Updated / Saturday, 10 Feb 2024 10:43 The State funeral of former taoiseach John Bruton is taking place this morning at Saints Peter and Paul’s Church in Dunboyne, Co Meath. President Michael D Higgins and Taoiseach Leo Varadkar will be among the many political dignitaries that will attend the church …

Live coverage from the State funeral of former taoiseach John Bruton in Ss Peter and Paul’s Church in Dunboyne, Co Meath. Source link

After the magical performance away to France last week, it’s back to business for Ireland as they welcome Italy to the Aviva Stadium on Sunday. The 25th Six Nations meeting of the sides will see Ireland looking for a 24th championship win over the Italians, whose only win in this …

Russia has launched a drone attack on Ukraine’s city of Kharkiv, killing seven people, including three small children, triggering blazes and damaging infrastructure and residential houses, regional officials have said. Oleh Synehubov, Kharkiv regional governor, said the Russian forces struck the city last night, hitting civilian infrastructure, causing several large …

The families, friends and supporters of the Stardust victims gather this weekend to mark the 43th anniversary of the disaster. They do so, in the knowledge, that the ongoing inquests into the 48 deaths, which began last April, are edging closer to an end, and with that, closer to the …

It’s now open season on Joseph Robinette Biden. It took an official report to the Attorney General, on a Department of Justice headed notepaper, for the US media to scream the quiet part out loud: President Biden is old and forgets things. It’s not that this was a secret, it’s …

Gardaí are continuing to question a woman in her 30s following the death of a six-year-old boy in Co Waterford. The child was found unresponsive in a car after emergency services were alerted to an incident at Rathmoylan near Dunmore East early yesterday. He was pronounced dead in hospital later. …

Britain has been dealing with a new openness about the health of its royalty following the announcement of King Charles’ cancer diagnosis. There had already been some surprise at the details being given when it was announced that Britain’s King was going into hospital for an operation on an enlarged …

An archive documenting a project that gave children in Northern Ireland the chance to go to America during the Troubles will go on display in a new “Peace Campus” in Co Monaghan. Images, interviews and footage from Project Children’s work over the last 50 years have been gifted to Monaghan …

Something was up. Coalition TDs and senators were all asking me the same question, as I walked down the long corridors of Leinster House last Thursday. With the same raised eyebrow, they inquired quietly: “What did you think of the poll?” They were referring to the ‘Behaviour and Attitudes’ survey …