Author: Angela Nurse

Two Irish students have been injured in a coach crash in Spain which killed 13 women. “We can confirm that two Irish people received non-life threatening injuries in this morning’s bus crash in Tarragona, Spain,” a Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade spokesman said, adding: “We stand ready to provide consular assistance.”

An Independent TD is said to be recovering well after being injured by a cow on his farm. Michael Healy-Rae was being kept in hospital in Cork after suffering a number of injuries when he was hit by the animal which had been calving.

The survival of small businesses across Ireland hangs in the balance because of the Brexit issue, an industry body has warned. The Small Firms Association said thousands of jobs could be put at risk if the UK votes to leave the EU in three months time.

A man who died after his new plane crashed in a field next to a rural aerodrome has been remembered as an enthusiastic and skilled pilot. William Hillick, aged in his 40s, died after his single seater came down on land beside the Abbeyshrule airfield in Co Longford at about 5.45pm on Sunday evening.

A middle-aged man who was an associate of a suspected armed robber embroiled in a bloody gangland feud has been shot dead. The 55 year old, said to be friends with Gerry Hutch, known in crime circles as The Monk, was gunned down in a car outside his home in Ratoath, Co Meath.

Five coffins carrying the remains of the Buncrana pier tragedy victims have returned home ahead of their funeral as mourners and neighbours flocked to pay their respects. Books of condolences were opened at St Joseph’s Church in Galliagh and Holy Family Church in Ballymagroarty in Londonderry, a city numbed by the scale of the grief… Continue reading Buncrana pier victims' coffins return home ahead of funeral

A man in his 30s has been arrested by detectives investigating the murder of a well known dissident republican last month. The suspect was detained on Saturday afternoon in west Dublin and is being held at Blanchardstown Garda Station under Section 50 of the Criminal Justice Act.

“A number” of Irish citizens have been injured in a bomb attack in Turkey which killed five people and left dozens injured, the Government has confirmed. A suicide attacker detonated a bomb on Istanbul’s main pedestrian shopping street outside a local government office on Saturday morning, the sixth such attack in the country over the… Continue reading Irish citizens among the wounded in suicide bomb attack in Turkey

A new five-point plan to tackle the crisis of homeless people has been launched by one of Ireland’s leading charities. Focus Ireland wants TDs to commit to building 40,000 social homes over the next five years and to set a firm target date for ending family homelessness.

Several homes in a Cork housing estate were evacuated after a pipe bomb was discovered. The device, which was described as viable, was found at Shannon Lawn in the Mayfield area of the city.