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Fri, 14 Jan 2022 06:04:47 +0000
Renewed appeal in Tullamore murder investigation
Gardaí in Tullamore investigating the murder of Ashling Murphy have renewed their appeal for information.

Fri, 14 Jan 2022 06:27:00 +0000
Vigils to be held around Ireland for Ashling Murphy
Vigils will be held in Tullamore and in towns and cities around Ireland later in memory of Ashling Murphy.

Fri, 14 Jan 2022 06:14:44 +0000
HSE portal for positive antigen results opens
The Health Service Executive's portal for people to report positive antigen test results has opened.

Fri, 14 Jan 2022 07:00:57 +0000
Djokovic has Australian visa cancelled
The Australian government has cancelled Novak Djokovic's visa for a second time, with immigration minister Alex Hawke saying he "carefully considered" all information before arriving at the decision.

Fri, 14 Jan 2022 09:15:47 +0000
Govt publishes plan on housing for disabled people
A plan to provide housing for disabled people over the next five years has been published by the Government.

Fri, 14 Jan 2022 07:00:00 +0000
Athenry pupil wows with wheelchair art
A Co Galway schoolboy with cerebral palsy has discovered a love of art - by using the wheels of his wheelchair to apply the paint.

Fri, 14 Jan 2022 07:20:09 +0000
Hong Kong suspends transit flights from most of world
Hong Kong will suspend for a month transit flights from around 150 countries and territories considered high risk because of the coronavirus, deepening the global financial hub's isolation.

Fri, 14 Jan 2022 00:48:33 +0000
UDA murder victims not warned of threats - report
Four men murdered by the UDA, including a Donegal Sinn Féin councillor, were not warned their details had been found in loyalist intelligence files, a report has revealed.

Fri, 14 Jan 2022 09:49:06 +0000
Single page of comic sells for nearly €3m at US auction
A single page of original artwork from an acclaimed 1984 comic featuring Spider-Man has sold for a record $3.36m (€2.93m) in the United States, making the webslinger the world's mightiest auction superhero.

Fri, 14 Jan 2022 07:02:50 +0000
North Korea fires 'unidentified projectile'
North Korea has fired an unidentified projectile eastward, South Korean and Japanese officials said, the nuclear-armed country's third suspected weapons test in just over a week.

Fri, 14 Jan 2022 00:00:05 +0000
Availability of workers damaging NI firms - survey
A survey of manufacturing firms in Northern Ireland has found that the availability of workers, and not the Northern Ireland Protocol, is the most damaging issue to the manufacturing sector there.

Fri, 14 Jan 2022 06:30:46 +0000
Johnson faces more claims over Downing Street parties
Pressure is mounting on British Prime Minister Boris Johnson amid fresh allegations that two further Downing Street parties were held while coronavirus restrictions were in place, the night before Prince Philip's funeral.

Fri, 14 Jan 2022 06:50:08 +0000
Australia sees 50.7C - highest temperature in 62 years
Australian authorities have warned people to stay indoors as a severe heatwave along the northwestern coast pushed temperatures to a blistering 50.7C.

Thu, 13 Jan 2022 22:09:23 +0000
Republicans threaten boycott of US presidential debates
The Republican National Committee (RNC) is threatening to boycott the US presidential debates unless the body that organises them changes its rules.

Thu, 13 Jan 2022 18:30:24 +0000
Last nine years among 10 hottest ever - US agency
The nine years spanning 2013-2021 all rank among the 10 hottest on record, according to an annual report by the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

Thu, 13 Jan 2022 22:38:35 +0000
Robert Kennedy assassin Sirhan Sirhan denied parole
The Governor of California has said that he has denied parole to Sirhan Sirhan, the Palestinian refugee serving a life sentence for assassinating US presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy in 1968.

Thu, 13 Jan 2022 19:20:01 +0000
Year-long dispute keeps boy with disability from school
The Child and Family Agency has criticised a Mayo school for its treatment of a boy with disabilities who has been absent for over a year, Fran McNulty explains.

Thu, 13 Jan 2022 17:30:22 +0000
Prince Andrew stripped of military titles, patronages
Britain's Queen Elizabeth has agreed to strip Prince Andrew of his honorary military roles and royal patronages, Buckingham Palace has announced.

Thu, 13 Jan 2022 15:34:58 +0000
7 things we learned at the HSE Covid briefing
As new rules on close contacts and testing come into effect tonight, here are seven things we learned from the HSE's latest Covid-19 briefing.

Thu, 13 Jan 2022 17:38:56 +0000
Concerns about changes to working hours for hauliers
A Professor of Psychology has expressed concern about increased driving hours for lorry drivers, saying it increases the risks of accidents.



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