A jury at the inquest into the deaths of 10 people in the Carrickmines halting site fire tragedy has commended the bravery of teenager John Keith Connors in entering the burning portacabin to rescue his young nephew. Tom Connors (4) was the only survivor of the blaze. The jury said John Keith, who was 14-years-old […]

DAVOS, Switzerland (Reuters) – The chief financial officer of Asia-focused bank Standard Chartered (STAN.L) believes a second referendum on Britain’s membership of the European Union could be a way to end a paralysing parliamentary deadlock on future ties with the bloc. Speaking to Reuters at the Global Economic Forum in Davos on Tuesday, Andy Halford […]

GENEVA – Work in the future should be human-centred, the International Labour Organisation (ILO) urged on Tuesday (Jan 22), as it launched an ambitious agenda to refocus discussion about work that is now being rapidly transformed by technological and economic change. Among its recommendations was a “universal labour guarantee” that would help protect workers’ safety […]

The 55-year-old, who appeared on MasterChef: The Professionals, stepped down from his two Michelin-starred restaurant in November after announcing his terminal diagnosis. Restaurant Andrew Fairlie at the luxury Gleneagles Hotel in Perthshire is the only one in Scotland with two Michelin stars. Tributes poured in following his death, with Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon saying […]

DAVOS, SWITZERLAND (AFP) – The Davos elite say they are more worried than ever about climate change. But that isn’t stopping them chartering private jets in record numbers. The convenience and comfort of flying privately rather than commercially appears to outweigh any concerns about the outsized carbon footprint it involves, judging by a number-crunching exercise […]

DAVOS (AFP) – Pastor Marc Schmed stands in the snow outside his church in the small Swiss ski resort town of Davos, waiting for permission to enter. The Freie Evangelische Gemeinde, or the English Church, is one of more than a dozen buildings in the town that have been rented out to multinational corporations for […]

LONDON (Reuters) – British opposition Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn moved a step closer to paving the way for another referendum on European Union membership by trying to use parliament to grab control of Brexit from Prime Minister Theresa May. With the clock ticking down to March 29, the date set in law for Brexit, […]

DAVOS (BLOOMBERG) – It didn’t take long for the ski metaphors to start at this year’s Davos. Delivering the IMF’s World Economic Outlook on Monday (Jan 21) in the snow-covered Swiss resort, managing director Christine Lagarde compared the global economy’s current situation to the travails of a cross-country skier. She even asked the room of […]

The German transport minister has clashed with environmentalists after he dismissed calls for a speed limit on the country’s motorways as “against all common sense”. Andreas Scheuer made the comments after a government commission set up by his own ministry recommended a national speed limit of 130kmh on autobahns and higher fuel taxes to limit […]

Rural Ireland would see Uber-style taxis to help combat social isolation under proposals put forward by Junior Minister Jim Daly. The Fine Gael TD has suggested such a service, dubbed ‘Ruxi’, should be allowed due to a shortage of taxi and hackney cabs in rural areas. Independent Alliance Transport Minister Shane Ross’s road safety crackdown […]