6 h. ago Intel staff and families ‘extremely concerned’ at possible job losses – minister

The US tech firm’s European manufacturing base has been in Leixlip since 1989.

Politics

5 d. ago Nigel Farage's Reform UK party would win a General Election held now, poll shows

The More in Common polling of over 16,000 voters suggests Labour could lose 246 MPs, including 10 Cabinet ministers, with major losses in the so-called red wall

Politics

2 w. ago Parliament recalled to discuss emergency British Steel legislation

Debate comes as ministers race to prevent the collapse of the steelmaker and loss of 3,500 jobs

Politics

2 w. ago Sarah Brown makes heartbreaking admission on 'greatest loss' of baby daughter's death

Sarah Brown, wife of former Prime Minister Gordon Brown, said "losing Jennifer was the greatest loss and it's one that stays with us - that doesn't change", after their baby daughter was born seven weeks premature

Events

2 w. ago ‘Everyone is breathing this’: how just trying to stay warm is killing thousands a year in the world’s coldest city

In Mongolia’s capital, Ulaanbaatar, coal fires heat almost every home. But as extreme weather drives families off the steppes into the city the air is becoming more deadlySteppes and the city: how smog has become part of Mongolians’ way of life – in picturesThe eldest child was away training for the army when his family died in their sleep. All six of them, two adults and four children, were poisoned by carbon monoxide gas seeping out from their coal-fired stove into their home in Ulaanbaatar in January, the coldest month in the world’s coldest capital city.Mongolians were touched by the tragedy but there was anger a month later when, during a two-day parliamentary hearing forced by a public petition against pollution levels, the government released figures showing there had been 779 deaths from carbon monoxide poisoning in the country in the past seven years. By 19 February, when a couple in their 40s were found lifeless in their bed, that number had risen to 811. Continue reading...

Events

2 w. ago ‘Everyone is breathing this’: how just trying to stay warm is killing thousands a year in the world’s coldest capital

In Ulaanbaatar, coal fires heat almost every home. But as extreme weather drives families off the Mongolian steppes into the city the air is becoming more deadlySteppes and the city: how smog has become part of Mongolians’ way of life – in picturesThe eldest child was away training for the army when his family died in their sleep. All six of them, two adults and four children, were poisoned by carbon monoxide gas seeping out from their coal-fired stove into their home in Ulaanbaatar in January, the coldest month in the world’s coldest capital city.Mongolians were touched by the tragedy but there was anger a month later when, during a two-day parliamentary hearing forced by a public petition against pollution levels, the government released figures showing there had been 779 deaths from carbon monoxide poisoning in the country in the past seven years. By 19 February, when a couple in their 40s were found lifeless in their bed, that number had risen to 811. Continue reading...

Events