Irish America Team

THE Irish Film & Television Academy (IFTA) has announced the nominees for its annual Rising Star Award. Actors Louisa Harland and Carolyn Bracken and directors Brendan Canty and Myrid Carten are all in the running for this year’s gong. The winner will join the like of Saoirse Ronan, Michael Fassbender, Nicola Coughlan, Domhnall Gleeson and Jamie Dornan, who have all scooped … [Read more...] about IFTA announces nominees for Rising Star 2026 award

A PENSIONER has died following a collision in Co. Tipperary. The driver, who was aged in his 70s, was seriously injured in the single vehicle collision on the R660 at Holycross at around 2.15pm on February 7. He was pronounced dead at the scene. A separate collision on the same day saw five people hospitalised. Just after 6.15am that morning, Gardaí and emergency services were … [Read more...] about Man dies and five people injured in two separate collisions in Tipperary

A MAN is in a critical condition in hospital following a collision in Co. Louth. Gardaí were called to the incident in Collon at around 3am on February 7, after a car collided with a pedestrian on the N2 near Funshog. The pedestrian, a man aged in his 40s, was treated at the scene before being removed to Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital Drogheda for treatment of serious … [Read more...] about Pedestrian seriously injured in Co. Louth collision

DRUGS with a suspected street value of more than €1.7m have been seized in Carlow. Gardaí from the Carlow Drugs Unit stopped and searched a car in the town on February 8 and found suspected heroin and cannabis worth an estimated €136k inside the vehicle. In a follow-up search of a nearby house, 12kg of suspected heroin, with an estimated street value of €1.68m, was found. The … [Read more...] about Woman arrested after heroin and cannabis worth €1.7m seized in Carlow

A RENEWED appeal for information has been issued on the anniversary of the disappearance of Jón Jónsson in Dublin. The 41-year-old, who is from Iceland, went missing on February 9, 2019 while attending the Dublin Poker Festival with his partner. He left the Bonnington Hotel on the Swords Road in Whitehall at around 11am that morning and was last seen a short time later on CCTV … [Read more...] about Renewed appeal for information on Icelandic tourist who went missing in Dublin