Connacht have completed their pursuit of Leinster flanker Will Connors, announcing that the 29-year-old, who has nine caps for Ireland, will head west to reunite with former coach Stuart Lancaster on a two-year deal this summer.
I think you can work it out if you've ever watched wrestling, said Joe Root, who hit his 20th ODI century to set up England's innings, with Brook joining him in the 32nd over. I think that's his way of doing that, trying to show that he wants that approval from the group. It's through humour. That's another area of why he's going to be a great leader because he has that side to him as well.
The incident happened at the junction of Church Road and Bridge Street in Swords shortly before 12.30pm The incident took place at the junction of Church Road and Bridge Street in Swords shortly before 12.30pm. The woman, a pedestrian, was pronounced dead at the scene. Her body has been removed to Connolly Hospital Blanchardstown and a postmortem is due to be carried out.
The deal would forge a market of two billion people and nearly a quarter of global GDP, according to the European Commission. Follow DW for more. EU and India conclude trade negotiations after nearly two decades of on-off negotiationsImage: Altaf Hussain/REUTERS Skip next section What you need to know EU and India have finalized a trade deal after nearly two decades of negotiations
MILAN -- U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents will have a security role during the upcoming Milan Cortina Winter Games, according to information shared with local media by sources at the U.S. Embassy in Rome. The Associated Press independently confirmed the information with two sources at the embassy. The sources who confirmed ICE participation Tuesday said that federal ICE agents would support diplomatic security details and would not run any immigration enforcement operations.
She had intended to speak about the flashpoints in international politics, Greenland and Ukraine, and US President Donald Trump, but the journalists present kept returning to the issue of the Mercosur agreement and how her party scuppered its ratification. Mercosur, the EU's major trade deal with the four South American countries of Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay, was meant to be a sign of hope in a world of increasing nationalism a boost to trade based on rules, not punitive tariffs.
'We've waited long enough' - LDA to begin work from next month even if a judicial review is launched The chief executive of the Land Development Agency has said work to deliver almost 1,000 homes at the site of the former Central Mental Hospital will begin next month - even if another judicial review is taken against the plans.
Beijing is willing to enhance mutual trust, strengthen communication and deepen economic cooperation with Finland, Chinese President Xi Jinping declared as he welcomed Finnish Prime Minister Petteri Orpo in Beijing. Orpo was in the Chinese capital on Tuesday to meet Xi and other leaders as part of a four-day visit to the country that began on Sunday. list of 3 itemsend of list During their meeting, Xi told Orpo that Finnish businesses were welcome to swim freely in the vast Chinese market, according to the official Xinhua news agency.
At least four out of every five successful Ukrainian strikes against Russia's forces are being carried out by drones, said Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Monday. The new figure represents one of the highest official estimates of the involvement of drones in Ukraine's battlefield operations. In the spring of 2025, Ukrainian officials had said that roughly 70% of Russian casualties were inflicted by drones.
As we enter 2026, is gearing up to release our fourth edition of the Fortune 500 Europe list, celebrating the region's most successful companies through the framework of one of business's best-known accolades. To truly understand these companies, we are embarking on a program of webinar masterclasses, executive interviews and strategy deep-dives, leading up to an exclusive London event for CEOs in September.
"I'm here to tell you the story of two children. Both children were Jews, and one of them was me," says Holocaust survivor Hedi Argent. The 96-year-old is addressing Year 9 pupils from St Michael's Grammar School in Barnet, north London. "I was four years old when I first heard about antisemitism," she tells them. "It was explained to me that people didn't like Jews."
Constantin Iosca moved here from Romania in 1997 for a 'better life', but will be spending nearly three years in jail after bringing a fraudulent personal injury claim
Russian drones and missile strikes hit Kharkiv on Monday, knocking out power to 80% of Ukraine's second-largest city and the surrounding region and striking apartment buildings, a school and a kindergarten, local officials said. Two people were injured, regional governor Oleh Syniehubov said in a video posted on Telegram. Mayor Ihor Terekhov said an energy site had been targeted in the city as night-time temperatures dipped to -14C.
Migration Minister Elma Saiz said the measure would apply to people who had been in Spain for at least five months as of December 31, 2025, provided they could also prove they had no criminal record. Applications are set to open in April and run until June 30, allowing beneficiaries to work in any sector and anywhere in the country. They would apply for a one-year renewable residency permit, or five years for children.
In any country, a drone strike on a civilian train would be considered in exactly the same way purely as terrorism. There is not and cannot be any military purpose in this, Zelenskyy wrote on the Telegram messaging app. He said the latest bombardment undermined peace efforts and urged allies to step up pressure on Moscow to end the war.
Major agreement reached after 20 years of negotiations and during ongoing tensions with the US. New Delhi, India India and the European Union have signed a free trade agreement that both sides have hailed as the mother of all deals. The agreement, announced on Tuesday, came together over nearly two decades of intermittent negotiations and during a geoeconomic crisis triggered by United States President Donald Trump's trade war.
On Monday evening, Grace's mother Siobhán held a sign with a picture of her daughter with the words "justice for Grace" written on it as she led the walk from Valley Park estate to Plunkett Green. "Justice for Grace, justice for my daughter," Ms Lynch said as she walked the route. "Justice for Grace, get the scramblers off the streets."
The lawsuit - filed at the Competition Appeal Tribunal in London - alleges Valve "forces" game publishers to sign up to conditions which prevents them from selling their titles earlier or for less on rival platforms. It claims that as Valve requires users to buy all additional content through Steam, if they've bought the initial game through the platform it is essentially "locking in" users to continue making purchases there.
Connors was disqualified at the time and also pleaded guilty to driving uninsured and unlicensed The victim's sister told him at the sentencing hearing: "You left my brother to die like a dog in the road"
After nearly two decades of negotiations, India and the European Union announced Tuesday they have reached a free trade agreement to deepen economic and strategic ties. The accord, which the EU chief described as the "mother of all deals," could affect as many as 2 billion people. The deal between two of the world's biggest markets comes as Washington targets both India and the EU with steep import tariffs, disrupting established trade flows and pushing major economies to seek alternate partnerships.
Cuba has long been under the effects of a perfect storm that shows no signs of abating. In addition to constant power outages, the high cost of living, persistent unsanitary conditions in the streets, and a tangled economic crisis that Cuban authorities seem incapable of resolving, there are now direct threats from Donald Trump's administration, aimed at the Castro regime which has been in power for nearly 70 years.
Prost, whose name now shares the same list as some of the world's most dangerous people, from terrorists to North Korean hackers and Iranian spies, described the effect of sanctions on her life as "paralyzing" in an interview by The Irish Times. This high-profile case provides a glimpse into the disruption that being cut off from the U.S. can have on a person's everyday life; lawmakers and government leaders across Europe are growing more aware of the looming threat facing them at home, and their over-reliance on U.S. technology.
Interest in sovereign cloud services has followed a bumpy trajectory over the past decade, both in the public sector and private enterprises. In the early days of cloud computing, fear, uncertainty and doubt reigned supreme in boardrooms and IT departments, as CIOs and IT decision-makers grappled with the notion of migrating workloads off physical hardware, housed in privately owned datacentres, to multi-tenanted public clouds, operated by overseas tech firms.
A statement on the Commission's website said that the investigation would "assess whether the company [X] properly assessed and mitigated risks associated with the deployment of Grok's functionalities into X in the EU." "This includes risks related to the dissemination of illegal content in the EU, such as manipulated sexually explicit images, including content that may amount to child sexual abuse material," it said, saying that EU citizens had already been exposed "to serious harm" from such risks.
A Dublin businessman has been given until March come up with a plan for the demolition of an extension at his beachside home after a judge ruled the development is "unauthorised".
Unsettled conditions will continue through the week, with a combination of rain, brisk winds and some further hill snow, particularly in northern areas where colder air remains in place. While many areas will see typical late January conditions, there is enhanced potential for some impactful weather on Monday night into Tuesday. We encourage people to keep up to date with the latest forecasts and warnings as details evolve.
Under the agreement, the EU will halt imports of Russian liquefied natural gas (LNG) by the end of 2026 and of pipeline gas by September 30, 2027. Under the law, that end date can be moved back to November 1, 2027, if a member state is having difficulties reaching its required gas storage levels with other sources ahead of the winter heating season.
