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One man has been left fighting for his life and three others suffered hypothermia after they were rescued from a capsized boat on the River Shannon. The alarm was raised after 4am after the 16ft craft turned over and was caught in branches and debris near Castleconnell, about 12 miles north of Limerick city.

Champions of plain-speaking have devised a dictionary to help voters with the onslaught of political jargon over the coming weeks. Within moments of the general election being declared, the airwaves were swamped with cliches and buzzwords, including the new favourite “fiscal space”.

Gunmen dressed up in police uniforms opened fire in an Irish hotel lobby, killing one man and seriously injuring two others, during a packed weigh-in for a European boxing title fight. Up to 300 fans, including women and children, at the sporting event at the Regency Hotel in Dublin scattered in fear of their lives… Continue reading One dead, two injured in shooting at boxing match weigh-in at Dublin hotel

Six fishermen were rescued after their scallop boat broke down in the middle of the night. The crew of the 25m beam trawler raised the alarm at 2.50am after a rope became entangled around a propeller disabling it just off the Kish Bank in the Irish Sea.

Some healthcare workers responsible for people with disabilities being kept in a foster home where rapes allegedly occurred are still employed by the state, it has been revealed. The Health Service Executive (HSE) said three people with authority for a woman, known as Grace, being kept in the home in the south-east 14 years after… Continue reading Healthcare workers in abuse-allegation foster home still employed by state

An Irish woman and a Scottish man have died after a yacht ran into trouble and crashed on the western coast of South Africa. The man, understood to be George Mills, 61, was discovered at the scene of the accident, the National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI) said.

An Irish ticketholder has come forward to claim a 66 million euro share of Friday’s EuroMillions jackpot. The claimant has been in contact with the National Lottery to say that they have the ticket, but still has to attend the headquarters in person to officially claim the prize.

Musician Colin Vearncombe, known as Black, is to be remembered in a memorial in his native city after his death in a road accident. The singer, from Liverpool, who had a global hit in 1987 with Wonderful Life, suffered swelling on his brain after a crash near Cork Airport on January 10, and died 16… Continue reading Liverpool memorial for musician Colin Vearncombe after fatal crash

A pensioner killed in a road accident in which two gardai were also injured had been missing from a nursing home. The 66-year-old man died after being struck by a car on the main Galway to Limerick N18 road about two kilometres (1.2 miles) north of Ardrahan.

Budget airline Ryanair has seen passenger numbers rise by a fifth as it cut prices to boost bookings in the wake of recent terrorist attacks. The carrier’s decision to drive down fares in the face of weakening demand caused by the atrocities in Brussels and Paris sparked a 20% rise in traffic to 24.9 million… Continue reading Ryanair boosts passenger numbers by fifth with price cuts after terror attacks