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A GAA club in Kerry has paid tribute after one of its players died following a collision in the county. Seán Scanlon died after the van he was driving was involved in a single vehicle collision on a local road at Kilurly, Ballinskelligs at around 2am on Sunday, November 17. The young man, who is aged in his 20s, was seriously injured in the incident and brought to University … [Read more...] about ‘Devastated’ GAA club leads tributes after young man dies following early morning collision

A WOMAN has died following a collision in west Belfast which left two pedestrians injured. On Saturday, November 9 two people who were walking in the Hannahstown Hill area at around 6.50pm were struck by a car which was involved in a two-vehicle collision. “Police received a report, shortly after 6.50pm, that two pedestrians had been struck by a vehicle in the Hannahstown Hill … [Read more...] about Woman dies following collision where two pedestrians were hit

DENISE GOUGH will open the Seamus Heaney Lecture 2024 at the Institute of Irish Studies in Liverpool next week. The Wexford-born actor has been back on the boards in London of late as she reprised her Olivier Award-winning role as Emma in Duncan Macmillan’s play People, Places and Things. Gough, who was joined by Sinéad Cusack in the production at the Trafalgar Theatre over … [Read more...] about Denise Gough to recite Heaney poem at annual Irish event in Liverpool

THE future of a vast lake in Northern Ireland which has been plagued by blue-green algae has been raised in Westminster. Lough Neagh is the largest lough in Ireland and the UK, but it is heavily polluted and concerns for its future were first raised last summer with the appearance of toxic blue-green algae in the water. The blooms, which pose a risk to humans and animals, … [Read more...] about Algae issues and the future of Lough Neagh raised in Westminster

A DRUG dealer in Derry has been jailed for 12 months after pleading guilty to drugs offences. Lesley Ann Dunn was found in possession of Class A and B drugs and a large quantity of cash when PSNI officers raided her home in Coleraine in November last year. “On Wednesday,  November 29, 2023, police searched a property in the Gransden Court area of Coleraine,” the PSNI’s … [Read more...] about Drug-dealing Derry woman jailed after being caught with cocaine and cannabis