Public asked to name Irish and British storms of 2025/26

THE British Met Office and Ireland's Met Éireann are inviting the public to help name the storms expected to affect Britain, Ireland and the Netherlands in 2025/26. This marks the 11th year of the joint storm-naming initiative, which was created to make severe weather warnings clearer and more memorable to the public. After Storm Éowyn hit at the start of the year, a Met Office … [Read more...] about Public asked to name Irish and British storms of 2025/26

OVERCROWDING in Irish prisons is spiralling out of control, in what experts are calling a national ‘crisis’. With facilities operating at nearly 120% capacity, over 400 inmates are currently sleeping on floors. This mirrors a broader trend across Europe, where the prison population grew by almost 4% in 2023 alone. Tougher sentencing laws and years of underinvestment in prison … [Read more...] about Ireland’s prisons are reaching breaking point

FORMER news reporter Dermot Murnagahn has thanked his fans for their outpouring of support after he revealed he has been diagnosed with advanced prostate cancer. The journalist, who worked for the BBC and Sky News for a number of years, shared his cancer diagnosis on his social media platforms earlier this week. “Some personal news, I’ve been diagnosed with Stage IV advanced … [Read more...] about Dermot Murnaghan thanks fans for ‘support and encouragement’ after revealing prostate cancer diagnosis

TWO men have been arrested following a series of raids by PSNI officers investigating suspected criminality linked to the West Belfast UDA. A number of properties in north and south Belfast were searched by officers last week. Items recovered from searches in the Joanmount Gardens area of the city included a sawn-off shotgun, ammunition, a significant quantity of suspected … [Read more...] about Second man arrested following PSNI raids linked to West Belfast UDA

THE British Library has confirmed it will reinstate an historic reader pass once belonging to Oscar Wilde which was revoked when he was found guilty of ‘gross indecency’ in 1895. “After 130 years, the British Library plans to symbolically reinstate the Reader Pass that belonged to the renowned poet and writer Oscar Wilde,” the organisation confirmed this month. “As revealed in … [Read more...] about British Library will reinstate Oscar Wilde’s revoked reading pass