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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

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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 ...

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 ...

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

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 ...