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Amad Diallo’s delightful double ended Manchester United’s 380-day wait for a European win as Ruud van Nistelrooy oversaw a much-needed 2-0 victory against PAOK in his penultimate match as interim boss. Erik ten Hag’s Red Devils had drawn their first three matches in the new-look Europa League, blowing a lead at home to Twente before […]
A self-confessed paedophile who pleaded guilty to having and sharing videos and images that involved young children being raped by adult males, was jailed today for 22 months with the final 12 months suspended. Reporting restrictions in respect of the defendant’s identify, were lifted by sentencing judge Sinead McMullan, at Limerick Circuit Criminal Court, allowing […]
Donald Trump has spent his first day as president-elect receiving congratulatory phone calls from his defeated opponent, world leaders and President Joe Biden as he began the process of turning his election victory into a government. He was keeping a low profile, staying out of the public eye after addressing supporters in Florida during the […]
A woman who broke down during the second day of her evidence against Conor McGregor and another man, from whom she is seeking damages for an alleged rape, has told the court that the MMA star was choking her and said she believed she was “going to die” and thought of her daughter. Nikita Hand […]
Dozens of pro-Palestinian protesters have staged a demonstration outside a US election event in Dublin. Activists were protesting over the holding of a “watch party” for the early stages of the election results, which was being staged by the US embassy in Dublin at the Guinness Storehouse. Activists partially disrupted passing traffic as a queue […]
Millions of Americans are heading to the polls after Kamala Harris and Donald Trump ended this year’s presidential race with a fierce battle for Pennsylvania on Monday. Ms Harris ended her night in Philadelphia at the art museum steps made famous in the movie Rocky, where she said “the momentum is on our side”. She […]
An inquiry into the killing of an Irish soldier in Lebanon, in an incident in which others were also injured, may take up to nine months. Private Séan Rooney was killed while serving in Lebanon, when his UN peacekeeping convoy was attacked in December 2022. The shooting near the town of Al-Aqbiya in the south […]
Interim boss Ruud van Nistelrooy is looking forward to getting to know Ruben Amorim better and has offered to help the new head coach and Manchester United in any way he can. Having returned to the club he shone for as a player in the summer as one of Erik ten Hag’s assistants, the fan […]
The Child and Family Agency Tusla received no referrals of concern about missing schoolboy Kyran Durnin’s welfare or attendance at school between 2022 and 2024, its chief executive has said. Gardaí launched a murder investigation last month after the disappearance of the Co Louth child who was potentially missing for two years, unknown to authorities. […]
One woman died and a man was seriously injured when they were struck by a car in Co Cork. The two pedestrians were in Main Street in Charleville when the incident happened shortly before 2pm on Saturday afternoon. They were taken to Cork University Hospital, where the woman, in her 70s, was later pronounced dead. […]