With these latest deaths there have now been 22 executions in the United States this year — 12 in Florida, four in Texas, three in Oklahoma, and one each in Arizona, Tennessee and Alabama. The death ...

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 ...

GARDAÍ ACROSS DUBLIN and surrounding counties are dealing with nightly car theft incidents as groups of teenage boys steal cars to record TikTok videos. Videos have emerged of young car thieves ...

The US midterm elections are still months away, but attention is already turning to the 2028 presidential race. Speculation about Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has grown after the New York congresswoman ...

At 7.10pm in Ireland, the Moon covered the Sun almost completely, blocking its light and casting darkness over the country. It remained visible until around 8pm. Thousands gathered to watch it happen, ...

At 15 and unmarried, Ann was pregnant. To be a teenager and pregnant outside of marriage is never easy, but in 1980s Ireland it was a situation fraught with danger, shame and stigma. The previous year ...

LAST UPDATE | 14 Aug 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 impact ...

FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS HAVE been announced for Alex Coughlan, who died after an assault in Blanchardstown in Dublin last weekend. In the death notice, Mr Coughlan’s family say he will be “forever missed ...

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 ...

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 ...

In Shankill in south county Dublin, the stony beach saw visitors arrive with dogs and eclipse glasses as the solar event’s peak neared. Children carried their tin foiled-cereal boxes and adults ...

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