the Bangladeshi capital of Dhaka, health authorities have said. “So far 43 people have died from the fire,” Bangladesh’s health minister Samanta Lal Sen told AFP after …

Vascular and trauma surgeon Dr Morgan McMonagle returned from Gaza two days ago, where he was treating injured Palestinians in a field hospital in between the southern cities of Rafah and Khan Yunis. “Mostly we’re seeing gunshot wounds, blast injuries and shrapnel,” he told Prime Time. “It’s actually worse than …

Tents belonging to rough sleeping international protection applicants were caught underneath a bin truck in Dublin after it reversed down the street where they were located. Footage of the immediate aftermath of the incident is circulating on social media. The tents are among more than 60 located on streets around …

Updated / Thursday, 29 Feb 2024 20:05 Áras an Uachtaráin said he as brought for a number of tests President Michael D Higgins has been taken to hospital. According to a source at Áras an Uachtaráin, the President felt unwell earlier in the day, and was assessed by a medical …

Today – 29 February – marks Leap Day, which only comes around every four years. For one young boy in Co Meath, it meant a chance to celebrate both his 12th, or 3rd, birthday. Leap year babies or ‘leaplings’ are incredibly rare, with the odds of being born on 29 …

Sinn Féin MEP Chris MacManus has said that a decision by his party colleague, Senator Lynn Boylan, to welcome the passing of the EU’s Nature Restoration Law, was reflective of a party with a broad range of views. He defended voting against the EU’s Nature Restoration Law this week, saying …

Updated / Thursday, 29 Feb 2024 19:21 Authorities have successfully detonated a WWII-era bomb found on a beach in Belgium. Footage posted on social media showed a large plume of black smoke rising across an empty beach in Koksijde as a team from the Belgian military’s bomb disposal unit blew …

Gaza health authorities have said that more than 100 Palestinians were shot dead by Israeli forces as they waited for an aid delivery this morning, with Israel challenging the death toll and saying many of the victims were runover by aid trucks. At least 104 people were killed and more …

What is it like to drive one of the armoured personnel carriers (APC) used by Irish peacekeepers in Lebanon? RTÉ News reporter Justin McCarthy and camera operator Brian Walsh were given a tour of one of the vehicles at Camp Shamrock, where 332 Irish troops are deployed. Camp Shamrock is …