Following the health concerns during the summer that forced her to withdraw from the presidential election, Mairead McGuinness is back on the circuit. The former MEP and European Commissioner has been spotted at two gigs with a European flavour in recent weeks. She saw Enda Kenny presented with the inaugural Trinity European Laureate Award a few weeks back and attended the European Movement Christmas party in the Mansion House last week.
Philip Murphy is already serving a 10-year sentence for two random sex attacks on women in Dublin city centre His brother, Michael Murphy (48), was also jailed today for rape His half brother, Thomas Ryan, has waived his anonymity so Philip Murphy can be named A "most dangerous sexual predator" has been jailed for 15 years for the repeated rape and sexual abuse of his younger brother and two young girls 30 years ago.
The duration of a total solar eclipse always varies. In April 2024, the eclipse that crossed North America lasted 4 minutes and 28 seconds. By contrast, the one that will reach Spain in August 2026 will only last 1 minute and 43 seconds. In less than two years, both will be put to shame by the longest conjunction of the century.
Guests feasted on oysters and Guinness with mulled wine and Champagne and seasonal cocktails The couple booked out the entire castle for their ceremony Ryan Tubridy and his new wife Dr Clare Kambamettu married in a "beautiful" and "intimate" ceremony at a castle in the heart of Connemara yesterday. The beaming couple tied the knot in a civil ceremony at their favourite hotel, the Abbeyglen Castle Hotel in Clifden, in front of just over 100 guests.
Nearly 200 people, including minors accused of involvement in murder plots, have been arrested over the last six months as part of Europol's Operational Taskforce (OTF) GRIMM. The operation targets what cops call "violence-as-a-service" - crime crews recruiting kids and teens online to carry out contract killings and other real-world attacks. "These individuals are groomed or coerced into committing a range of violent crimes, from acts of intimidation and torture to murder," the European police said on Monday.
I heard in evidence that Ruth laughed about my loyal brother dying for his friend. To think that someone would find that funny is so beyond belief. As a woman and a mother to think that another woman would laugh at the violent death of someone's loved one; [it] makes us sick to our stomach. I wonder does she still find it funny. I wonder is she laughing now as she hears the impact of what she did to my family
I hate ever having to try and compare myself to other people, said Norris. But I certainly feel like at moments I've driven better than I feel like other people can. And I feel like I drove at a level I don't think other people can match. Did I also make mistakes? Yes. Is there stuff Max could do better at times than me? Yes. But do I believe he's unbeatable? No.
Datacenters are blocking other energy users from connecting to the grid by over-reserving capacity in case they need it for future growth, according to a new report. Advisory body Uptime Institute says that power use in modern datacenters tends to remain largely constant, with significant changes in demand typically coming from business expansion. To allow for this, operators often reserve significantly more power than they require, which prevents other users from being allocated that capacity by the grid, even though it is not actually being used.
Regardless of how people get to work or where they live, it turns out that most of us tend to spend the same amount of time commuting to work. Long suspected and at times disputed, a new review of people's commutes across 43 countries found a strong bias toward a daily commute of around 78 minutes (1.3 hours), regardless of how it occurs.
In Ryan George's wonderful "Pitch Meeting" series, on YouTube, the excitable producer character, relishing the eager screenwriter character's ability to load a conflict with life-or-death consequences, always enunciates "stakes!" with shivering excitement. Similarly, when we read non-narrative scholarly books, what we want in exchange for all the minutiae is a sense that something significant, something we might call stakesy, is on the line.
Market research company Euromonitor has done some digging and revealed which cities saw the most international arrivals in 2025. London welcomed 22.7 million visitors in 2025, making it the third most visited city in the world and the most visited in Europe. That's a four percent increase on last year's visitor count. London was beaten only by Bangkok, which received 30.3 million international visitors and Hong Kong, which saw 23.2 million. The only other European city in the top 10 was Paris, which had 18.3 million visitors.
Shortly before 5.30pm, gardaí and emergency services were alerted to the collision at Myshall village involving a car and a pedestrian. The female pedestrian, aged in her 80s, was pronounced deceased at the scene. The coroner has been notified and the woman's body has been removed to University Hospital Waterford where a post-mortem examination will take place in due course.
King Charles and Queen Camilla have chosen their 20th wedding anniversary portrait for their official Christmas card this year. Charles and Camilla are pictured standing side by side, with the queen's arm linking the king's, in the grounds of Villa Wolkonsky, the British ambassador's residence in Rome, earlier this year. The photograph is framed inside the card by a dark red border, with the printed message in a matching colour on the opposite side reading Wishing you a very Happy Christmas and New Year.
The bodies of at least 17 migrants and asylum seekers have been found in a partially deflated boat off the Greek island of Crete, according to the country's coastguard. The victims, as well as two survivors, were discovered on Saturday, some 26 nautical miles (48km) southwest of Crete. list of 4 itemsend of list A spokeswoman for the Greek coastguard told the AFP news agency that all of the victims were men.
At least 18 migrants attempting to cross the Mediterranean Sea in an inflatable boat died when it capsized south of the island of Crete, Greek authorities said Saturday. The half-sunken boat was located Saturday by a passing Turkish merchant vessel, authorities said. Two survivors were rescued and a rescue operation to find more was ongoing. Greece is a major entry point into the European Union for people fleeing conflict and poverty in the Middle East, Africa and Asia and fatal accidents are a common occurrence.
Nikita Bier, head of product at X, has announced the cancellation of the EU Commission's advertising account. 'Your advertising account has been closed,' Bier wrote in a post to which he attached another post from the European Commission. The Ad account is an additional account linked to a main account, designed to manage advertising campaigns, and X's announcement came after the European Commission imposed a £120 million fine on the social network on Friday for violating transparency rules.
