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Eight would-be refugees died and five others were left seriously ill today after a plot to smuggle them into the Irish Republic went tragically wrong. The bodies - two young boys and six men ...

An Irish company that secured a major order from the HSE during the Covid crisis for €14m worth of ventilators that were never used, because they were non-compliant, is being wound up as it can ...

THE man who survived eating an arsenic-laced Christmas cake that killed three family members, including his wife, has said he knew something was wrong as soon as he took a bite. Jefferson Luiz ...

This follows the Irish general election in November, in which Fianna Fáil emerged as the largest party. Irish broadcaster RTÉ are reporting two Independent TDs (Members of the Irish parliament ...

A former Irish pub and a local for many has been left to rot on the Digbeth High Street. The family-run pub closed in the autumn of 2022, and since then, the building has been targeted by vandalism.

Avant Money has informed its customers that it has begun the process of becoming the Irish branch of Spanish lender Bankinter. In April 2024, Bankinter announced that it intended to use its ...

Since monks began distilling grains in Scotland and Ireland over a thousand years ago, people have been sipping whisky. Walk into a bar anywhere in the world and you are likely to be greeted by a ...

From Paul Mescal and Barry Keoghan taking over the silver screen, to Fontaines D.C.’s Grammy nominations, to Sally Rooney’s blockbuster novels, we’re in the midst of an Irish renaissance.