Archaeologists in Italy have uncovered an inscription they say may show that the history books have been wrong for centuries. Historians have long believed that Mount Vesuvius erupted on 24 August 79 AD, destroying the nearby Roman city of Pompeii. But now, an inscription has been uncovered dated to mid-October – almost two months later. […]
An Irish soccer fan has died following a tragic incident in the Danish city of Copenhagen. The Department of Foreign Affairs told Independent.ie that it is providing consular assistance to the man’s family. Police are investigating the 30-year-old’s death but foul play is not suspected. Martin O’Neill’s team take on Denmark in Aarhus at 7.45pm […]
What was thought to be a stolen artwork by Pablo Picasso recently discovered in Romania has been revealed as a forgery. Experts had hoped that the painting was Harlequin Head, snatched from the Kunsthal museum in Rotterdam in an infamous art heist six years ago. A Belgian theatre company duped a Dutch writer, who wrote […]
In a year-long trial, children with a severe nut allergy were given increasing amounts of peanut protein. The youngsters not normally able to tolerate exposure to even a tenth of a single peanut could eventually cope with two whole peanuts, the trial found. Scientists believe that by gradually building up tolerance levels, allergy sufferers could […]
Police say there’s no specific intelligence of an increased threat over the Christmas season, but they’ll be deploying both visible security patrols and specially trained plain clothes officers in busy town and city centres – and want all of us to help them. “Out of any given venue at any time there will be hundreds […]
Ukraine’s politicians are between a rock and a hard place when it comes to gay rights. The hard place is public opinion. Most people see homosexuality as “something alien”, says gay activist Zoryan Kis. He says same-sex couples are sometimes asked to leave restaurants and that the majority of Ukrainians just want gay people to […]
Mr Thomas, 44, came out as gay in 2009. He posted a video on Twitter on Sunday thanking the police and people of Cardiff for supporting him following the attack. He explained that he had decided to pursue restorative justice with the 16-year-old, which allows victims to address the perpetrators about the harm they have […]
Gardai are investigating a mass brawl at a kickboxing event during which chairs and bottles were used as weapons. The shocking violence erupted at the Oakwood Hotel in Shannon, Co Clare at around 11pm last night. A number of fights had to be cancelled after spectators began attacking one another in the crowded function room […]
Over the last few weeks, daytime highs have been widely in the low to mid-teens, reaching 18C on the 3rd, 5th and 17th of this month. That is well above average, but by no means historic, with the UK’s November record standing at 22.4C. There has been a cooling trend for most this weekend, but […]
VATICAN CITY (AFP) – Pope Francis railed against social inequality on Sunday (Nov 18), lamenting “the din of the rich few” drowning out the voice of the needy, as he marked the second “World Day of the Poor”. At a mass attended by about 6,000 poor people at St Peter’s Basilica in Rome, the pope […]