At least 6,618 people died or disappeared while trying to reach Spain by sea in 2023, when record numbers headed for the Canary Islands, a migrants rights group said. This “shameful” figure is almost three times the number recorded in the previous year – 2,390 – and the highest since …

Sinéad O’Connor died of natural causes, a London coroner’s court has confirmed. The singer-songwriter died in London last July aged 56. A spokesperson for Southwark Coroner’s Court said: “This is to confirm that Ms O’Connor died of natural causes. “The coroner has therefore ceased their involvement in her death. Any …

Former Post Office boss Paula Vennells is to hand back her CBE following the fallout of the Horizon IT scandal which led to the wrongful prosecution of hundreds of subpostmasters. The former chief executive, who ran the Post Office while it routinely denied there was a problem with its Horizon …

The results of the CSO’s Household Budget Survey, which is used to gauge spending habits, are to be released on an annual basis from next year. The data from the HBS, which is carried out by the Central Statistics Office, also helps to measure inflation and determine the cost of …

The media regulator, Coimisiún na Meán, has named the ten video-sharing platforms that will be covered by its new online safety code. They are Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, Udemy, TikTok, LinkedIn, X, Pinterest, Tumblr and Reddit. The online safety code is being finalised and once the new rules are established, they …

There are now 512 recently arrived asylum seekers who have not been offered any State accommodation, according to the latest figures from the Department of Integration. That is 55 more international protection applicants left without shelter since Friday and 136 more since this day last week. All the asylum seekers …

Donald Trump plans to be in a Washington courtroom later today as his lawyers argue that the former US president should be immune from charges that he illegally sought to overturn the results of the 2020 election. His visit is likely to serve as a campaign stop, with the courthouse …

Anders Behring Breivik, the right-wing extremist who killed 77 people in 2011, still poses a risk of “totally unbridled violence”, the Norwegian state argued in a lawsuit over his prison conditions. Breivik has sued the state, claiming his extended isolation is a violation of Article 3 of the European Convention …

Gabriel Attal, named France’s youngest ever prime minister at the age of 34, has had a meteoric rise that has invoked comparisons with that of his mentor President Emmanuel Macron. He is also the country’s first openly gay French premier whose most pressing task will be to ensure that Mr …

Public sector pay talks are set to resume this afternoon at the Workplace Relations Commission after adjourning before Christmas without agreement. Unions have expressed concern and disappointment at the slow pace of the negotiations and have threatened industrial action if a new pay deal is not agreed. The existing public …