UK
Steam engine to return to mainline network
Sweeping reforms needed within Garda, Commission on Future of Policing suggests
Brother of Kingsmill victim welcomes new Irish law to help inquest
William to visit Africa to promote fight against illegal wildlife trade
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Ploughing championship a welcome relief after tough year for Ireland’s farmers
Dark looming clouds and torrential rainfall have failed to dampen the spirits of thousands of people who travelled across Ireland to attend the
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Father has no memory of stabbing eight-year-old daughter, court told
A man accused of murdering his eight-year-old daughter by plunging a kitchen knife into her chest claims to have no memory of the alleged stabbing,
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Court told of medical conditions afflicting bus driver after crash
Death crash bus driver Kailash Chander was judged unfit to enter a plea or stand trial after being diagnosed with dementia, post-traumatic stress
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William unveils statue in honour of British Holocaust hero Frank Foley
The Duke of Cambridge has unveiled a statue of a war hero in front of Holocaust survivors and members of the man’s family in what they
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The building let us all down, Grenfell fire commander tells inquiry
A commander who oversaw the firefighting response within Grenfell Tower has apologised to the bereaved families, telling a public inquiry:
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Apple’s state aid tax bill paid to Irish Government
Apple’s 13 billion euro Irish tax bill has been paid, the country’s finance minister said.In 2016 the European Commission found
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Ireland’s President calls for dignity on campaign trail ahead of election
President Michael D Higgins has said he wants the presidential election campaign to address “real issues” and be
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Bus driver was driving dangerously before fatal crash, jury finds
An elderly bus driver diagnosed with dementia was driving dangerously when he killed a pedestrian and a seven-year-old boy by crashing into a
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Families want MoD to lose immunity from prosecution over reservist march deaths
The Ministry of Defence should be stripped of its immunity from prosecution after being blamed for the deaths of three reservists on a special
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Chappell went ‘above and beyond’ to provide information, appeal hearing told
Former BHS owner Dominic Chappell has told the appeal hearing against his pensions convictions that he went “above and beyond”
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Exhibition about street vandalised by Burns goes on show
An exhibition has opened celebrating the £1 million revamp of a street where Robert Burns caused controversy by etching a poem on a hotel
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Appeal for witnesses after deliberate flat fire
A fire which was deliberately started in a flat could have been “extremely serious”, police say.Emergency services were called
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Headteacher from TV’s Educating Greater Manchester resigns
The headteacher from the Educating Greater Manchester TV series has quit, claiming the council has a “personal vendetta” against
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Irish Taoiseach does not expect change in EU’s Brexit position
Ireland’s Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has said he does not expect any change in the EU’s Brexit position following high-level
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Londonderry businessman another step closer to entering Irish presidential race
Londonderry man Peter Casey is one step closer to entering the race to become the next president of Ireland after securing the support of Limerick
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Shell to ditch ‘hated’ North Sea rota system
Oil giant Shell has announced plans to change its “hated” rota system for North Sea offshore workers.Staff are currently based
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Woman jailed over insurance claim for ‘daughter injured in Manchester attack’
A woman who pretended to have a daughter who was seriously injured in the Manchester Arena attack to make an insurance claim has been jailed for two
