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The incoming Trump administration does not pose an economic challenge for Ireland so great that cannot be managed, Mary Lou McDonald said, amid fears of what the Taoiseach has called “transatlantic trade shocks”. In her first comments on Donald Trump’s victory, Ms McDonald said that, during his first term in the Oval Office, Irish corporate […]
Two men, including a former Soviet fighter pilot, who flew heroin worth €8.4m into Dublin on a light aircraft last year, have been sentenced to 10 and eight years in prison. Aradi Ignac, aged 50, of Kecskemet, Hungary, and Zoltan Nemeth, aged 63, of Sukosd in Hungary, pleaded guilty to smuggling heroin into Weston Airport […]
Election day has arrived in America, with tens of millions of voters heading to the polls on Tuesday in what looks to be one of the closest and most consequential contests in modern US history. So far, Kamala Harris and Donald Trump have tied with three votes each in the tiny New Hampshire town that […]
Garda HQ has warned the Department of Justice that more public order problems will be the “inevitable consequence” of proposed laws to extend opening hours. According to department officials, Garda management said there were insufficient Garda resources to deal with the existing 2.30am closing times – and that expanding alcohol availability will exacerbate demands “on […]
The granddaughter of the founder of one of Cork’s most infamous family-run stalls in Cork’s English Market has announced her expansion plans to keep up with the “changing times.” K O’Connell’s fish stall has now opened ‘Kay’s Kitchen,’ a new takeaway café directly across from the original location. The venture will be undertaken by Emma […]
Children as young as four years old are being placed in residential care because there is no foster carer available, while there is a waiting list for admission to the country’s 15 special care beds, according to the latest report from the Child Law Project. The report, ‘Falling Through the Cracks: An Analysis of Child […]
The “remarkable courage” of an Irish soldier killed in Lebanon almost two years ago undoubtedly saved the lives of three of his comrades, the Secretary General of the United Nations has told his family. Antonio Guterres said Private Seán Rooney was a “courageous and fearless” soldier who, despite sustaining fatal wounds, attempted to drive his […]
Kemi Badenoch has been elected leader of Britain’s Conservative Party. The former business secretary was declared the winner at an event in central London on Saturday, defeating rival Robert Jenrick by 53,806 votes to 41,388. She becomes the first black woman elected to lead a major British political party, and the fourth woman to lead […]
Brat, the term coined by British singer Charli XCX, has been named the Collins Word of the Year 2024. The music star, real name Charlotte Aitchison, sent TikTok into a spiral earlier this year when her sixth studio album titled Brat inspired a trend that became a lifestyle, rather than just an aesthetic. Brat was […]
The Spanish government has declared three days of mourning for the victims of devastating flash floods in the south and east of the country. The government minister responsible for territorial policy, Ángel Víctor Torres, made the announcement as Spanish authorities confirmed that 64 people have died after flash floods swept away cars, turned village streets […]