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U2 star Bono was reportedly caught up in the lorry attack in Nice, where he was dining in a restaurant near the Promenade des Anglais. According to the restaurant’s owner, the 56-year-old singer was on the terrace of La Petite Maison near the seafront on Thursday when the attack happened.

Taoiseach Enda Kenny is holding talks with French president Francois Hollande less than a week on from the Nice terror atrocity. The fallout from Brexit and security and counter-terrorism measures are expected to dominate discussions at Government Buildings in Dublin.

The gardaí are monitoring the social media posts of suspected Islamic jihadists living in Ireland. They are also looking at ways to step up security following the recent massacre involving a lorry in Nice and the axe attack on a train in Germany. The increased alertness comes after the cross Europe police agency Europol asked… Continue reading Gardaí monitoring social media accounts of suspected Islamic extremists

The leader of Ireland’s chief Opposition party said he hopes Brexit will move Ireland closer to reunification. Micheal Martin said a “reunification referendum” should be called if it becomes clear a majority want to see an end to Irish partition over the UK decision to pull out of the EU.

Two teenagers have been arrested after a young man was stabbed to death in Dublin. The man and woman, both aged 18, are being questioned about the incident at Seagull House on Rutland Avenue on Saturday.

An excavation has begun on land near where six-year-old Mary Boyle disappeared on March 18 1977. Gardai confirmed the dig was taking place in Co Donegal, understood to be on bogland near Cashelard, a few miles from Ballyshannon.

Northern Ireland’s new secretary of state has insisted he does not want to see a hardening of the Irish border in the wake of Brexit. In his first full day in office, James Brokenshire said both the UK and Irish governments were opposed to a return to border check points between north and south.

Homeless campaigners have demanded immediate action after Census 2016 found almost 200,000 houses and apartments lying empty across the country. The startling 10 per cent vacancy rate sparked calls for owners to be forced to sell properties to the state if they leave them unused and unoccupied.

Forensic investigators have been called in after a man tending his suburban garden uncovered a human skull. The homeowner had been digging in the back garden of his house in the Killakee estate in Firhouse, south Dublin, when he came across the remains.