COPENHAGEN (DPA) – Denmark was due to begin construction on Monday (Jan 28) of a 70-kilometre fence on the border with Germany as part of efforts to combat the spread of African swine fever through wild boar. The 1.5-metre high fence, which will run along the entire border between the two countries, is due to […]
PARIS (AFP) – To defeat the intertwined pandemics of obesity, hunger and climate change, governments must curb the political influence of major corporations, said a major report on Monday (Jan 28) calling for a “global treaty” similar to one for tobacco control. But this will not happen unless ordinary citizens demand a “radical rethink” of […]
Four young men have lost their lives following a horrific road crash in Donegal. The victims were all aged in their 20s and from the west Donegal area. Gardaí described the scene of the crash on a local road near Magheraroarty, Gortahork, as “devastating”. All four of the young victims were travelling in the same […]
A government minister has claimed he and his wife “simply couldn’t afford” a commercial rates bill of more than €15,800 for their pub after a local authority had a judgment registered against their business. Galway County Council obtained the judgment against Gate Lodge Properties Limited, which is owned by Minister of State for the Diaspora […]
(Reuters) – Prime Minister Theresa May will seek legally binding changes to the Irish backstop from the European Union in an attempt to break the deadlock over Brexit, lawmaker Boris Johnson wrote in The Telegraph bit.ly/2RRS0Vv on Sunday, citing senior government sources. The PM is looking to change the text of the agreement to insert […]
PARIS (REUTERS) – Thousands of protesters marched through Paris on Sunday (Jan 27) to condemn violence in the “yellow vest”movement that has rocked France for weeks with angry protests over President Emmanuel Macron’s rule. Some 10,000 people turned out for Sunday’s counter-demonstration, a day after an 11th consecutive Saturday of “yellow vest” demonstrations across France […]
There are at least four times the number of Irish victims of the Nazi Holocaust than previously thought. New research presented by Dr David Jackson at the National Holocaust Memorial Day, at Dublin’s Mansion House revealed there are four victims, while it was previously thought there was only one. Until this year the only Irish […]
THE HAGUE (REUTERS) – An explosion in the Hague caused the front of a building to collapse, local media reported on Sunday (Jan 27). RTL News said that a blast of unknown origin had caused “houses to collapse” and that people might be trapped under the rubble. A story and photograph published by local news […]
LONDON (REUTERS) – Britain has the option of using martial law to quell civil disorder that might ensue under a no-deal Brexit, but that is not the focus of the government’s attention, Health Minister Matt Hancock said on Sunday (Jan 27). The Sunday Times cited unnamed officials as saying the government had been examining the […]
A young woman diagnosed with terminal cervical cancer, who wanted to be given the chance to have a baby, has passed away. Alice Taylor (26) was diagnosed with stage 3B terminal cancer, which spread to her heart, lungs and liver last May. The Kilkenny woman passed away surrounded by her parents Martin and Wendy, brothers […]