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A diplomat hailed a hero worldwide for shooting a gunman who stormed the Canadian parliament has wrestled with a protester at a military ceremony. Kevin Vickers helped subdue a demonstrator who began chanting “insult” at the service commemorating more than 100 British soldiers killed trying to suppress the Easter Rising a century ago.

Four of Ireland’s most popular beaches have been forced to lower their coveted Blue Flag. Portrane in north Dublin lost out on the sought-after international hallmark because of a dip in water quality.

Homeless children put up in a hotel are banned from playing in the garden but dogs are allowed, a parliamentary watchdog has heard. Fr Peter McVerry revealed a seven-year-old boy in the emergency accommodation asked his mother why animals could go into the space on a sunny day but his family could not.

An Irishman was among five people who died when a skydiving tour plane crashed and caught fire in Hawaii. The pilot of the small plane was named locally as Damien Jimmy Horan, from Tullamore, Co Offaly.

British Prime Minister David Cameron stands accused of stonewalling repeated calls to open up files on the indiscriminate slaughter of 33 people including a pregnant woman. As the Dail unanimously backed the latest demand for official documents to be disclosed on the no-warning 1974 Dublin/Monaghan bombings, Taoiseach Enda Kenny warned the case was central to… Continue reading David Cameron 'stonewalling' calls for Dublin/Monaghan bombings files releases

The Prince of Wales has said he hopes conflict zones around the world copy the Northern Ireland peace process. On a whistle-stop tour of Donegal in the Republic – a year after his emotional trip to where his great-uncle Lord Mountbatten was murdered by the IRA in 1979 – Charles praised the people of the… Continue reading Prince of Wales hopes conflict areas will copy Northern Ireland peace process

Butcher brothers are convinced they will be supplying the Prince of Wales with their new artisan sausage creation – the Buckingham Black Banger. Ernan and Diarmuid McGettigan, of McGettigan’s in Donegal town, remained coy about their efforts to secure a Royal Warrant after Charles declined the offer to take some of their specially crafted wares… Continue reading Butcher brothers hope to find royal favour with Buckingham Black Banger

Luas strikes threatening to cause havoc for commuters, Bruce Springsteen fans and Ireland soccer supporters over the coming days have been cancelled. Trade union Siptu said two planned four-hour stoppages on the capital’s tram system on Thursday and Friday will no longer go-ahead.

Garda chief Noirin O’Sullivan has denied ordering lawyers to attack the good name of a whistleblower within her ranks. But she said it was not unreasonable, improper or avoidable to “appropriately test and cross examine” the allegations of Sergeant Maurice McCabe in the latest State inquiry into Garda wrongdoing.

Two men have been arrested after a suspected security breach at Shannon Airport. The pair were detained after accessing the runway through a perimeter fence at around 6am.