Police searching for missing Mayo man seek van driver who picked up hitchhiker

POLICE have reissued a missing person’s appeal as they attempt to track down a man from Mayo who is believed to be in Northern Ireland. Enquiries have been ongoing as to the whereabouts of missing George Brennan, who was last seen on April 2 in Ballycastle, Co. Antrim. On that date the 38-year-old, who has not been heard from since, was spotted on CCTV in a Spar shop on Moyle … [Read more...] about Police searching for missing Mayo man seek van driver who picked up hitchhiker

IRISHMAN Ronan Clancy will run the London Marathon this month to raise vital funds for the National Brain Appeal. The 42-year-old is taking part in the event on April 27, in support of his mother, Vicky, who was diagnosed with young-onset Alzheimer’s at the age of 67, just months before his father, Dermot, was killed in a tragic accident. Mr Clancy, who is a lifelong runner, … [Read more...] about Clancy Group director will run London Marathon for brain disease charity in mum’s honour

THERE has been an increase in the number of accidents which happen on roads in Ireland on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays. Figures collated by An Garda Síochána have revealed the increase, with double the five-year average number of collisions happening on Fridays alone this year. Some 48 people have been killed in collisions on Irish roads already in 2025, with one in three of … [Read more...] about Increase in the number of accidents on Irish roads on weekends

PRESIDENT Michael D Higgins will lead a ceremony marking the anniversary of the Easter Rising in Dublin this weekend. Taoiseach Micheál Martin and Tánaiste Simon Harris will also attend the service, which will take place outside the GPO on O’Connell Street on Easter Sunday. The event marks the 109th state commemoration marking the Irish uprising in 1916, which eventually led to … [Read more...] about President Higgins will lead public ceremony marking 1916 Rising this Easter Sunday

TRIBUTES have been paid to an 18-year-old who was killed in a tractor accident in Co. Leitrim. Desmond ‘Dessie’ O’Kelly died following the incident which saw the tractor he was a passenger in involved in a single vehicle collision on the R204 at Aghavilla in Carrigallen at around 3.10pm on Tuesday, April 15. The male driver of the tractor, who is also in his late teens, was … [Read more...] about Tributes to teen killed in tractor accident