2 hours ago Ireland rugby’s best 24 for 2024 – Irreplaceable Andrew Porter is still top of the props

Ireland rugby’s best 24 for 2024 – Irreplaceable Andrew Porter is still top of the props  Irish Independent

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22 hours ago Payments by Peter McVerry Trust to law firm may have included ‘different components’, says watchdog

Lavelle Partners firm challenged figures provided in report by Approved Housing Bodies Regulatory Authority

Society

8 hours ago US expected to send £1 billion in weapons to Ukraine before Trump takes office

The new aid comes as Russia launched a barrage of attacks against Ukraine’s power facilities in recent days.

Economics

4 hours ago Irish America appalled by De Valera’s visit to German minister after Hitler’s death

Furious messages to diplomats in US took issue with taoiseach’s action amid wartime neutrality

Events

13 hours ago Numbers needing hospital care with flu at ‘upper end’ of HSE predictions

Health service chief urges people to attend A&E only if very ill or in an emergency situation

Science

4 hours ago Senior Northern Ireland judge disliked Jews just as much as he did Catholics, officials told

Senior Northern Ireland judge disliked Jews just as much as he did Catholics, officials told  The Irish Times

Politics

22 hours ago CHI hospital group has paid €3m to lease buildings close to Temple Street since 2019

Main structure at the children’s hospital in Temple Street is leased at nominal rent of €10 per year

Economics

6 hours ago UN official for Yemen refutes Israel's claim that strike on airport hit 'military infrastructure'

One UN staffer was seriously wounded in the strikes, which destroyed the air traffic control facility.

Events

7 hours ago Councillor Caroline Dwane Stanley resigns from Sinn Féin ‘due to it not being a safe place’

Wife of former party TD Brian Stanley, who is now an Independent deputy, issued a statement on Friday evening

Politics

8 hours ago Pictures: Crossroads and Killygordon crew help Mary B mark special 94th!

Main pic: Mary B Gallen (second from right) celebrates her 94th birthday with the help of friends at the Crossroads… The post Pictures: Crossroads and Killygordon crew help Mary B mark special 94th! appeared first on Donegal Daily.

Events

8 hours ago US expected to send $1.25bn in weapons to Ukraine before Trump takes office

The new aid comes as Russia launched a barrage of attacks against Ukraine’s power facilities in recent days.

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9 hours ago Family and neighbours gather for prayers at site where couple were hit in fatal traffic collision in Blanchardstown

Balloons, candles and flowers carried by residents of Whitestown estate as they gathered at pedestrian crossing where, 24 hours earlier, Anthony and Georgina Hogg-Moore were knocked down

Events

9 hours ago Henry Mount Charles: A Lord in Slane – The strange blend of fact and fiction around one of the last Anglo

Television: Much we think we know about the custodian of Slane Castle is conjured from thin air, as becomes clear in this absorbing documentary

Politics

14 hours ago National park in Mayo wins international dark sky award for lack of light pollution

In 2016, the Park was officially designated as a “Gold-tier International Dark Sky Park”.

Events

10 hours ago Donegal writer’s poetry is only Irish work included in Scots language anthology 

Donegal Central Library’s Librarian, Una Mathewson, and Library Manager, Kevin McCaul (right), receive copies of the Scots Language Society’s 50… The post Donegal writer’s poetry is only Irish work included in Scots language anthology  appeared first on Donegal Daily.

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16 hours ago Man remanded in custody charged with dangerous driving causing death of woman (21) in Rathkeale

Danny O’Donoghue (42) accused over incident in which Marguerita O’Rourke suffered fatal injuries in Limerick

Events

13 hours ago Mother and daughter remanded in custody over €1.28m cannabis seizure at Shannon Airport

Gardaí alleged that officers attached to Revenue discovered 64kgs vacuum-packed packages of cannabis with a street value of €1.28 million, in four suitcases belonging to the two accused.

Politics

21 hours ago Northern secretary aware of police raid at Sinn Féin’s offices ‘for months’, records reveal

Stormontgate in 2002 led to the suspension of devolution and the reintroduction of direct rule in Northern Ireland.

Events

14 hours ago Record number of new social housing tenants in County Galway during 2024

This article first appeared on Galway Bay FM There was a record number of new social housing tenants in County Galway during 2024. The figures include tenants of Galway County County and approved housing bodies, as well as those using the mortgage to rent scheme. Through the various schemes, a record 502 keys were handed […] The post Record number of new social housing tenants in County Galway during 2024 appeared first on Connacht Tribune - Galway City Tribune.

Politics

22 hours ago Tony O’Reilly, Nell McCafferty, Ian Bailey and more: 50 people who died in 2024

The Irish Times’s obituary writers have marked the deaths of more than 110 people this year, from entrepreneurs to musicians to journalists. Here is a selection

Events

14 hours ago From Euros 2024 to Donald Trump! Check out Ireland's 2024 top Google searches

From Euros 2024 to Donald Trump! Check out Ireland's 2024 top Google searches  IrishCentral

Politics

23 hours ago Passenger cap on hold as airlines look forward to growing services out of Dublin Airport

Decisions on legal challenges and planning applications will define 2025 for the aviation sector at least as much as their success in filling seats

Events

16 hours ago 'Dangerous new heights' of climate change displaced millions of people around the world in 2024

The world urgently needs to to stop relying on harmful fossil fuels and improve early warning systems, scientists have said.

Politics

28 hours ago Shoplifting: More than 8,000 arrests as gardaí focus on retail crime gangs in crackdown

Focus of operation is a number of organised crime gangs which travel the country to carry out shoplifting on a large scale

Events

16 hours ago New passport campaign launched urging people to use 'quickest and easiest' renewal site

In 2024, 92% of all passport applicants used the Passport Online system.

Politics

16 hours ago Public reminded to check that passports are in date before making travel plans

In 2024, 92% of all passport applicants used the Passport Online system.

Politics

17 hours ago Mother and daughter remanded in custody after €1.28m of cannabis found in suitcases

Gardaí alleged that officers attached to Revenue discovered vacuum-packed packages of cannabis weighing 64kg.

Politics

17 hours ago The Bionic Baron who staged a comeback after quadruple amputation in one of Westminster’s moments of the year

Craig Mackinlay was an MP who almost died from sepsis and now he sits in the House of Lords

Politics

17 hours ago State Papers: Five things we learned, from details of Boris Yeltsin’s Shannon no

Dublin’s archive material is focused on 1994 - ‘a pivotal year for politicians, the Catholic Church and Anglo-Irish affairs’

Politics

19 hours ago Patriot by Alexei Navalny: Posthumous book underlines Putin critic’s final message: don’t give up

Highly readable account of a remarkable political life has a conversational tone, reflecting Navalny’s metier of social media

Politics

21 hours ago If I have my way, 2025 will have no manspreaders, bagspreaders or texting pedestrians

I’m taking the Julius Caesar approach to resolutions: here are the ways I’d like the rest of you to adopt better habits

Politics

21 hours ago Nuala O'Loan 'badly shaken' after her teenage son was beaten up in 2002, State Papers show

The then-Police Ombudsman for NI also told officials that unioists did not take her seriously because she was a Catholic woman, newly released records reveal.

Politics

21 hours ago Martin and Harris must now jettison the frothy promises and focus on the essentials

Tony Blair had it right when he said manifestos and campaign promises are ‘a guide to winning but they’re an unsuitable guide to governing, except in describing what you hope will happen’

Politics

21 hours ago Official says British state should have offered Rosemary Nelson protection ‘in hindsight’

Mrs Nelson was killed by a loyalist car bomb outside her home in Lurgan, Co Armagh in March 1999.

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