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IRISH travellers are being urged to stay safe while on holiday as new figures show a record number of fatalities were recorded abroad last year. Some 381 Irish people died abroad in 2023, new figures from the Department of Foreign Affairs show. That is a marked increase on the figures for 2022, where 340 deaths abroad were recorded, and 2021, which recorded 220 deaths. Tánaiste … [Read more...] about Tánaiste urges travellers to say safe as record number of Irish people die abroad

TRIBUTES have been paid to a young man who was killed in a collision in Sligo over the weekend. James McNeive, of Knock in Co. Mayo, died on Sunday, August 4 when the van he was driving was involved in a collision with a lorry shortly after 6am on the N15 at Urlar, Drumcliffe. The 28-year-old was pronounced dead at the scene, while the lorry driver was taken to Sligo University … [Read more...] about Tributes paid to young man killed in Sligo collision

A MAN has been left in a serious condition in hospital after rioters stamped on his head in a hate attack during a second night of violence and disorder in Belfast. There was carnage in the city following an anti-immigration protest and counter-protest which took place in the Ormeau Avenue area at around 5pm yesterday afternoon. It was the second night of violence to blight the … [Read more...] about Rioters stamp on man’s head in hate attack during second night of violence in Belfast

FUNDING of £450k has been announced to help authorities in Northern Ireland explore potential solutions for an ongoing algae problem at a popular beauty spot. Lough Neagh is the largest lough in Ireland and the UK but it is heavily polluted and concerns for its future were raised last summer with the appearance of toxic blue-green algae in the water. The blooms, which pose a … [Read more...] about Funding announced to ‘explore’ solutions to Lough Neagh toxic algae issues

COUNCILLORS are working on bringing CCTV to a GAA club grounds in Belfast which has been the subject of multiple sectarian motivated attacks. The Henry Jones Playing Field in the Church Road area of east Belfast is the home of East Belfast GAA. For months the site has been targeted in a series of attacks deemed hate crimes by the PSNI. Yesterday the grounds were targeted once … [Read more...] about CCTV to be brought to GAA grounds targeted in ‘long line of attacks’ in Belfast