A member of the public alerted police to an address in Union Street, Coupar Angus, at around 2.30am on Sunday. Officers found the children at the property and an injured man nearby. The boy died at the scene while the girl was taken to Ninewells Hospital in Dundee with serious injuries. A 37-year-old man has […]
PARIS (REUTERS) – President Emmanuel Macron led tributes to the millions of soldiers killed during World War One on Sunday (Nov 11), holding an emotional ceremony in Paris attended by dozens of world leaders to commemorate the centenary of the Armistice. US President Donald Trump, Russian President Vladimir Putin, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and dozens […]
Artists began work in the early hours at low tides and used stencils and rakes to create the images. The project was inspired by film-maker Danny Boyle as an informal, nationwide gesture of remembrance. On 32 beaches from Cornwall to the Shetland Isles, and Pembrokeshire to Donegal, portraits of the fallen were sculpted in the […]
One Irish village has a distinction today as the centenary of the ending of World War I is marked with public remembrance ceremonies. Rathnew once had the titles of ‘the Bravest Village’ and ‘the Khaki Village’. More men from the Co Wicklow village reportedly joined up to fight in the war during a considerable period […]
A man has died after he was struck by a car yesterday evening. The collision happened at Kilclooney, Ballinasloe, Co Galway at around 7pm last night. A male pedestrian (50s) was fatally injured when he was struck by a car. He was pronounced dead at the scene and his body removed to University Hospital Galway. […]
IT’S a mystery that has haunted Irish society for 20 years. But the decision by gardaí to officially upgrade the disappearance of Deirdre Jacob to a murder investigation is a major development that offers the possibility of closure. Deirdre was last seen walking alone on a country road towards her home, about 1.5km outside Newbridge, […]
COMPIEGNE, France (AFP) – President Emmanuel Macron of France Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany on Saturday (Nov 10) unveiled a plaque to their countries’ reconciliation in the forest clearing in France where the armistice ending World War I was signed. In a highly symbolic ceremony, Macron and Merkel met at the site near Compiegne in […]
GARDAI investigating the murder of Deirdre Jacob have interviewed a prisoner who alleged that convicted rapist Larry Murphy was involved in her disappearance. The prisoner alleged that Murphy confessed to abducting Deirdre Jacob while he was serving a jail sentence for the brutal rape and abduction of another woman. Sources close to the investigation said […]
TWO men who were arrested as part of a murder investigation into the fatal stabbing of a man in Kildare earlier this month have been released without charge. David Boland died after suffering multiple stab wounds during a row in Athy in the early hours of November 1. Two men, aged in their 20s, were […]
Family stories of suffering, service, and death in World War One were recalled by those attending a ceremony of remembrance in Bray today marking the centenary of The Armistice. The Celtic Cross war memorial in the town has the names of 155 men who lost their lives in the war. Wreaths were laid at the […]