The pictures of Paris swathed in tear gas, with burning cars and angry protesters rampaging through the streets in high-vis jackets demanding an end to a fuel tax rise have been seen across the world. That so-called carbon tax had already increased diesel by 7.6 cents per litre and petrol by 3.9 cents in the […]

Chanel has become the first luxury fashion house in the world to stop using exotic animal skins, like snake, crocodile, lizard and stingray. The company’s head of fashion, Bruno Pavlovksy, said it had become harder to source such pelts ethically. He also included fur in the list, of which Chanel uses little. Although Chanel’s designer […]

President Emmanuel Macron of France is facing the toughest crisis of his leadership after three weeks of violent protests across the country. “Yellow Vest” demonstrators have demanded that the government give financial relief to large parts of the population that are struggling to make ends meet. Prime Minister Edouard Philippe sought to calm the furor […]

Dozens of pupils have witnessed the moment a man was shot dead outside a west Belfast school. The incident took place on the Glen Road outside St Mary’s Grammar School shortly after 3pm on Tuesday. Detective Chief Inspector Peter Montgomery said: “Police are currently at the scene of a shooting during which a man died […]

A number of pupils have witnessed a man being shot dead outside a west Belfast school. The incident took place on the Glen Road outside St Mary’s Grammar School shortly after 3pm on Tuesday. Detective Chief Inspector Peter Montgomery said: “Police are currently at the scene of a shooting during which a man died this […]

LONDON (REUTERS) – Brexit campaigner Nigel Farage said on Tuesday (Dec 4) he was leaving the United Kingdom Independence Party which he used to pressure the ruling Conservative Party into gambling on a Brexit referendum. Farage, as UKIP leader, put pressure on former Prime Minister David Cameron to promise an EU referendum and then helped […]

A Norwegian photographer has shared images of a rare white reindeer calf he encountered while hiking with friends. Mads Nordsvee, 24, from Oslo, said he spotted the animal in the snow on a walk in northern Norway. The images, where the animal almost fades into the landscape, has now been liked almost 20,000 times since […]

The Revenue Commissioners has reaped almost €13m in the latest tax haul from defaulters. The taxman’s latest swoop includes doctors, farmers, publicans, plasterers, a musical instrument maker and Roscommon County Council. The single biggest settlement made with the Revenue Commissioners during the three months to the end of September was for €2.58m. That was made […]

LONDON — Just as the British Parliament began a countdown to its critical vote on plans to leave the European Union, there was a glimmer of hope from across the English Channel on Tuesday for those hoping the country will reverse that decision. Manuel Campos Sánchez-Bordona, the advocate general of the European Court of Justice, […]

Lucas Carter Wright had been staying with his grandfather Gary at his home in Catterick Village, North Yorkshire, on Friday. But when he woke up the following morning, Lucas found his grandfather unresponsive on the sofa. In a recording of the 999 call, Lucas says: “My grandad’s ill and he needs an ambulance.” Communications officer […]