The head of an antelope from Turkmenistan is among a catalogue of unusual seizures by customs officials targeting smugglers at the country’s ports and airports. The ivory tusk of a large walrus from Namibia, the teeth of a wild cat and a reptile, both from Malaysia, as well as coral from the Maldives and Myanmar […]
Germany’s far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party has failed to win its first mayoral seat, after it lost a key election in the country’s east. Octavian Ursu of the centre-right Christian Democrats (CDU), Germany’s main governing party, won more than 55% of the vote in the city of Görlitz. AfD candidate Sebastian Wippel, 36, was […]
A few years after saving the euro is it now time for the EU to save the planet? Tackling climate change is among the key challenges for EU leaders, meeting on Thursday to set the bloc’s priorities for the next five years. A leaked draft of the EU’s Strategic Agenda also speaks of the need […]
Police investigating the murder of a missing woman have revealed they have found a body. Julia Rawson, 42, has not been seen since she was spotted walking near to her home in Dudley, West Midlands, more then two months ago. She vanished after the last sighting on May 12 and on May 27, two men […]
THE death of a man whose body was found in a house in Dublin is “not suspicious”, gardai have confirmed. The body of a male, aged in his early 30s, was discovered at a house in the Stoneybatter area of the city this morning. Emergency services were alerted to a house in Ashford Street at […]
ISTANBUL — In a rare democratic experience for Turkish citizens, the two main candidates for mayor of Istanbul, gearing up for a repeat election on June 23, went head to head Sunday evening in the first live television debate the country has seen in 17 years. The debate pitted Binali Yildirim, the government-backed candidate and […]
FORMER garda Majella Moynihan, who felt forced to give up her child for adoption in the 1980s after becoming pregnant out of marriage, is seeking a face-to-face apology from the Garda Commissioner. Meanwhile allegations of a “whispering campaign” against other garda officers and recruits who became pregnant outside of marriage have emerged in the aftermath […]
Some of Ireland’s costliest public nursing homes are failing to meet key standards in looking after older residents. The most expensive, St Finbarr’s Hospital for older people in Cork, costs €2,182 a week per resident yet failed to comply with 14 of 17 regulations demanded by the health watchdog Hiqa. Despite fees equating to €311 […]
An empty podium was reserved for Boris Johnson after he refused to take part in a live TV debate this evening. The frontrunner was nowhere to be seen as his five rivals Jeremy Hunt, Michael Gove, Dominic Raab, Sajid Javid and Rory Stewart took to the stage for the Channel 4 leadership debate. Host Krishnan […]
JUST six hopefuls remain in the Tory leadership race after UK Health Secretary Matt Hancock withdrew. The secret ballots will continue until just two contenders are left, before party members decide the new leader – and British prime minister. Here, the Press Association looks at the backgrounds of the MPs left vying for the leadership, […]