France’s national health agency Anses says it has found chemicals in babies’ nappies that exceed safety levels. Tests found substances that are potentially dangerous to human health, including the controversial weedkiller glyphosate, the agency said. Anses said its nappy tests were the first by any national health and safety body in the world. It has […]

“Offshore”, “tax haven” and more recently “Panama in the EU” are labels that Malta has done its best to shake off. But when a team of journalists declared that the tiny Mediterranean island was a “pirate base for tax avoidance”, it sent ripples of concern across the EU. Malta currently holds the presidency of the […]

CORK Chamber of Commerce aims to mark its 200th anniversary with a drive to raise €200,000 to help budding entrepreneurs through a special social innovation fund. The fundraising, which will run over six months, aims to raise €100,000 with a matching €100,000 then being provided by the Department of Rural and Community Affairs. The special […]

A 35-year-old man, charged with the manslaughter of a father of three from Co Monaghan, has been sentenced to five years in prison. Vytautas Racys, with an address at The Oak, Loughnaglack, Carrickmacross, had pleaded guilty to the unlawful killing of fitness instructor Seamus Bell on the Main Street of Carrickmacross on January 20, 2018. […]

Gardaí have smashed a cash supply line financing international Islamic terrorists. A major investigation by garda specialist units, working in close co-operation with law agencies overseas, uncovered the money trail to suspected Isil activists. Officers believe the supply line was being used by a group of Isil sympathisers here to channel cash through financial institutions […]

DAVOS, Switzerland (REUTERS) – Brazil’s new right-wing President Jair Bolsonaro threw out the welcome mat for big business and foreign investors on Tuesday (Jan 22), telling a summit of chief executives in Davos that his government would make the country one of the top 50 in which to do business. Bolsonaro said he would work […]

MOSCOW (BLOOMBERG) – Russian President Vladimir Putin and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe ended their latest attempt to resolve a territorial dispute over four islands with a pledge to keep talking, even as the Kremlin damped expectations for a breakthrough. While discussions were frank and informative, there is “painstaking work ahead” and any deal must […]

THE parents of a four-year-old boy from Co Waterford said they were “over the moon” when their son was accepted as a candidate for life-saving surgery in the US. Noah O’Sullivan (4) was born at just 29 weeks old and diagnosed with a form of cerebral palsy at 18 months old. The young boy was […]

DAVOS, Switzerland (REUTERS) – Britain’s Prince William turned interviewer at the World Economic Forum in Davos on Tuesday (Jan 22), quizzing TV naturalist David Attenborough on what he called world leaders’ “faltering” steps to tackle environmental challenges. “Normally, I have to endure people asking me questions so it’s quite nice to be able to turn […]

Paris has seen its first snowfall of the winter, leading to some traffic disruption but also to some beautiful views of the city being captured. All photographs subject to copyright as marked. Source: Read Full Article