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FOUR pupils were in need of hospital treatment after the school bus they were travelling in overturned in Co. Down. The incident, which happened at around 3.50pm yesterday afternoon (October 7), saw an Ulsterbus containing 44 people overturn on the Ballyblack Road East Newtownards. The bus was carrying students from Strangford College. The Northern Ireland Ambulance Service … [Read more...] about Pupils treated in hospital after school bus overturns in Northern Ireland

THOSE killed in the Creeslough tragedy in Donegal were remembered this week as the two-year anniversary of the incident fell. The explosion at the Applegreen station on October 7, 2022, killed 10 people – aged between five and 59 years old. They were Robert Garwe and his five-year-old daughter Shauna Flanagan-Garwe; Catherine O’Donnell and her 13-year-old son James Monaghan; … [Read more...] about Creeslough victims remembered on two-year anniversary of tragedy

The Wolfe Tones are to receive The Irish Post Lifetime Achievement Award ELECTRIC ATMOSPHERE The Wolfe Tones at the Electric Picnic, Stradbally, Co. Laois IN 1963 The Wolfe Tones odyssey began. The lads had a strong sense of their country's history, and as it looked like they might play a few gigs together — for a few months anyway — so they named their band in honour of the … [Read more...] about The Wolfe Tones celebrate their 60th anniversary with an Irish Post Award

POLICE have named a man who was murdered in Co. Tyrone over the weekend. Kyle McDermot was assaulted during an altercation in Strabane at around 11.30pm on the evening of Sunday, October 6. The 24-year-old, from Ballymagorry, died in the early hours of Monday, October 7. “Kyle McDermot died following an altercation, which took place on the night of Sunday 6 October in the … [Read more...] about Police name murder victim as arrest made

LEEDS Irish Health & Homes (LIHH) is holding a fundraising céilí at Leeds Irish Centre on Friday October 18 to support its lifeline services, and guests are guaranteed a fantastic evening of culture, community and craic. The céilí is a new initiative for LIHH, which held two fundraising dinner dances before COVID-19 struck. It’s hoped that the céilí format will be inclusive … [Read more...] about Culture, community and craic at Leeds Irish Health & Homes céilí fundraiser