Ireland
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Ireland has delayed choosing its new prime minister after a row over speaking rights sparked angry scenes in parliament. The Irish Parliament, called the Dail, had this morning convened to nominate a new prime minister, with Fianna Fail leader Micheal Martin poised to take on the position. However, the process was pushed back hours –…
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Several vehicles were involved in a collision on a mountain pass in the Lake District, where roads have been covered in ice and snow, earlier Saturday afternoon. Cumbria Police said they received numerous calls about a “multiple vehicle collision” on Wrynose Pass, which runs between the Duddon Valley and Little Langdale, shortly after 1pm. The…
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Alongside Met Office amber alerts covering parts of England and Wales, there are also weather warnings in place for Northern Ireland and Ireland. Met Eireann, the Irish National Meteorological Service, has orange warnings for snow in place for much of the south of the Republic. One of the warnings, in place from 5pm on Saturday…
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The Irish taoiseach – or prime minister – Simon Harris is in Kyiv today as Ireland prepares to announce millions in new funding for Ukraine. Mr Harris, who arrived in Ukraine on Wednesday morning, will sign a joint agreement with Volodymyr Zelenskyy on support and co-operation during a bilateral meeting in the Ukrainian capital. The…
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Simon Harris is set to become the next prime minister of Ireland – following the shock resignation of Leo Varadkar. Mr Harris, Ireland’s further education minister, was the only candidate to put his name forward in the Fine Gael leadership contest. The party confirmed he would take over as leader on Sunday. “Simon Harris is…
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Ireland on Friday announced that it will co-sponsor a UN Security Council resolution demanding a humanitarian cease-fire in Gaza. The resolution will demand an immediate humanitarian cease-fire, protection of civilians and compliance with international law, immediate and unconditional release of hostages, and urgent humanitarian access, Irish Foreign Minister Micheal Martin said on X. “The Council…
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Musician and singer Shane MacGowan, best known as the frontman of The Pogues, has died at the age of 65. His wife Victoria Mary Clarke shared the news in a post on Instagram, saying: “Shane will always be the light that I hold before me and the measure of my dreams and the love of…
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A man with a history of mental health issues accused of stabbing a housemate to death four months after his release from a psychiatric ward was suffering the “most severe” form of obsessive-compulsive disorder at the time and should be convicted of manslaughter rather than murder on grounds of diminished responsibility, the Central Criminal Court…
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Jozef Puska has been sentenced to the mandatory term of life imprisonment for the murder of 23-year-old school teacher Ashling Murphy. At a hearing on Friday afternoon before the sentence was handed down, the court heard statements from Ms Murphy’s sister Amy, Mother Kathleen and Ms Murphy’s boyfriend Ryan Casey. Ms Murphy’s father Ray and…
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Jack O’Connor has opted for an unchanged Kerry team as he seeks to end 13 years of championship torment at the hands of Dublin. However, the return of Jack Barry and Adrian Spillane to Kerry’s match-day 26 will fuel speculation that there could yet be an 11th hour change for Sunday’s All-Ireland SFC semi-final showdown.…
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The Irish government has pledged €18 million to a joint global effort to defeat the coronavirus. The funds will go to GAVI, the Vaccine Alliance, to support it’s work in procuring vaccines and distributing them to the world’s poorest and most vulnerable countries, including a vaccine for COVID-19 when it becomes available. Monday’s pledge brings…
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Ireland braced for weeks of political uncertainty Monday after an earth-shaking election that saw the Irish Republican Army-linked party Sinn Fein — long shunned by its bigger rivals — take the largest share of votes. In a surge that upended Ireland’s traditional two-party system, the left-wing nationalist party beat both Fianna Fail and Fine Gael,…
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Truata which officially opened its new headquarters in Dublin on Wednesday, has said it is organizing a new annual conference on data protection and analytics, to take place on 20 February, next year, in association with IDA Ireland. The event will take place in Dublin Castle, with the central theme being Ethical Analytics. It will…
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In homes and pubs, on leaflets and lampposts, debate is raging in Ireland over whether to lift the country’s decades-old ban on abortion. Pro-repeal banners declare: “Her choice: vote yes.” Anti-abortion placards warn against a “license to kill.” Online, the argument is just as charged — and more shadowy, as unregulated ads of uncertain origin battle…
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