Alet-les-Bains in southern France may be a long way away from the UK, but Brexit looms large there. And it’s not just the large number of Britons among its 440 residents who worry about the future. “Our English friends have done a lot for the village,” says resident Annick Van Mairis. “Thanks to them, dilapidated […]

The Central European University (CEU) in Budapest has threatened to move most of its teaching to Vienna if Hungary’s government fails to remove legal obstacles to its academic freedom. Although Viktor Orban’s government has targeted the CEU’s liberal founder, George Soros, it insists it wants the US-registered university to stay. But sources say it has […]

The family of Nicola Collins fought back tears as they said killer Cathal O’Sullivan didn’t just take the life of the mother of three, but had tried to vilify her good character as well. In a moving victim impact statement, Nicola’s sister Carly told the hushed murder trial courtroom that her sister was nothing like […]

A French civil servant has been placed under formal criminal investigation on suspicion of spying for North Korea. Benoît Quennedey is suspected of treason and “supplying information to a foreign power”. He faces up to 10 years in jail if found guilty. Mr Quennedey holds a senior position in the French Senate’s department of architecture, […]

MOSCOW — Since Russia fired shots at three Ukrainian Navy ships over the weekend, Western countries have issued statements saying they are “concerned” or even “deeply concerned,” but so far they have not — as Ukrainian officials had hoped — imposed sanctions. The Ukrainian president, Petro O. Poroshenko, argued in an interview in the German […]

LONDON (AFP) – A Japan Airlines pilot was jailed for 10 months on Thursday (Nov 29) after being caught 10 times over the alcohol limit shortly before take-off from London Heathrow Airport. First officer Katsutoshi Jitsukawa, 42, was sentenced at Isleworth Crown Court in west London. The Japanese co-pilot was arrested at Heathrow on Oct […]

A school boy who caught his finger in a metal chair while attending a concert at RTE two years ago has settled his High Court action for €75,000. Thomas Houlihan, now 10, later had to have a partial amputation of his left index finger, the court heard. His counsel Jeremy Maher told the court he […]

Statistics show performance against key performance targets in the summer months of 2018 were worse than every winter between 2011 and 2015, further indication of what has been described as “permanent winter” in the health service. NHS leaders have warned that pressure is only going to grow in the coming months, raising concerns that staff […]

Twitter has suspended an account that purported to be the official English language feed of Russian President Vladimir Putin. The social media platform said it had suspended @putinRF_eng “for impersonation based on a valid report we received from Russian officials”. The account was reportedly created in 2012 and posted mainly official links to Mr Putin’s […]

The van had been seen “acting in suspicious circumstances” by members of the public and police have said they are investigating. In a Facebook post, officers said: “Such reports are being mirrored across the whole of The Greater Manchester area, with widespread reports of similar offences. “In addition to this across social media there is […]