Ireland’s Eurovision hopeful Bambie Thug had to cancel a meet and greet performance in Malmö, Sweden, after coming down with food poisoning. The 31-year-old from Macroom in Cork had an event scheduled with the independent Eurovision blog and YouTube channel Wiwibloggs on Saturday, but was forced to cancel after being …

Bryan Dobson has revealed that he was “blacklisted” by RTÉ in the early days of his broadcasting career and had to be “laundered” by the BBC before he could join the national broadcaster. The veteran journalist joined Patrick Kielty on The Late Late Show on the day he retired from …

A Garda Sergeant has appeared at Waterford District Court over allegations of assault and attempting to pervert the course of justice. William Doyle of Waterford Garda Station, is accused of assaulting a man in the evidence room of the Ballybricken Station on 8 March 2022. At Waterford District Court, Judge …

Will you be up with the lark for International Dawn Chorus Day tomorrow, Sunday 5 May? Events are taking place nationwide to celebrate the symphony of birdsong that can be heard in the early hours of the morning. It rises to a crescendo at this time of the year, with …

“They dropped me on the ground and kept kicking me and punching me,” Ted Jonas, an American lawyer who lives in the Georgian capital Tbilisi, told RTÉ News. A group of ten to 15 riot police, he said, punched and kicked him last Tuesday night as he protested against the …

An Irish-Palestinian man who had been trapped in Gaza for the last seven months has returned to Ireland. There were emotional scenes at Dublin Airport as Zak Hania was reunited with his wife Batoul Hania and four sons, who he has not seen since November last year. Ms Hania and …

Residents in the area where asylum seekers have pitched tents are calling on the Taoiseach to follow through on his commitment not to allow “shanty towns” to develop in Dublin city. Source link

Is this the week that the US campus protests peaked? The combination of police clearances, inter-factional violence in Los Angeles, politicians weighing in and the end of the academic term suggests it may well be – at least in its current phase. The movement has certainly left a mark on …

Goals from Wes Burns and Omari Hutchinson fired Ipswich back into the Premier League for the first time in 22 years with the 2-0 win over Huddersfield also confirming the Terriers’ relegation. That result for Ipswich – managed by Fermanagh’s Kieran McKenna – negated anything third-placed Leeds, who began the …

More than 40 tents have been pitched by asylum seekers along the Grand Canal in Dublin. The new encampment of tents has been erected between Mount Street bridge and Huband Bridge. The location is less than 400 metres from the International Protection Office on Mount Street. On Wednesday, a large …