Gardai are seeking public assistance in tracing a 25-year-old man from Co Galway. Robert Murray (25) is missing from his home in Salthill. He was last seen on Tuesday January 8 in the Shop Street area of Galway at 10.15pm. Robert is described as 5′ 10″ in height, of thin build and with black hair. […]
Paul Dawson, 39, said he was left tearful when officers attended his property because somebody reported the post. The barber had written about a trip to TGI Friday’s with his partner Laurencia Wood, 21, and their son Ben who was born on New Year’s Day. Mr Dawson, from Stockton, Teesside, explained Ms Wood had been […]
Across Europe, nationalist and far-right parties have made significant electoral gains. Some have taken office, others have become the main opposition voice, and even those yet to gain a political foothold have forced centrist leaders to adapt. In part, this can be seen as a backlash against the political establishment in the wake of the […]
The mother of a man shot to death in the front garden of his home by a teenager has said she will never understand why her “gentle giant” of a son was murdered. Doris O’Neill made a statement during the sentencing hearing for Warren Nolan (22) who was aged 18 when he shot Alan O’Neill […]
The building in the village of Balderschwang was badly damaged but nobody was injured in the incident. Brigitte Kloepf, a spokeswoman for Oberallgaeu regional authorities, said the hotel was evacuated and 100 guests were taken to nearby buildings. About 1,100 people are unable to leave Balderschwang, near the Austrian border, because of an avalanche-risk on […]
ESPOO, FINLAND (REUTERS) – At a pool in Espoo, near Finland’s capital Helsinki, Ms Maija Mottonen is teaching adults to swim like mermaids in a class that combines fantasy with fitness. Since August, more than 200 women and men have attended the classes run by Ms Mottonen, a former kindergarten teacher who is Finland’s first […]
LONDON (Reuters) – Prime Minister Theresa May makes a last ditch effort to convince rebel lawmakers to back her Brexit divorce deal on Monday, warning that the United Kingdom’s exit is now in peril before setting out new European Union assurances on the deal. The future path of Brexit is uncertain as parliament is likely […]
A former senior policeman was one of two men who lost their lives in separate accidents in the Mourne Mountains yesterday. The deaths took place on Slieve Commedagh and on Wee Binnian around midday, the PSNI said. One of the victims was named last night as former RUC Chief Superintendent Robbie Robinson, who had served […]
The inquest into the tragic deaths of 10 people from a fire at a halting site will resume today. Five adults and five children died following a blaze that broke out at the temporary site at Glenamuck, Carrickmines, Dublin, in the early hours of October 10, 2015. In 2017, gardaí completed an investigation into what […]
French media organisations have denounced attacks on journalists by “yellow vest” anti-government protesters and called for better protection after a series of incidents this weekend. Paris police fired water cannon and tear gas to push back demonstrators from around the Arc de Triomphe monument, in the ninth straight weekend of protests against French President Emmanuel […]