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A PENSIONER is in hospital being treated for burns and smoke inhalation after her home was targeted in an overnight arson attack. The house, located in the Rathglynn area of Antrim, was set alight at around 3.20am this morning, the PSNI has confirmed. The woman, aged in her 70s, was inside the property at the time. She was taken to hospital for treatment of burns to her hands … [Read more...] about Pensioner hospitalised after home set alight in ‘terrifying’ arson attack

FUNDING has been reinstated to support a GCSE which is designed to improve road safety among young people in Northern Ireland. Infrastructure Minister John O’Dowd has agreed to fund a scheme that supports the Motor Vehicle and Road User (MVRUS) GCSE, which targets young people in a bid to improve road safety among a group which is over-represented in road traffic fatalities and … [Read more...] about Funding reinstated for road safety GCSE following ‘devastating’ year of fatal collisions

TWO men have been left in a serious condition in hospital following an assault in Co. Donegal yesterday morning. Gardaí were called to the incident at a house in Lifford at around 11am, they confirmed in a statement. “Two men were seriously assaulted at a house at around 10am,” they said. “One man (aged in his 20s) was airlifted to the Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast, for … [Read more...] about Man airlifted to hospital after serious assault at house in Donegal

TAOISEACH Simon Harris has congratulated Donald Trump on his inauguration as the 47th President of the United States while pledging to “cooperate” with the new US administration. “I warmly congratulate President Donald Trump on his inauguration and wish him every success in his term-in-office,” Mr Harris said in a statement. “This is a very important moment for President Trump … [Read more...] about Taoiseach pledges to ‘cooperate’ with newly inaugurated President Trump

THE public has been urged to keep away from a dead whale which has washed up on a Waterford shore. Yesterday morning local residents in Dungarvan were shocked to find the carcass of a fin whale had washed ashore on the rocks between Ballinclamper and Ballinard car parks. The large fin whale washed up on the rocks in Waterford (Pic: Cllr T Phelan) Local Labour Party Councillor … [Read more...] about Public urged to ‘keep away’ after dead whale washes up on Waterford coast