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Tóibín, who was lives in Highland Park near Pasadena, described how a calm evening quickly turned into a chaotic few days, as he prepared to evacuate his home. Writing about the experience for the London Review, Mr Tóibín said: “By the time it was fully dark, the wind was howling. I had never heard a…

Patrick MacEntee. Photo: Tom Burke. Well-known criminal lawyer Patrick MacEntee SC has died at the age of 89. A native of Co Monaghan, Mr MacEntee acted in a number of high-profile cases during his career. This included acting for the defence in the 1978 Special Criminal Court trial of those accused of the Sallins train…

Ashling, a 23-year-old schoolteacher and musician, was murdered as she exercised on the banks of the Grand Canal at Cappincur outside Tullamore on January 12, 2022. Jozef Puska (33) was sentenced to life in prison in November 2023 after being found guilty of her murder. The commemorative walk to Ashling’s memorial shrine along the banks…

President Joe Biden has become a great-grandfather (Susan Walsh/AP) Associated Press Reporters Today at 23:40 US President Joe Biden has become a great-grandfather. His granddaughter Naomi Biden Neal gave birth to her first child, a boy, with husband Peter Neal at Cedars-Sinai Medical Centre in Los Angeles.

Stock image Gardaí are investigating the death of a man in his 60s following an incident in Dublin city centre last night. Emergency services and gardaí were called to the scene shortly before 11pm following reports of an altercation involving two men. One of the men, aged in his late 60s, became unwell following the…

Britain’s prime minister Keir Starmer poses for a photo after giving a speech on reducing NHS wait times as he visits a healthcare provider in Surrey. Reuters British prime minister Sir Keir Starmer has said the online debate about child sexual exploitation was based on lies, with politicians “jumping on the bandwagon”. Responding to questions…

Semi-final line-up – Tonights order of play Chris Dobey 1-6 Michael van Gerwen – MVG ends the Hollywood storyStephen Bunting 1-4 Luke Littler  Hello and welcome to semi-final night at the Ally Pally. Four players remain and they are cracking matches on the way. First up is “Hollywood ” Chris Dobey in his first World…

We are back for the evening’s quarter-final action at Ally Pally!And what a line-up we have in store. First up the undisputed crowd favourite, “the Bullet” Stephen Bunting takes to the stage to battle it out with a two time world champion, the resurgent “Snakebite” Peter Wright, who knocked out the defending champion Luke Humphries…

EXCLUSIVE |  Murphy was given temporary time out before Christmas to visit family member John ‘Spud’ Murphy Disgraced ex-garda super-intendent John ‘Spud’ Murphy has been removed from Shelton Abbey open prison after it was claimed he had been socialising in a pub while on compassionate leave from the prison. It is understand Murphy was given a…

The turning of the year allows us to reflect on the past and make plans for the future. Photo: Getty We humans are a remarkably resilient bunch. It’s part of the reason why we’re so successful as a species. We can bounce back from adversity and keep going in trying circumstances, especially if we support…