Let’s get the Iowa results out of the way first, Donald Trump won a crushing victory with 56,250 votes out of 594,533 active registered republican voters, out of a total state population of 3.1 million people. 110,298 voters braved the arctic conditions to take part in the caucuses. That’s about …

A fire in a school dormitory in central China killed 13 students and injured another person, Chinese state media has reported. The students who died were third graders at an elementary school, according to China Newsweek, a weekly magazine published by China News Service, the second largest Chinese news agency …

Paul Mescal and Andrew Scott told Patrick Kielty on Friday’s Late Late Show that the experience of making their new film All of Us Strangers has given them a great friendship as well as being one of the highlights of their working lives. Couldn’t be more obsessed with the Bromance …

The hardcore Brexiteers were once known as ‘The Spartans’. They seemed to revel in the image of steely-eyed warriors armed with purity of purpose. However, after last week’s failure to disrupt the Rwanda vote, they were more reminiscent of the nursery rhyme character the “Grand Old Duke of York”. He …

Roscrea, one of Ireland’s oldest towns, is located at a pivotal geographic location where three counties meet, a place of heritage and ancient ecclesiastical significance. Emerging around the 7th century monastery of St Crónán, parts of which remain, it is also home to the 13th century Roscrea castle and Franciscan …

The cold weather wasn’t slowing the pace of work at Hutton and Meade’s car showrooms in Ballycoolin this week. January is the busiest month of the year in the car trade and at the north-west Dublin showrooms, the 42 staff employed by the business were busy prepping new vehicles for …

Seoul’s chief of police has been charged with professional negligence over the deadly 2022 Halloween crush that killed nearly 160 people, prosecutors in the South Korean capital said. On 29 October 2022, tens of thousands of people, mostly in their 20s and 30s, had been out to enjoy post-pandemic holiday …

The DUP has said it is continuing to engage with the British government amid speculation senior members had discussed returning to Stormont. Party officers met earlier today amid mounting speculation that the DUP is preparing to make a call on whether to accept a deal on post-Brexit trading arrangements. Downing …

US President Joe Biden has said he spoke with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu about possible solutions for creation of an independent Palestinian state, suggesting one path could involve a non-militarised government. Mr Biden’s call with Netanyahu was the first in nearly a month, US officials said, noting the discussions …

Donald Trump has renewed his request for a mistrial in E. Jean Carroll’s defamation case after she admitted to destroying emailed death threats she received after first accusing the former US president of rape. In a letter to US District Judge Lewis Kaplan in Manhattan, Mr Trump’s lawyer Alina Habba …