A former United Nations translator tried to bribe a Dublin driving test instructor with €50, maintaining later it was simply a “token of gratitude”. Zhyan Sharif (51) had already failed the test four times and was sitting it again when she offered the examiner the cash as an inducement to pass her. She also failed […]
A new collection of photographs is set to open up the rugged and rocky landscape of the Beara Peninsula in Co Kerry. Norman McCloskey, a Kenmare-based photographer, has spent three years capturing the stunning landscape of the area, whittling thousands of images down to just 90 for his new book, ‘Beara’. “It’s the first photographic […]
The incident took place between Junction 5 and 6 on the anti-clockwise carriageway in Godstone, Kent, at around 9am on Sunday. The eight-vehicle crash led to significant delays for motorists and traffic jams going on for miles. A police spokesman said there were no life-threatening injuries and the road was cleared within a couple of […]
LONDON (REUTERS) – The small Northern Irish party that props up British Prime Minister Theresa May’s government has said it will vote against May’s draft Brexit deal. If the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) goes ahead with its threat, May would be short of a working majority in the 650-seat parliament: 316 active lawmakers elected as […]
West Midlands Police say a murder investigation is under way after the teenager was killed on Saturday night. The boy was taken to hospital but was confirmed dead a short time later. Two other teenagers, who were less seriously injured, were taken to hospital for treatment. Detective Superintendent Matt Markham said the force were determined […]
Bosses at the Royal Berkshire Hospital in Reading dismissed Eileen Jolly in January last year over claims she did not properly use a computer system. The NHS trust has admitted she was unfairly dismissed because she was not given the opportunity to appeal, but it said the decision to dismiss her was not made on […]
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar flies to Brussels this morning to scrum down with other EU leaders for the Brexit summit and yesterday he got in some last-minute training with the Dail and Seanad rugby team. Mr Varadkar joined politicians taking on members of Dublin fire brigade in a rugby challenge in Donnybrook. Given the diplomatic flash-fires […]
KIEV, Ukraine — His frail hand covering his heart, Mykhailo Matvienko, 92, peered at the yellow flame of a candle on his kitchen table on Saturday and recounted his childhood during the Great Famine. A searing event seen as one of the great atrocities of 20th-century Europe, the Ukrainian famine of 1933 killed more than […]
The toddler was found lying on the pavement with a head injury outside a house in Tuebrook in Liverpool on 17 November, and was taken to hospital in a critical condition. The Liverpool Echo reported that the boy’s relatives decided to switch off his life support on Friday night. The newspaper added he was playing […]
BELFAST (REUTERS) – The Northern Irish party propping up British Prime Minister Theresa May’s government launched fresh attacks on her Brexit withdrawal deal on Saturday (Nov 24), saying it would leave Britain in a “pitiful” place and a Labour government might be preferable. At its annual conference, the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) rallied its supporters […]