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DUBLIN garden designer Peter Donegan has scooped an impressive award at the Melbourne International Flower and Garden Show. Donegan’s show garden A Moment in Time featured in the annual event which took place this month. Built over nine days, the piece, which tells the story of an Air Force veteran who returns to a place he hoped to be able to call home, won the People’s Choice … [Read more...] about Irish garden designer scoops People’s Choice Award at Melbourne flower show

POLICE have released an image of a man they want to locate as part of their investigation into the murder of Sean O’Neill. The 30-year-old construction worker, who lived in Hayes, was found with stab injuries in the Reynolds Road area of the town shortly before 7pm on Thursday, May 18, 2023. He later died at the scene. Today detectives investigating the murder have released … [Read more...] about Image of suspect wanted in connection with Sean O’Neill murder issued by police

TRIBUTES have been paid after a popular GAA player died in Australia. Lorcán Branagan went missing over the weekend while on a night out with friends in Sydney. The 26-year-old, an avid traveller who hails from Co. Down in Northern Ireland, had moved to Australia in November to spend the summer there. He was last seen at Darling Harbour's King Street Wharf at around 3.30am on … [Read more...] about ‘Talented’ GAA man Lorcán Branagan dies in Sydney Harbour tragedy

US President Joe Biden has made a special call to outgoing Taoiseach Leo Varadkar to “recognise” his service to Ireland over the years. Mr Varadkar announced last week his resignation from the post of Taoiseach and as leader of the Fine Gael party. His party leader successor, Further and Higher Education Minister Simon Harris, was confirmed on Sunday, March 25. He is set to … [Read more...] about US President Joe Biden makes special call to outgoing Taoiseach Leo Varadkar

A PUBLIC appeal for information has been issued on the 31st anniversary of the murder and disappearance of Annie McCarrick. The young woman went missing from her home in Dublin on March 26, 1993. Born in New York, to an Irish family, the 26-year-old moved to Ireland and settled in Sandymount, Dublin 4, in January 1993. At the time of going missing, Ms McCarrick worked as a … [Read more...] about Public appeal on 31st anniversary of disappearance and murder of Irish-American Annie McCarrick