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Fishmongers, gimp suits, and aliens: Limerick's EVA International art festival is a treat
Featuring dozens of contemporary artists and taking place across 14 different venues across the city, EVA International is all things weird and wonderful “IT takes a village to raise a child” is the theme of this year's EVA international art festival, which is now underway. The festival - now...
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Louth Weather: Bright day with sunny spells and showers
Highest temperatures of 16 to 19 degrees with light southwest winds Tuesday will be a bright day with sunny spells and showers. The showers will be isolated in the morning, but will become more frequent in the afternoon and evening. Highest temperatures of 16 to 19 degrees with light southwes...
My Legacy Month highlights potential lifeline for charities in Donegal
This year the month-long campaign focuses on the security that legacy giving offers to charities, as traditional income sources become less sustainable People in Donegal have been asked to consider including a gift in their Will to help secure the future of charities in Ireland at the launch ...
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International students to get Government warnings to leave UK once visas end
Ministers will seek to crack down on foreign students claiming asylum once their visas run out, reports have suggested. The Home Office is launching a new campaign where, for the first time, it will contact international students and their families, warning them they must leave if they have no right...
Malin Bridge closed to facilitate essential road maintenance
Malin Bridge (R242) will be closed on Tuesday and Wednesday from 7am until 6pm Malin Bridge will be closed to facilitate essential road maintenance. Malin Bridge (R242) will be closed on Tuesday and Wednesday from 7am until 6pm. Local diversions will be in place via the R243 and R238....
ICYMI: Kilkenny gardaí issue warning as criminals try their latest trick
Have you received this text message to your phone? An Garda Síochana in Kilkenny are warning locals about the latest scam catching the public off guard. In an another attempt by criminals to manipulate people into parting with their cash, the scammers claim the person contacted has an unpaid ...
Extension to Buncrana Apartments refused following objections from residents.
The extension to a Buncrana apartment building has been refused by Donegal County Council over fears of how it could impact Lough Swilly and a coastal walkway. The extension to a Buncrana apartment building has been refused by Donegal County Council over fears of how it could impact Lough Swi...
Derry Death Notices - Tuesday, September 2, 2025
Latest Derry obituaries and death notices The following deaths have occurred:- • Peter Justin Bell, 80 Queens Avenue, Magherafelt • Ellen (Eileen) Kelly (née Wilson), 36 Glendale Park, Derry • Illona Faye Lawrence, 14 Chestnut Grove, Ballymoney (Moneymore) • John Moore, 160 Drumcroon Road,...
Couple who have saved thousands travelling world by home-swapping stayed on ‘yacht where Prince William had stag do’
A couple who have travelled the world through home-swapping, even staying on a yacht where “Prince William had his stag do”, have said they “don’t pay for holiday accommodation any more”. Joan Patterson, 67, who lives with her husband Noel in Buxton, Derbyshire, has been using home-swappin...
Coven leader who performs spells for protection and healing insists witches are ‘normal people’ living ‘magical lives’
A pagan high priestess who leads a coven of witches, performing rituals and casting spells for protection, healing and “justice”, has said they are “normal people that live magical lives”. Alexia Costadina, 38, from Birmingham, has been performing rituals and worshipping pagan deities, inclu...
Derry Death Notices - Tuesday, September 2, 2025
Latest Derry obituaries and death notices The following deaths have occurred:- • Peter Justin Bell, 80 Queens Avenue, Magherafelt • Ellen (Eileen) Kelly (née Wilson), 36 Glendale Park, Derry • Illona Faye Lawrence, 14 Chestnut Grove, Ballymoney (Moneymore) • John Moore, 160 Drumcroon Road,...
Five players to watch ahead of this season’s Women’s Super League
The Women’s Super League returns on Friday night when defending champions Chelsea host Manchester City. Here the PA news agency looks at five players to watch during this season’s action. Michelle Agyemang Fresh from her glittering performance for England at Euro 2025, Michelle Agyemang will be ...
Five players to watch ahead of this season’s Women’s Super League
The Women’s Super League returns on Friday night when defending champions Chelsea host Manchester City. Here the PA news agency looks at five players to watch during this season’s action. Michelle Agyemang Fresh from her glittering performance for England at Euro 2025, Michelle Agyemang will be ...
ICYMI: Kilkenny gardaí issue warning as criminals try their latest trick
Have you received this text message to your phone? An Garda Síochana in Kilkenny are warning locals about the latest scam catching the public off guard. In an another attempt by criminals to manipulate people into parting with their cash, the scammers claim the person contacted has an unpaid ...
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Extension to Buncrana Apartments refused following objections from residents.
The extension to a Buncrana apartment building has been refused by Donegal County Council over fears of how it could impact Lough Swilly and a coastal walkway. The extension to a Buncrana apartment building has been refused by Donegal County Council over fears of how it could impact Lough Swi...
No solution to dental crisis
The idea to bring a dental van to Devon to help tackle the county’s significant dental crisis has been parked. Health leaders thought a dental van could be useful in reaching communities with poor dental provision, as well as more isolated communities. At a health and wellbeing board meeting in Ap...
Kemi Badenoch pledges to make oil and gas ‘cornerstone’ of UK economy
A Tory government would make North Sea oil and gas the “cornerstone” of the economy, Kemi Badenoch will pledge, as she hit out at Labour for treating the sector as a “relic of the past”. The Conservative leader, who said she wants to see as much oil and gas extracted from the UK Continental ...
Amanda Anisimova ‘excited’ by Iga Swiatek rematch after Wimbledon misery
Amanda Anisimova insists she is happy to have another crack at Iga Swiatek as she looks to put her Wimbledon misery firmly behind her. Seven-and-a-half weeks after the American suffered the worst Wimbledon final defeat in more than a century, failing to win a game against Swiatek, she will take on t...
Amanda Anisimova ‘excited’ by Iga Swiatek rematch after Wimbledon misery
Amanda Anisimova insists she is happy to have another crack at Iga Swiatek as she looks to put her Wimbledon misery firmly behind her. Seven-and-a-half weeks after the American suffered the worst Wimbledon final defeat in more than a century, failing to win a game against Swiatek, she will take on t...