A little girl who died in a tragic accident in her family home has been described as “the apple of her father’s eye”. Annabel Loughlin (3), from Delvin, Co Westmeath, who died on Friday, was the only daughter of talented hurler Enda Loughlin and his wife Eileen. Speaking to the Irish Independent, family friend Senator […]
Health and Social Care Secretary Matt Hancock will announce on Monday a green paper entitled ‘Prevention is better than cure’, outlining the vision for a “new 21st century focus on prevention”. The plans will argue for a shift towards primary and community care services, to look at the early support they can offer people in […]
LONDON — A British man who spent five months at sea is believed to be the first person to swim around the island of Great Britain, making his way back to land in Margate, a coastal town in southeastern England, on Sunday. The swimmer, Ross Edgley, 33, had not been ashore since June 1, when […]
The eight-hour BA flight 2036 was due to take off from Orlando at 7.25pm local time (12.25am UK time) on Thursday – but passengers did not end up arriving back in the UK until Sunday. After being forced to disembark an earlier plane due to a technical fault, the aircraft that eventually departed Orlando was […]
A 20-year-old man has been charged with the death of a man in Co Kildare. Calvin Cullen, who was arrested and detained in Naas Garda Station, appeared before a sitting of Naas District Court at 9:30am. David Boland died after suffering multiple stab wounds during a row in the early hours of Thursday morning. The […]
At least 12 people have been killed after storms lashed Sicily, causing torrential floods. Divers pulled out nine bodies from a home flooded by a rapidly swelling river in the countryside near Palermo. State TV broadcaster RaiNews24 said the sole survivor of the flood that ravaged the home with water and mud was the owner, […]
A 50-year-old woman has been charged with the murder of a man in his 20s in south Dublin this morning. Grace Miano, of Tudor Lawns in Foxrock, appeared at a special sitting of Dublin District Court at 9.30am in connection with the killing of Malawian national Limbani Mzoma (27), also known as Robert. The 27-year-old […]
A boy (16) who was arrested in connection with a hit-and-run in Co Kildare has been released from custody. The incident happened at Canal Bridge, Osberstown, Naas shortly before 8.30pm on Friday night. A 51-year-old woman, a pedestrian, was hit after a car initially struck a parked car. She remains in a serious condition in […]
ROME (AFP) – Ten people, including a family of nine, have died in floods around Palermo, on the southern Italian island of Sicily, rescue services said on Sunday (Nov 4). They said the bodies of the family, including children aged one, three and 15, were found in their house in Casteldaccia next to a small […]
Ron Easton climbed on to the roof of his home in Bigbury-on-sea in Devon late last month with a bucket of tools but he got stuck after falling over or collapsing, Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue said. He had been trying to fix his aerial, according to news service Devon Live. A friend had […]