A 54-year-old man has been charged in connection with an attack on an elderly woman at a nursing home in the Midlands last night. The man went into the residential home by a back door and attacked a woman in her 80s in her room. The woman was struck a …

The judge overseeing Donald Trump’s criminal hush money trial has fined the former US president $9,000 (€8,000) for statements that he found violated a gag order in the case. Justice Juan Merchan’s order came as Mr Trump’s trial was due to resume in New York with testimony from a banker …

The first round of this year’s CAO college offers will be made on Wednesday 28 August, the Central Applications Office (CAO) has said. This follows news earlier this month that this year’s Leaving Certificate results will be published on Friday 23 August. In a statement announcing the schedule, Head of …

A man who claimed his brother bit off part of his finger at a party celebrating his wedding has denied under cross-examination that he attacked the accused first. Chukwuma Georgewill-Manjor, a medical devices salesman, with an address at Curragh Birin, Castletroy, Limerick, told the city’s Circuit Criminal Court that his …

A man who claimed his brother bit off part of his finger at a party celebrating his wedding has denied under cross-examination that he attacked the accused first. Chukwuma Georgewill-Manjor, a medical devices salesman, with an address at Curragh Birin, Castletroy, Limerick, told the city’s Circuit Criminal Court that his …

Britain’s King Charles has made his first official public appearance since being diagnosed with cancer, after doctors said they were “very encouraged” by the progress of his treatment. The 75-year-old and his wife Queen Camilla toured the University College Hospital Macmillan Cancer Centre in central London, which diagnoses and treats …

A 14-year-old boy has been killed and four people injured in a stabbing in London involving a man with a sword. A 36-year-old man was arrested after the five people, including two police officers, were attacked this morning. “It’s with great sadness that one of those injured in this incident, …

A total of 74 candidates have declared for the forthcoming European Parliament elections across the three constituencies of Ireland South, Midlands-North-West and Dublin. Nominations have now closed and prospective candidates have until midday tomorrow to withdraw from the contest. Voting will take place on Friday 7 June in both the …

A Donegal County Council employee who had temporary contracts renewed year after year only to be left out of work after telling her bosses she was pregnant has won €45,000 for her discriminatory dismissal nearly five years ago. In a decision out today, the Workplace Relations Commission awarded Fionnuala Bonner …

Two men have been charged with causing criminal damage following the felling of a famous Sycamore Gap tree in northeast England last year. 38-year-old Daniel Graham and Adam Carruthers, 31, will appear in court next month, Britain’s Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said. The much-photographed tree, which stood next to Hadrian’s …