THE FUNERAL OF GAA star James McHugh and his wife Noreen will take place later today in Co Donegal. The couple died after their car collided with a van on the N3 at Drummallaght, between Virginia and ...

LAST UPDATE | 19 hrs ago PINERGY HAS ANNOUNCED an increase to its residential electricity prices. It will result in the typical household cost rising by 7.6% and it is understood that the hike will ...

A BOIL WATER notice has been delayed for a housing estate in Co Waterford as negotiations continue between the management company, the council and residents. Some 74 households in the Woodlands Estate ...

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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 ...

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

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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

LAST UPDATE | 13 Aug A FARMER WHO drowned as he was filling up barrels of water for his animals in a river in west Cork on Wednesday has been named locally. The body of Eugene McSweeney (55), from ...

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 ...