A restaurant has been ordered to pay €20,000 in compensation to a gay bar manager after a director called him ‘queer’ almost every day at work. In the case before the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC), the bar manager gave a number of examples of being subject to offensive comments from his two bosses. ‘Director A’ […]
Two private medical files have been found on the streets of Letterkenny, Co Donegal. One of the files was found beside Letterkenny University Hospital near a children’s play area yesterday, while the other file was retrieved on the Letterkenny High Road at the end of April. Both files contain personal information such as names, medical […]
The EU has told Britain that a new Prime Minister will not be able to change the agreement on the country’s withdrawal from the EU. A European Commission spokesman made the remarks after being asked about Boris Johnson’s claims that he would withhold the £39 billion Brexit divorce bill if no EU exit deal could […]
Strip club dancers have braved the pouring rain to march through Sheffield city centre to oppose moves to close a branch of Spearmint Rhino. The protesters halted traffic as they weaved from the Brown Street club to the Town Hall. A row has developed over whether to renew Spearmint Rhino’s licence for the premises after […]
Oxfam had a “culture of tolerating poor behaviour” and failed to report child abuse claims against its staff in Haiti, a damning report into the charity’s sex scandal has found. The Charity Commission published its long-awaited findings into Oxfam’s handling of allegations that the charity’s aid workers used prostitutes after the devastating 2010 earthquake in […]
Meghan Markle and Kate, Duchess of Cambridge were among senior royals to join Queen Elizabeth II for her official birthday celebrations on Saturday. Both Duchesses looked the part as they stood on Buckingham Palace’s balcony to watch Trooping the Colour. But there was a striking difference to how Meghan and Kate were dressed. While Kate […]
A serial sex offender who told a probation officer he was tempted to rape again before murdering a nurse walked free after making ‘excellent progress’ in jail, an inquest heard. Despite making the confession Leroy Campbell was not deemed to pose a risk by the National Probation Service and released from prison in July 2016. […]
Meghan Markle has been given more “help” when settling into the Royal Family than was made available to Princess Diana, an expert has claimed. Speaking to Express.co.uk, Angela Levin, author of ‘Harry: Conversations with the Prince’ claimed Princess Diana found adapting to the Royal Family “difficult”. The royal author made the comparison between Meghan, the […]
The policy of free TV licences for the over-75s was introduced in 1999 by the then Labour chancellor Gordon Brown and was funded by the Government. But in 2015, Conservative chancellor George Osborne struck a deal which would see the BBC taking over the cost by 2020. On Monday, the BBC announced the scheme would […]
This is likely because the breakdown of Charles and Diana’s relationship made life at home very difficult. Speaking to the documentary ‘Prince William at Thirty’, uploaded to YouTube in June 2012, royal experts described how the troubles at home took its toll on William. Former royal protection officer Ken Wharfe said how Diana put “tremendous […]