The Leaving Cert year is well under way but the next important hurdle for your son or daughter is their CAO application. There will, of course, be some students who are clear about their CAO choices and even their future careers. But for many students, certainty doesn’t come so neatly packaged. As a parent, it […]
HELSINGBORG, SWEDEN (AFP) – Cased in glass and lit up by neon lights, the Donald Trump board game, the plastic bicycle, an electric beauty mask, bottles of Green Ketchup and a host of other unlikely innovations have found fame again in Sweden’s ‘Museum of Failure’. The ‘Museum,’ one floor of a cultural centre in the […]
Darren Pencille, 35, from Farnham, has been charged with the murder of Lee Pomeroy following the stabbing on Friday, British Transport Police said. Chelsea Mitchell, 27, of Willbury Road, Farnham, has been charged with assisting an offender. Mr Pomeroy was pronounced dead in the carriage at Horsley station after suffering multiple stab wounds in a […]
Gardai say that an Irish citizen captured by Kurdish led forces in Syria was regarded as a “serious player” when he lived here. The man, who is in his mid 40s, had an Irish passport when he lived in south Dublin for a couple of years. He was closely monitored by members of the Garda […]
Consumers face increases of hundreds of euro a year on eating out and takeaway meals as restaurants seek to pass on a triple whammy of a VAT hike, wage increases, and other rising costs. Increasing restaurant costs hit Irish people harder than other EU nations, as customers in Ireland spend a great share of their […]
West Midlands Police said one of the men was freed on bail and the other was released but remains under investigation. Sean Fitzgerald, 31, was killed by a police bullet on Friday evening. When the raid took place, residents in the area were told to stay indoors and some people reported seeing officers entering the […]
German football club Bayern Munich has fined its midfielder Franck Ribery after he posted a series of angry and profanity-laden tweets. The French player, 35, was responding to criticism after he shared a video of himself enjoying an expensive steak coated with gold. He hit out at “jealous” people and said he owed nothing to […]
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar will meet with Irish troops stationed in Mali today to mark the beginning of a week long visit to Africa. The Taoiseach and Minister of State for Defence Paul Kehoe will meet with 20 Irish Defence Force members who are serving in Mali on the EU training mission. The Irish personnel are […]
Efforts are under way to repatriate the body of a 26-year-old man from India who fell to his death while taking photographs at the Cliffs of Moher in Co Clare last Friday. The Trinity College Dublin (TCD) student has been formally identified, however his name has not been released. Gardai have been working with the […]
BRUSSELS (NYTIMES)- A Belgian ban on the Muslim and Jewish ways of ritually slaughtering animals went into effect on New Year’s Day, part of a clash across Europe over the balance between animal welfare and religious freedom. With both animal welfare advocates and right-wing nationalists pushing to ban ritual slaughter, religious minorities in Belgium and […]