George Galloway has won the Rochdale by-election in the UK after a controversial and chaotic campaign. Mr Galloway’s campaign team claimed early on in the night that the former Labour and Respect MP would win “comfortably”, and so it proved. The Workers Party of Great Britain leader received just under …

Israeli forces in war-torn Gaza opened fire on Palestinians scrambling for food aid in a chaotic melee that the health ministry in the Hamas-run territory said killed more than 100 people. The Israeli military said a “stampede” occurred when thousands of desperate Gazans surrounded a convoy of 38 aid trucks, …

A New Zealand court ordered the tour booking agents and managers of an island where a volcanic eruption killed 22 people to pay survivors more than NZ$10 million (€5 632million) and fined them around NZ$2.6million. Tour operators White Island Tours, Volcanic Air Safaris,Kahu New Zealand and Aerius, along with the …

The Media Minister, Catherine Martin, is to meet the members of the RTÉ Board today for the first time since the chair, Siún Ní Raghallaigh, resigned last week. RTÉ ‘s Director General, Kevin Bakhurst, will also attend. A source close to the Minister said that Catherine Martin’s focus would be …

More than 15% of job postings in Ireland offer remote or hybrid work opportunities, ranking the country ahead of Germany, France and the US, but behind the UK, Austria, Spain and Poland. According to new analysis from jobs site Indeed, Poland featured the highest proportion of remote ads at over …

A pharmacist can, from today, extend a six-month prescription for up to 12 months if they believe this is suitable for the person’s medical condition. The Department of Health said this means that some patients may be able to continue on their medication without having to visit a GP for …