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PINERGY HAS ANNOUNCED an increase to its residential electricity prices. It will result in the typical household cost rising by 7.6%. Pinergy said the increase is the result of “ongoing volatility in ...

POLLS HAVE CLOSED in one of the most bizarre byelections the UK has ever seen, with Reform UK leader Nigel Farage hoping to retain his seat in Clacton. His main rival is Count Binface, a satirical ...

AS CLARE PREPARES for a visit of US President Donald Trump in September, American officials are struggling to find enough hotels for the presidential entourage, The Journal has learned. Plans can ...

Politics by Numbers is a new series for The Journal where broadcaster, author and spreadsheet stan Gavan Reilly takes a data deep dive into a political point of the week. IT WAS HARD not to get swept ...

A chief fire officer said it was “one of the most significant” incidents the region’s fire service has ever dealt with.

EMERGENCY SERVICES ARE at the scene of a train derailment in East Sussex in south east England. British Transport Police said the incident happened near Lewes railway station at around 3.54pm. “We’re ...

The incident caused a man’s head to be sucked into the hole in the fuselage before his fellow passengers pulled him to safety.

When he launched the war against Iran in late February, US president Donald Trump predicted it would last “four to five weeks”.

DESPITE SOME EVIDENCE to the contrary, the current Trump administration has so far managed to at least appear to be more coherent and less chaotic than his first outing as president. In Trump’s first ...

A 17-YEAR-OLD STUDENT who won a prestigious Ombudsman for Children Award earlier this year has died following an accident in Greece. Alex McKee, who was due to enter his Leaving Certificate year at ...

Greater investment in the Probation Service as part of Budget 2027 is also seen as one of the ways to help respond to the overcrowding crisis.