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Properties searched in connection with hotel fire

A number of properties have been searched by gardaí in Co Galway as part of the ongoing investigation into an arson attack on a disused hotel near Oughterard last month. Four locations in the Roscahill area were searched this morning, by members of the Divisional Crime Unit. Gardaí said the …

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Alaska Airlines grounds Boeing 737 MAX 9 for checks

Alaska Airlines will temporarily ground its fleet of 65 Boeing 737 MAX 9 aircraft after a cabin panel blowout forced a jetliner loaded with passengers to make an emergency landing yesterday, CEO Ben Minicucci said. Mr Minicucci said in a statement that the aircraft will be returned to service only …

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US Supreme Court to hear Trump Colorado appeal

The US Supreme Court has agreed to hear Donald Trump’s appeal of a judicial decision barring the former president from the state’s Republican primary ballot, taking up a politically explosive case with major implications for the 2024 presidential election. At issue is the Colorado Supreme Court’s ruling on 19 December …

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Russia says downed four Ukrainian missiles over Crimea

Russia has said its forces shot down four Ukrainian missiles over Moscow-annexed Crimea over night. The attack came a day after Russia said it repelled a Ukrainian drone attack on Crimea, downing 36 drones over the peninsula. “Air defence on duty intercepted and destroyed four Ukrainian missiles over the Crimea …

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Hezbollah says fires at north Israel army base

Lebanon’s Hezbollah has fired more than 60 rockets at an Israeli military base, the group said, describing the barrage as a response to the killing of Hamas’s deputy leader in Beirut. “As part of the initial response to the crime of assassinating the great leader Sheikh Saleh al-Aruri… the Islamic …

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The roots and traditions of Nollaig na mBan

Analysis: there are many Irish folk rituals associated with January 6th, the last day of Christmas and the day known as Nollaig na mBan The twelfth and final day of Christmas, January 6, was known in Ireland as Nollaig na mBan or Women’s Christmas or Little Christmas. As a reward …

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Tánaiste calls for restraint in Middle East

Tánaiste Micheál Martin has said there now is an urgent need for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza as well as the unconditional release of all hostages, and safe, unhindered humanitarian access into the enclave. At the start of the fourth month of the conflict Mr Martin called on all …

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Is March looking too optimistic for an ECB rate cut?

Metaphorical champagne corks were popping on market trading floors as the ‘flash estimate’ of eurozone inflation for November was published at the end of that month. The annual rate of consumer price rises – at 2.4% – was back within striking distance of the European Central Bank’s 2% inflation target, …

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Israel bombs Gaza after UN warns area ‘uninhabitable’

Israel bombed Gaza as the United Nations warned the Palestinian territory has become “uninhabitable” after three months of fighting that threatens to engulf the wider region. AFP correspondents reported Israeli strikes early today on Gaza’s southern city of Rafah, where hundreds of thousands of people have sought shelter from the …

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