A storm hit the United Arab Emirates and Oman this week bringing record rainfall that flooded motorways, inundated houses, grid-locked traffic and trapped people in their homes. At least 20 people were reported to have died in the deluge in Oman while another person was said to have died in …
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A Co Antrim teen has been crowned overall winner of the 70th Texaco Children’s Art Competition. Methodist College Belfast student Charley Bell, 17, also took first prize in the 16-18 year old category. Ms Bell receives €1,500 for her winning work entitled ‘Anticipation’ – a detailed portrait in coloured pencils. …
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The jury in the trial of a 36-year-old man who admits manslaughter but denies murder will resume deliberating on a verdict tomorrow. Maurice Boland, from Bridgeview Close, Tallow, Co Waterford, has pleaded not guilty to murder but guilty to the manslaughter of Cian Gallagher at Barrack St in Tallow on …
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Members of the UK’s House of Lords have been urged to relent in their deadlock with the British government over the Rwanda migrant bill after MPs again rejected demands for change from the house. British home office minister Michael Tomlinson said allowing the bill to pass now would “send a …
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42 members of the 99 Cadet Class have been commissioned to take up roles in the Defence Forces. The cadets officially became new officers at a Commissioning Ceremony in Pearse Barracks at the Curragh Camp in Co Kildare this afternoon. Their journey to becoming military officers for the 99 Cadet …
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A Luas ticket inspector has described how he can be racially abused “up to five times a day” while doing his job. Speaking to RTÉ News, Kabir Alade said that this level of anti-social behaviour can be “mentally draining”. Mr Alade was speaking as SIPTU representatives appeared before the Oireachtas …
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The Health Service Executive has issued an alert warning families that they may have been exposed to measles at a children’s play centre in Dublin. Following confirmation of a measles case in the Dublin 15 area, the Department of Public Health and the HSE have advised anyone who visited Ship …
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The High Court has granted the Criminal Assets Bureau (CAB) an order to confiscate three houses that cost a Dublin drug dealer €3.3m to buy and renovate. Mr Justice Alex Owens found that the houses in Dublin and Co Kildare and a mansion in Co Wexford built for €1.7m were …
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A man who subjected his former partner to a brutal assault after he had been drinking for five days has been given a suspended sentence. Dainius Sakevicius, 54, pleaded guilty to one count of assault causing harm on 26 December, 2022. He has no previous convictions and has not come …
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A gym patron who made unfounded allegations that his wife was inappropriately touched by a fitness coach said he can not remember calling the coach a “f***ing pervert” during a heated row last year. Gym operator Bettystown Leisure Ltd, trading as Integral Fitness and Leisure, told the Workplace Relations Commission …
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