Rescue teams yesterday found the bodies of nine construction workers who had been trapped inside a burning potash mine in Russia’s Ural Mountains. A fire erupted on Saturday at the mine operated by the fertiliser company Uralkali in the Perm region, where two teams of workers were doing maintenance work. Uralkali said the mine had […]

KENT, England — A quarter-century or so ago, sheep might have been running around these lush green hills at the Gusbourne Estate in southeastern England, but on this fine autumn day a far different scene was unfolding. A group of fruit pickers roamed around the rows of vines, picking bright clusters of chardonnay grapes. Another […]

A teenager has died after falling on a glass bottle she was carrying, severing one of her arteries. The 18-year-old, named locally as Megan O’Connor, passed away in the early hours of yesterday morning following the fatal cut to her groin. Gardaí are investigating all of the circumstances surrounding the sudden death, but are treating […]

Families are being made homeless twice over – after first finding new accommodation, then being evicted by private landlords, a campaigner has warned. Fr Peter McVerry said the Government is more focused on spin than resolving the spiralling housing crisis where just fewer than 10,000 people find themselves in emergency accommodation. In an exclusive interview […]

A leading economist has warned of an exodus from Irish main streets in 2019, with traditional shopping spots to become saturated with an unsustainable number of coffee shops and restaurants. It comes on the back of a rise in shoppers looking online for retail bargains and CSO data showing increased Border-hopping. Please sign in or […]

A man has been arrested following the seizure of more than €500,000 worth of heroin and cocaine. Gardai from the Terenure District Drugs Unit found the drugs at a house in the Tallaght area of Dublin yesterday evening. They have an estimated street value of over €500,000. A 47-year-old man was arrested at the scene. […]

A 19-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder in connection with a stabbing in Newcastle, Co Down, on Friday night. Two men sustained wounds during the incident on the Bryansford Road at around midnight. A 20-year-old man was also arrested and questioned on suspicion of attempted murder. He was subsequently released on […]

A young man who stepped up to take the role of caring for his brother with special needs, while his mother is receiving cancer treatment, has been given a prestigious award. Conor Grassick (24) from Drumcondra, Dublin, cares for younger brother Colin Grassick (20) after his mother, Ann, became too ill to look after him. […]

Germany’s competitive television market is the largest in Europe, with more than 38 million TV households. The many regional and national public broadcasters – organised in line with the federal political structure – vie for audiences with powerful commercial operators. Each of the 16 regions regulates its own private and public broadcasting. The national public […]

Former RTÉ political journalist Martina Fitzgerald was pictured soaking up the festive atmosphere in Dublin’s city centre after news of her departure from the national broadcaster. The journalist and author was pictured shopping on Dublin’s Henry Street yesterday, enjoying the Christmas buzz and picking up a few last-minute gifts. It was reported in Saturday’s Irish […]