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A British motorist has been charged with causing death by dangerous driving following a crash which killed a popular horse trader. Andre “Nick” Murphy, from Wexford, was changing a blown-out tyre on his horsebox on a motorway slip road in south Wales when the fatal collision happened last December.

Drink played a part in almost 40% all fatal road accidents in a five-year period, research has revealed. Analysis of forensic reports from crashes between 2008 and 2012 found alcohol was a factor in collisions in which 366 motorists, their passengers, motorbike users, pedestrians and cyclists were killed.

Up to 100,000 people are expected to flock to Ireland’s largest garden and food festival over the bank holiday weekend. Celebrating its 10th anniversary this year, Bloom has doubled in size over the past decade to a 70 acre site in the heart of Dublin’s Phoenix Park.

A Stormont scrutiny committee has requested a full briefing on a developing criminal investigation into Northern Ireland’s biggest ever property deal to establish whether its own political probe can resume. Finance Committee chairwoman Emma Pengelly stressed the need to ensure its examination of the £1.2 billion sale of properties held by the Irish Republic’s “bad… Continue reading Stormont committee requests full Nama probe briefing

Leading accountancy firm Ernst & Young is to create 270 jobs in Ireland. The company said it will open two new offices in Dublin and Galway and take its workforce to 1,400.

Airline leaders from around the world will gather in Dublin for a major summit beginning on Thursday. The International Air Transport Association’s (Iata) annual general meeting will focus on the industry’s sustainability and cyber security.

The manager of an Irish pub in Salzburg hopes his Dance In France football anthem is a hit at the European Championships. John Paul Wright, from Coill Dubh in County Kildare, wrote the song in less than 10 minutes while hungover the morning after the Republic of Ireland qualified.

Almost one-third of prisoners who are locked up 23 hours a day are aged 18-24, campaigners have revealed. The Jesuit Centre for Faith and Justice said there is no reason the state cannot halve the number of young people being sent to jail and put into severe confinement, many out of fear for their own… Continue reading Young prisoners 'failed by society' say researchers

A leading Brexit campaigner in Northern Ireland has accused former PSNI chief constable Hugh Orde of treating voters like ignoramuses after he warned the UK will be less safe after leaving the EU. Sammy Wilson, Democratic Unionist MP, said Mr Orde was part of an elite using scare tactics and he insisted the border with… Continue reading Pro-Brexit Sammy Wilson attacks ex-PSNI boss's 'scare tactics' on referendum

Luas strikes threatening to cause havoc for commuters over the coming days have been cancelled. Two planned four-hour stoppages on the capital’s tram system on Thursday and Friday will no longer go ahead, said Owen Reidy of trade union Siptu.