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Irish TV presenter Amanda Byram proved the force is strong with her as she chose a Star Wars-themed cake for her wedding. The former model also went one step further in proving her love for digital producer Julian Okines – by marrying him twice.

Refugees are “people, just like you and me”, Hollywood star George Clooney has said in a speech urging humanity to do more to help those escaping war and persecution. The Oscar-winning actor opened up over his own ancestors’ struggles in fleeing the famine in Ireland and called on people to believe they can make a… Continue reading Refugees 'are people, just like you and me', George Clooney says

Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams has launched a withering attack on opposition rivals claiming they are not acting in the national interest. At his party’s ard fheis in Dublin Mr Adams took a swipe at Fianna Fail leader Micheal Martin comparing his post election attacks to those of unionists in Northern Ireland.

The anti-water charge movement has warned politicians they will be held to account if they renege on election promises on the utility. With the issue central to negotiations on a new government, 39 TDs signed their names to support abolition of the charges and call for a referendum on public ownership of supplies.

A man has been shot dead in a pub in a gangland style murder that was immediately linked to a devastating underworld feud. The victim, believed to have been from Co Tyrone originally, was gunned down in the Sunset House bar in the Summerhill area of Dublin’s north inner city. He was aged in his… Continue reading Fatal shooting in Dublin pub linked to Hutch-Kinahan feud

A massive consignment of illegal cigarettes has been stopped by Customs officers after they picked a truck out using routine profiling. The lorry carrying a 45ft container supposed to be full of rice cakes was searched at Dublin Port and 4.1 million cigarettes were discovered.

Luas workers are to decide over the weekend whether to accept a new three-year pay deal. The offer has been tabled initially to ticket inspectors after 48 hours of talks between trade union chiefs at Siptu and tram operator Transdev.

An experienced pilot may have recorded the crash which claimed his life as he flew his new plane for only the second time, investigations have revealed. William Hillick, aged in his 40s, died when the stunt plane he had bought just over a month earlier crashed beside the Abbeyshrule airfield, Co Longford on Sunday March… Continue reading Investigators seeking footage of final moments of flight that killed pilot

Health chiefs are expected to advise next month that there is no evidence of increased risk of HIV infections by lifting the ban on blood donations from gay men. The Irish Blood Transfusion Service (IBTS) is to ask the Department of Health to approve its position in June before regulators are asked to give the… Continue reading Irish Blood Transfusion Service could move to lift ban on donations from gay men

Hundreds of jobs have been announced in two expansions by healthcare and digital marketing companies. Opko Health is to take on 200 staff over the next five years as it invests in EirGen Pharma facility in Waterford which focuses on developing and supplying specialised oncology products.