Hannah Deacon, who has waged a public battle to save her son Alfie Dingley’s life, said he is running out of the drug and that his health is at risk. It comes after MPs said that thousands of patients were being denied prescriptions for cannabis despite the law change because of “botched and cruel” medical […]
The last of the pupils waiting to return to school after the discovery of structural safety concerns in their buildings will be back at their desks tomorrow. St Luke’s National School, Tyrrelstown, west Dublin is reopening its ground floor, which will accommodate junior infants, senior infants and first and second classes. The school’s more senior […]
IRISH Rail plans to introduce more than 70 additional services every day on busy commuters routes into the capital. Peak and off-peak services will be provided on the Maynooth, Drogheda and Phoenix Park tunnel services from next month, along with an additional train every day between Dublin and Sligo. The company said while it was […]
AN alleged robber threatened a teenager with scissors and a hurley, saying he would “slice him up” smash his head in and “blow his kneecaps off,” a court has been told. Salem Abbas (22) is accused of ordering the boy (17) to withdraw €100 from at ATM, telling him he would put a “bullet in […]
Norway has evacuated the entire crew of one of its warships after it collided in a fjord with an oil tanker. Seven people were lightly injured in the collision in the Hjeltefjord near Bergen in the early hours of Thursday, rescuers say. The frigate has been listing dangerously. The KNM Helge Ingstad had been returning […]
A SINN Féin TD avoided a conviction for engaging in threatening and abusive behaviour while drunk to a garda as a district court judge applied the Probation Act. Cork East TD Pat Buckley (49) today publicly apologised for his behaviour to gardaí when they called to his home last year over a noise complaint. Judge […]
Across Europe, nationalist and far-right parties have made significant electoral gains. Some have taken office, others have become the main opposition voice, and even those yet to gain a political foothold have forced centrist leaders to adapt. In part, this can be seen as a backlash against the political establishment in the wake of the […]
A Polish rally that has become a magnet for the far right has been banned by the mayor of Warsaw, days before the country marks the 100th anniversary of independence. Hanna Gronkiewicz-Waltz said security must come first and Warsaw had suffered enough from “aggressive nationalism”. A year ago, 60,000 people took part in the nationalist […]
A high-profile GAA figure has appeared as a character witness for a sex offender at a sentencing hearing. Former chairman of the Clare County GAA board and former Fianna Fáil general election candidate, Michael ‘Malty’ McDonagh appeared in the witness box at Ennis Circuit Court yesterday to give character evidence of behalf of Peter Power […]
A 69-year-old Dutchman who claims that he looks young and feels young now wants his age to be legally lowered by 20 years too. Mr Emile Ratelbrand, an entrepreneur and self-help guru, is hoping that doing so will get him better luck with women, especially when he goes on dating app Tinder, as well as […]