Woman dies in hospital days after being involved in collision in Co. Clare

GARDAÍ are appealing for witnesses to come forward after a driver who was involved in a collision in Co. Clare died in hospital. The woman, who was aged in her 60s, was involved in a single vehicle collision on the R458, Rathfolan in Newmarket on Fergus on March 27. Gardaí and emergency services attended the incident, which happened shortly before 10.50pm, and the woman was … [Read more...] about Woman dies in hospital days after being involved in collision in Co. Clare

PRESIDENT Catherine Connolly has made seven nominations to the Council of State. Among them is the Belfast-based Irish language activist Linda Ervine, who founded Turas, one of the city’s largest Irish language centres. The list also includes fellow Irish-language speaker Professor Fionnuala Ní Aoláin, who was born in Dublin and grew up in the Connemara Gaeltacht. Professor Ní … [Read more...] about Irish language activist Linda Ervine appointed to President’s Council of State

AN INVESTIGATION is underway after a delivery driver was hijacked by masked men and forced to drive a viable device into a police station in Armagh. The attack on Lurgan Police Station happened at around 10.30pm on March 30, the PSNI confirmed in a statement last night. “At approximately 10.30pm on Monday 30 March, a fast food delivery driver was making a delivery in Deramore … [Read more...] about Delivery driver forced to drive ‘viable device’ into Northern Irish police station

FOREIGN Affairs Minister Helen McEntee will formally open a new Irish Embassy in Kyiv today. The Minister is on a two-day trip to Ukraine, during which she will also hold the second Ireland-Ukraine Strategic Dialogue with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Ivanovych Sybiha and visit a project funded by Irish Aid at the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA). Yesterday Ms McEntee … [Read more...] about New Irish Embassy due to be formally opened in Kyiv

A MAN has been charged with the murder of MI5 agent Denis Donaldson. The 55-year-old was shot dead at a remote cottage near the village of Glenties in Donegal in April 2006. The former Provisional IRA member and senior Sinn Féin official admitted just weeks before his death that he had spied for the British security service as well as the RUC and the PSNI for over 20 … [Read more...] about Man charged with murder of MI5 agent Denis Donaldson