Ireland, Spain and Norway formally recognise Palestine from today

THE governments of Ireland, Norway and Spain will formally recognise Palestine as a state as of today. The joint decision by the European nations is in response to the ongoing conflict in Gaza. They believe formal recognition of the state of Palestine is the starting point to an end to war based on the two-state solution they hope to see in the Middle East – where Israel and … [Read more...] about Ireland, Spain and Norway formally recognise Palestine from today

‘DISGUSTING’ graffiti which appeared on a school in Northern Ireland has left local community members ‘shocked and horrified’. The grafitti – which depicts nazi symbols and uses aggressive racist language - appeared on a number of buildings in Cookstown, Co. Tyrone including a school. PSNI officers investgating the incident confirmed “it has been noted in several areas, … [Read more...] about Community condemns ‘disgusting’ racist graffiti found on school

TELEVISION presenters Eamonn Holmes and Ruth Langsford are reportedly set to divorce after 14 years of marriage. The couple, who previously co-hosted the Friday edition of popular daytime magazine show This Morning, have been together for more than 25 years. Their split was announced in a brief statement from a representative on Saturday, which read: "Ruth Langsford and Eamonn … [Read more...] about Popular TV presenters Eamonn Holmes and Ruth Langsford to divorce

A THIRD person has died on Northern Ireland’s roads this weekend following a single-vehicle collision on Saturday night. A man in his 60s died in a collision in Co. Armagh on Friday evening before 17-year-old Jack Morrow passed away following a collision in Co. Down in the early hours of Saturday. In the latest incident, a man died in a collision in the Ballyrobert Road area of … [Read more...] about Third person dies on Northern Ireland’s roads this weekend

TRIBUTES have been paid to a 17-year-old boy who died in a single-vehicle collision in Co. Down. Jack Morrow died at the scene of the incident on the Banbridge Road in Rathfriland at around 2.30am on Saturday. A 19-year-old who was also in the vehicle was taken to hospital with serious injuries. In a separate incident, a man in his 60s died in a two-vehicle collision on the … [Read more...] about ‘Loveliest boy’: Tributes paid after 17-year-old dies in Co. Down collision