What’s the point in lessons if you don’t learn from them? Leinster approach tomorrow’s Champions Cup final bearing the scars of four heartbreaking losses in the glare that comes with Europe’s biggest club rugby game. Whether it’s Saracens at...
The mother of alleged crime lord Jonathan Gill yesterday told the High Court she would “ring the guards” if her son broke his bail conditions. Catherine Gill asked for her son – who is facing extradition to the North over the 2020 murder of...
A father of five has been sentenced to five years in prison for dangerous driving causing the death of a married couple, as they crossed the road at a pedestrian crossing on St Stephen’s Day of 2024. His partner was given a suspended...
Jailed anti-transgender teacher Enoch Burke has finally had his employment terminated by Wilson’s Hospital School, over three years after it decided to sack him for gross misconduct. The move was confirmed by a lawyer for the board of...
The anonymous call, made to social services in Tullamore, Co Offaly, came from a woman who said she was concerned about her neighbour, Sophia Williamson. Sophia had told her she had given birth alone on the bathroom floor of her home in...
Huge numbers of households would be unable to cope in the event of an unexpected financial emergency. Just over half of consumers would use savings if they were hit with a sudden bill for €1,000. But one in four would either not be able to...
The man found guilty of murdering his pregnant partner, Natalie McNally, has referred to himself as a “monster” and expressed regret, a sentencing hearing has been told. Stephen McCullagh (36), of Woodland Gardens, Lisburn, Co Antrim,...
The mother of alleged crime lord Jonathan Gill yesterday told the High Court she would “ring the guards” if her son broke his bail conditions. Catherine Gill asked for her son – who is facing extradition to the North over the 2020 murder of...