Judge Thokozile Masipa has ruled that prosecutors can appeal against the ‘culpable homicide’ verdict, but not the five-year sentence handed down to Oscar Pistorius. The ruling effectively means that prosecutors may now go to South …
A few hundred households have been blacked out by the power of Nature this morning. Gusts of up to 100km/h have damaged the electrical grid at several sites across the country. An orange weather …
A stormy day dawns in Ireland today, both in a literal and a figurative sense. The winds of change blow cold and hard on this Human Rights Day, as crowds of popular masses prepare …
The first vote on government’s updated water charges plan was held in the Dáil today. The vote on the first Water Services Bill was passed 71 to 51. This bill provides legal effect to the …
A motion of confidence in the Taoiseach tabled by the Government has passed 86 votes to 55. All parties were engaged in a lengthy debate which lasted well over 3 hours. The Dáil will remain …
The controversial JobBridge scheme has yet again made headlines for all the wrong reasons. In this latest job offer, Gardai are seeking to fill a ‘Human Rights Assistant’, to work 40 hours a week. According …
The Taoiseach must be feeling the pressure in the Dáil today, as a motion of no confidence tabled by Sinn Fein is currently being discussed. Sinn Fein have called for the Government to resign over …
Irish D-Day veteran Patrick Gillen, 89, was yesterday awarded France’s highest military honour, the Chevalier de la Legion d’Honneur. He dedicated his medal to all of his comrades that did not survive World War 2. …
There were six fatalities, including two children, when a private jet slammed into a house in the state of Maryland yesterday. The jet crashed at around 10:45am local time in Gaithersburg, a surburb of Washington …
A storm is coming. Met Éireann has issued a national status orange warning due to expected high winds. Counties Donegal, Galway, Leitrim, Mayo and Sligo will bear the brunt of the weather onslaught. The warning …
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