LONDON — Britons fishing or scavenging in the River Thames in central London are a rare sight these days. But in medieval times, the river was teeming with workers toiling along its banks. The 500-year-old skeleton of a man believed to be among them has been found buried in layers of river mud in southeast […]

There is a risk of spot flooding in many areas today as heavy rain is expected to fall across the country. Met Éireann issued the Status Yellow rainfall warning yesterday for Wexford, Cork and Waterford but since extended it until noon today. And the wet and windy conditions are set to hit most counties over […]

Mitesh Patel intended to move to Australia with a £2m life insurance payout. The 37-year-old injected his wife Jessica with insulin before strangling her with a Tesco bag at their Middlesbrough home – an attack he had plotted for years. He then staged a break-in to make it look like she had been killed by […]

A MAN jailed for raping an intoxicated woman in a lane behind Harcourt Street has had his 13 year jail term reduced to 11-and-a-half on appeal. Rafael Tiso (33), who had been living in rented accommodation at Offaly Road, in Cabra, Dublin 7, pleaded guilty to rape, oral rape, aggravated sexual assault and assault causing […]

LONDON — The London police wanted to send a message to thieves on scooters and motorcycles in London: We will catch you however we can. The Metropolitan Police published a compilation of videos last month showing officers ramming fleeing motorcycle and scooter riders in the hope that “offenders will think twice about their actions.” But […]

A number of homeless families are looking forward to the festive season in their new homes after the Peter McVerry Trust formally launched 13 new social housing units in Dublin’s city centre. The new units consist of seven two-bedroom apartments and six one-bed apartments, which the trust has reported can be difficult to source in […]

Rural north Dublin residents are at loggerheads with their local authority after it proposed to close a road that includes its only bus services. The introduction of Dublin Bus’s 40E stop earlier this week was welcomed by people living in the Hollystown area of Dublin 15. However, its future is now in doubt following a […]

A businessman who caused more than €66,000 worth of damage to a hotel on a naked wrecking spree said he wanted to be a role model for his son after he puts the case behind him. Marketing manager Eamon Devlin damaged four bedrooms in a Co Donegal Hotel and blamed a cocktail of medication and […]

It is becoming increasingly challenging to help homeless families at Christmas as they are moved daily from one hotel to another. In 2011 there were just under 4,000 people reported as homeless – less than half of the almost 10,000 people now living in emergency accommodation, according to the latest figures from the Department of […]

BERLIN (AFP) – A knife-edge vote on Friday (Dec 7) will determine Angela Merkel’s successor as head of her party after 18 years at the helm, with the German chancellor’s own political fate and legacy on the line. Merkel, the European Union’s most powerful leader, stunned observers in October with the announcement following a state […]