Ireland commits to sending €2m funding for food as Gaza faces famine

IRELAND has committed €2m in funding to support a programme delivering food to Gaza. Humanitarian agencies have warned this week that the war-torn region faces famine as deaths due to malnutrition and starvation are increasing as the Israeli-Palestinian conflict continues. The IPC (Integrated Food Security Phase Classification) has issued an alert claiming that the “worst-case … [Read more...] about Ireland commits to sending €2m funding for food as Gaza faces famine

A MAN who campaigned to uncover the truth about his brother's murder by loyalist paramilitaries has died 'without truth or justice' his supporters have said. Eugene Thompson had led his family's campaign for answers over his brother Paul's fatal shooting on April 27, 1994, which they believe involved state collusion. The 25-year-old was a passenger in a taxi in Springfield Park … [Read more...] about Brother of loyalist murder victim dies ‘without truth or justice’

MOURNERS at a church service for a mother and her two children who were murdered in Co. Fermanagh last week have been told that the deaths are 'more than any heart should bear'. Fr Raymond Donnelly was speaking at a removal service at St Mary's Church in Maguiresbridge for 45-year-old Vanessa Whyte and her children James Rutledge, 14, and Sara Rutledge, 13. All three died after … [Read more...] about Priest tells Maguiresbridge service that murders are ‘more than any heart should bear’

A MAN from Co. Armagh who was jailed over the deaths of 39 Vietnamese men, woman and children in a people-smuggling operation has had his sentence extended. Ronan Hughes, 45, was sentenced to 20 years in February 2021 after pleading guilty to 39 counts of manslaughter and one count of conspiring to assist unlawful immigration. However, he has now been handed an additional 16 … [Read more...] about Co. Armagh man jailed over 39 deaths in people-smuggling operation has sentence extended

A MAN has been arrested after one person died and another was seriously injured in a single-vehicle collision in Dublin. The incident occurred on the N2/M50 Northbound slip road at Junction 5 in Dublin 11 shortly after 1am today. A man in his 20s, who was an occupant in the car, was fatally injured while a female passenger in her 30s was taken to the Mater Hospital, where she … [Read more...] about Arrest after man dies and woman injured in single-vehicle collision in Dublin