Search underway for Cloverhill fugitive
Gardai are this morning hunting for a man who made good his escape while in transit to a hearing yesterday morning. According to reports, the man in his 20s, who is an inmate at Cloverhill …
May 2015
David Cameron prepares for a second term as Prime Minister
After a hotly contested General Election in the UK, David Cameron’s Conservative Party has emerged as clear winner. Both Labour and the Liberal Democrats suffered grievous losses nationwide, and the future of the party leaders …
Yet another yellow status weather warning issued over incoming heavy rain
There’s no let up to the old rainfall, it seems. Met Eireann has just issued a weather morning, which kicked in at 9am, and will remain in effect all day today. Anything between 20-40mm of …
Varadkar: ” My priority is on employing more people, and not raising wages”
The Minister for Health Leo Varadkar has claimed that his main priority as Minister is to employ more staff in the health service, and not increase wages for those currently working in the sector. Although …
Tragic: US man kills 18 month old toddler mimicking WWE wrestling move
A 20 year old man in the US has been charged over the death of a 18 month old toddler after he killed the young boy whilst he was replicating his favourite WWE wrestler’s signature …
Confrontation: Man arrested for confronting Enda Kenny when he was canvassing in Kilkenny
A middle aged man was arrested yesterday afternoon in Carlow after he tired to get into a confrontation with the Taoiseach Enda Kenny. The incident happened when Kenny was finishing canvassing for the by-election in …
UK Election: Cameron to remain Prime Minister, UKIP finally get some seats, SNP triumph and DUP possibly in government – read it here
In the most high-tech general election ever held in the UK, the exit polls show things are about to get shook up. The Conservatives have powered their way to an almost majority. They’re predicted to …
18 minutes in history: The sinking of the RMS Lusitania
May 7, 1915. It is a clear and crisp early summer afternoon. The sea off the coast of Kinsale is calm, almost welcoming. Quite a change from the earlier misty daybreak. The passage must surely …
Tragic: Irishwoman and child killed in road crash in Poland
Yvonne Buchtrup, 30, and her daughter Ella, 2, have sadly died in a road accident in Poland. It is understood that Ms. Buchtrup, originally from Limerick, was in the car with her husband and two …
3 Ireland phone bills will increase by a mammoth 25pc from June
The huge price hike will affect thousands of customers from next month, as the company attempts to even out differences in price with O2 Ireland bills. Both bill pay and sim only customers will be …
