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Death notices in the Leitrim area - Friday, April 26
Paddy Flynn, Leixlip, Kildare / Aughnasheelin, Leitrim Peacefully, surrounded by his family and in the loving care of the staff at Sycamore Ward, Connolly Hospital, Blanchardstown. Paddy, beloved husband of Rosaleen and dear father of Louise, Denise, Stephanie and the late daughter Patrice and a dev...
Limerick Weather - Friday, April 26, 2024
BRIGHT or sunny spells will be mixed with scattered showers, most frequent and possibly heavy in the afternoon. Highs of eight to 11 degrees with light to moderate northeasterly breezes. NATIONAL OUTLOOK showers will soon die away tonight with long clear spells following. Some frost will set in. Col...
Tipperary Soccer Fixtures - Four Tipperary Cup quarter-finals this weekend
Saturday, April 27 Youths Shield Divison 1 Semi Final First Leg Clonmel Celtic v Clonmel Town, 6pm J Lyons Youths Shield Division 1 Semi Final Second Leg Two Mile Borris v Cahir Park, 6pm M Duffy Youths Shield Division 2 Final First Leg Two Mile Borris v SC & K United, 6pm M Jordan Sunday, April...
LATEST: Were you caught? Tipperary gardaí catch motorists well over the speed limit
With weather conditions deteriorating, Tipperary Roads Policing Unit carried out a series of speed compliance checks across the Clare East, Tipperary North area on Thursday evening. Gardaí said: "As you can see from one of our checks in a 50km/h zone, a number of motorists were intercepted having b...
‘I started off on minimum wage as a scientist – now my hair extension businesses are turning over £4 million a year’
A mother-of-two who started her career earning minimum wage as a scientist in her 20s now runs two hair extension businesses turning over £4 million after taking inspiration from a calamitous DIY haircut just before her wedding day. Sarah McKenna, 41, who lives in Dublin, Ireland, graduated with a ...
Couple who met as actors spinning fire and fighting as Vikings get engaged onstage dressed as Shakespeare characters
A couple who met as volunteer actors for an outdoor theatre where they performed as fire spinners and fought one another dressed as Vikings are preparing to marry after getting engaged on stage dressed as William Shakespeare characters Juliet and Puck. Dave Churm, 28, an engineer for a pharmaceutica...
LIVE: Warning issued over black van in Tipperary visiting villages and rural areas
A warning has been issued over a black van in Tipperary visiting villages and rural areas. Cllr Imelda Goldsboro said: "Please be alert to a black van visiting rural villages and areas offering power washing and gutter cleaning services. "Very forward and convincing. Please explain to older family m...
Derry Death Notices - Friday, 26th April 2024
The following deaths have occurred:- • David (Davey) Boone, 40 Forgetown Road, Maghera • Jonathan James Creswell • Margaret Elizabeth (Pearl) Manning (née Brown), Eglinton • Patricia Mullan (née O’Connor), 185 Formil Road, (Gelvin Road), Glenullin • Samuel James Nicholl, 15 Cherry Plac...
On This Day in 2021 – England great Fara Williams reveals retirement plans
England’s record caps holder Fara Williams announced she would retire at the end of the season on this day in 2021. The midfielder, who had been with Reading since 2017, made 172 appearances for her country and played at three World Cups. In a career spanning nearly two decades, Williams helped th...
Timeline of events around Reading terror attack
The Reading terror attacker who murdered three men in a knife attack is serving a whole-life sentence. Libyan refugee Khairi Saadallah shouted “Allahu akbar” as he fatally stabbed friends James Furlong, 36, Dr David Wails, 49, and Joseph Ritchie-Bennett, 39, on June 20 2020. Three others – Ste...
US-China talks start with warnings about misunderstandings and miscalculations
The United States and China butted heads over a number of contentious bilateral, regional and global issues as US secretary of state Antony Blinken met on Friday with Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi and both men warned of the dangers of misunderstandings and miscalculations. The meeting, on the fin...
Popular Chiefs player moving on
Exeter Chiefs loosehead prop Alec Hepburn has agreed a move to Scarlets for the 2024/25 season. The front rower will join the Welsh United Rugby Championship [URC] side after a decorated career as a Chief. In 10 seasons, Hepburn amassed 179 appearances and seven tries as well as a Champions Cup and ...
Derry Death Notices - Friday, 26th April 2024
The following deaths have occurred:- • David (Davey) Boone, 40 Forgetown Road, Maghera • Jonathan James Creswell • Margaret Elizabeth (Pearl) Manning (née Brown), Eglinton • Patricia Mullan (née O’Connor), 185 Formil Road, (Gelvin Road), Glenullin • Samuel James Nicholl, 15 Cherry Plac...
On This Day in 2021 – England great Fara Williams reveals retirement plans
England’s record caps holder Fara Williams announced she would retire at the end of the season on this day in 2021. The midfielder, who had been with Reading since 2017, made 172 appearances for her country and played at three World Cups. In a career spanning nearly two decades, Williams helped th...
Pro-Palestinian protestors at Columbia University settle in for 10th day
The students at an encampment at Columbia University who inspired a wave of pro-Palestinian demonstrations across the country dug in for their 10th day on Friday. It comes as administrators and police at college campuses from California to Connecticut wrestle with how to address protests that have s...
Devon County Council on the road
Devon County Council will be returning to the County Show again this year from Thursday 16 to Saturday 18 May. Its stand will be in its usual place on Road Eight, where, alongside various partners, the local authority will be showcasing the work it carries out 365 days a year. There’ll be a variet...
Cancer tests at new Devon centre will speed up diagnoses
Thousands of people will be able to have tests in the town centre rather than going to hospital
Last minute plea to save Devon seafront attraction
Planners say the structure is 'alien and incongruous'
Fellow reservist warned of mass shooting before mass gun attack in Maine
An Army reservist and friend of the gunman behind Maine’s deadliest mass shooting testified on Thursday about his friend’s mental decline, describing publicly for the first time the warning he issued a month before the tragedy unfolded. Sean Hodgson texted leaders of his reserve unit six weeks b...
Count Binface: I will rename London Bridge and have never heard of Susan Hall
London mayoral candidate Count Binface says he would rename London Bridge, make Thames Water bosses “take a dip” in the river and claims he has never heard of his Tory opponent Susan Hall. The self-described intergalactic space warrior, who says he is 5,072 years old in Earth years, is running t...