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ArticleU2 prom­ise ‘Greatest Show on Earth’ as new 2027 world tour to kick off in Mex­ico

U2 have announced details of their 2027 sta­dium tour amid fever­ish spec­u­la­tion over their Irish shows. The band, who recently played two sur­prise gigs in Dub­lin to mark the 50th anniversary of their form­a­tion, will kick off the tour in South...

ArticleUrban and more afflu­ent areas have a higher pro­por­tion of migrants

Four in five migrants to Ire­land live in urban areas, with new research show­ing how almost 40pc of the pop­u­la­tion in “very afflu­ent” parts of the coun­try come from migrant back­grounds. The vast major­ity of migrants live in urban areas,...

Article‘I’ve told my truth, my voice was heard’ – vic­tims speak out about their trau­matic ordeal for first time

ArticleDon­ald­son to serve seven years in jail fol­low­ing ‘dis­turb­ing’ case

Con­victed pae­do­phile Jef­frey Don­ald­son will walk free from jail after just over seven years. The­former­DU­Plead­er­was­sen­tenced on Thursday to 15 years in prison for his­tor­ical child sex crimes. However, because the offences were...

ArticleInside the court as ‘cata­strophic fall into dis­grace’ was com­pleted

With tears stream­ing down her face, a woman who was raped by Jef­frey Don­ald­son when she was a child was led out of court, sup­por­ted by the police officer who had helped place her abuser behind bars. Minutes before, one of North­ern Ire­land’s...

Article‘They have hours, not days’ – union says Coali­tion must act fast to halt new strike

Pub­lic Expendit­ure Min­is­ter Jack Cham­bers has said the Gov­ern­ment is ready to nego­ti­ate and plans to unveil details of an “agreed way for­ward” in an attempt to pre­vent another pub­lic ser­vice strike next week. Behind-the-scenes efforts to...

ArticleMin­is­ter remains in intens­ive care after becom­ing ill at EU meet­ing

Com­mu­nic­a­tions Min­is­ter Patrick O’Donovan remains in intens­ive care in hos­pital after becom­ing ill dur­ing an EU meet­ing earlier this week. He is being treated in Uni­versity Hos­pital Lim­er­ick where he was taken by ambu­lance on Tues­day.

ArticleEight-year-olds are stay­ing online until they fall asleep, says sur­vey

Chil­dren as young as eight years old are reg­u­larly online until they fall asleep, a new study has shown. It revealed that over half (56pc) of 8 to 12-year-olds are online in their bed­rooms, and many stay con­nec­ted until they fall sleep. Over...