The man attacked, aged in his 50s, was brought to Mater Misericordiae University Hospital and has since been transferred to Beaumont Hospital. He remains there in a serious condition. A technical ...

Theodore Giannaros, a wildfire meteorologist and senior researcher at the National Observatory, said the fires around Porto Germeno appeared to have affected an area of over 10,000 hectares — almost ...

A MAN IN his 30s has been charged after a handgun with ammunition was found in the Crumlin area of Dublin city. He is due to appear before the Criminal Courts of Justice on Monday morning. Gardaí said ...

AN GARDA SÍOCHÁNA failed to provide auditors with approval records for overtime payments despite repeated requests for the documents. A review of a €201 million annual overtime bill found supporting ...

THERE’S BEEN LOTS to do up and down the country over this August bank holiday weekend. The Bray Air Show took place yesterday, the Ladies All-Ireland football finals will be contested in Croke Park ...

SINN FÉIN AND Fine Gael are neck-and-neck, according to a new Sunday Independent/Ireland Thinks poll. Both parties sit on 20%, with Sinn Féin up 1%, while support for Fianna Fáil has dropped 1% to a ...

A 34-YEAR-OLD MAN has been charged with robbery, assault on police, criminal damage, false imprisonment, and threats to kill after an armed robbery in Co Antrim. Police in Carrickfergus made an arrest ...

HEAT EXHAUSTION WAS the cause of death of a Brazilian fan who attended a concert of singer Taylor Swift in November, a forensics report obtained by The Associated Press shows. Ana Clara Benevides, 23, ...

AN EXPLOSION SATURDAY at a Moscow restaurant that killed three people and wounded 21 others was a bombing, Russia’s national anti-terrorism committee said, the Tass state news agency reported. “A ...

A MAN HAS died after he got into difficulty in the water at the pier in Castletownbere, Co Cork. The incident occurred at about 4.30pm on Saturday. The emergency services were contacted. The National ...

While many old faces are present, there’s a whole new team to meet, and a new assistant coach, Alice Chilton, played by Tanya Reynolds (Sex Education, The Other Bennet Sister). After a somewhat ...

For many of them, this time is used to catch up on emails, constituency work and policy briefs that have been put on the long finger, but it also offers the opportunity to enjoy a bit of downtime ...