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In this week's Leinster Leader sport
Magnificent Athy defeat Portarlington to set up a Leinster Senior Club Football final clash with Dublin's Ballyboden St Enda's. Report, comment and reaction. Sallins turn on the style in the second half against Clara as they advance to the Leinter Intermediatte provincial decider. Grangenolvin made ...
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In this week's Leinster Leader sport
Magnificent Athy defeat Portarlington to set up a Leinster Senior Club Football final clash with Dublin's Ballyboden St Enda's. Report, comment and reaction. Sallins turn on the style in the second half against Clara as they advance to the Leinter Intermediatte provincial decider. Grangenolvin made ...
Healy warns of renewed school disruption as secretaries and caretakers lose pension talks
Tipperary TD says stalled negotiations leave staff facing inequality and possible strike action Concerns over long running inequalities faced by school secretaries and caretakers have again reached the political foreground, with more than seventy schools in Tipperary affected. READ MORE: Prem...
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New plan for Paignton’s Crossways centre is likely to get the go-ahead
The derelict Crossways shopping centre in Paignton could be replaced with housing and community facilities, including a café and gardens, under a proposed six-storey redevelopment A six-storey building to take the place of a demolished shopping centre in the middle of Paignton is likely to ge...
Zelensky to meet Irish president and address parliament during Dublin visit
Volodymyr Zelensky is to be greeted by Ireland’s new president in Dublin on Tuesday as US efforts continue to broker a ceasefire in Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The visit comes a day after he met French president Emmanuel Macron in Paris as part of discussions on ending the largest armed confli...
Healy warns of renewed school disruption as secretaries and caretakers lose pension talks
Tipperary TD says stalled negotiations leave staff facing inequality and possible strike action Concerns over long running inequalities faced by school secretaries and caretakers have again reached the political foreground, with more than seventy schools in Tipperary affected. READ MORE: Prem...
Healy warns of renewed school disruption as secretaries and caretakers lose pension talks
Tipperary TD says stalled negotiations leave staff facing inequality and possible strike action Concerns over long running inequalities faced by school secretaries and caretakers have again reached the political foreground, with more than seventy schools in Tipperary affected. READ MORE: Prem...
Children ‘going hungry and having pocket money stolen due to economic abuse’
Children are suffering the impacts of economic abuse within families, including having their pocket or birthday money stolen or going without food, according to research for a charity. Surviving Economic Abuse (SEA), which commissioned the research, said it reveals “the hidden crisis harming child...
Zelensky to meet Irish president and address parliament during Dublin visit
Volodymyr Zelensky is to be greeted by Ireland’s new president in Dublin on Tuesday as US efforts continue to broker a ceasefire in Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The visit comes a day after he met French president Emmanuel Macron in Paris as part of discussions on ending the largest armed confli...
Sepa flood alerts across majority of Scotland continue into Tuesday
Flood alerts remain in place across Scotland following a spell of heavy rain from the west on Monday. The Scottish Environment Protection Agency (Sepa) has eight alerts in place that cover much of the country. They are in Argyll and Bute, Ayrshire and Arran, Central Scotland, Dumfries and Galloway, ...
Three-year-old Nathaniel’s life ‘transformed’ by improvements in genetic tests
Families of children with rare genetic conditions can get a diagnosis years faster thanks to advances in whole genome sequencing, a study has found. Whole genome sequencing provides a readout of a person’s entire genetic code and looks for changes that relate to specific health conditions. Now res...
Anna Maxwell Martin stars in festive film to raise money for children in poverty
Motherland star Anna Maxwell Martin has starred in a new Christmas short film in a bid to raise awareness and money for children in poverty. Santaland, which has been made by the Action For Children charity, sees the 48-year-old play a busy elf at the end of her shift, when she is unexpectedly stopp...
Small firms get chance at endorsement from sports stars in new competition
Olympic champion Dame Kelly Holmes has said her post-athletics career in public speaking was never in her “psyche”, as she teams up with rugby star Brian O’Driscoll to judge a new small business competition by HSBC. Three UK businesses will be picked to win their own celebrity ambassador for t...
Anna Maxwell Martin stars in festive film to raise money for children in poverty
Motherland star Anna Maxwell Martin has starred in a new Christmas short film in a bid to raise awareness and money for children in poverty. Santaland, which has been made by the Action For Children charity, sees the 48-year-old play a busy elf at the end of her shift, when she is unexpectedly stopp...
Shop price increases ease amid hopes of Christmas boost to consumer confidence
Black Friday drove an easing of shop price increases in November amid hopes that consumer confidence will rebound in the final weeks before Christmas. Overall shop prices were 0.6% higher than a year ago last month, down from 1% in October, according to the British Retail Consortium (BRC) and market...
Warning over community policing after 180 stations closed since 2013
The Scottish Police Federation (SPF) says it is “deeply concerned” at the number of police station closures around Scotland, warning links with communities are being eroded. The organisation, which represents rank and file officers, said 180 stations had closed since Police Scotland was formed i...
Mother of ‘miracle’ baby thanks blood donors and urges people to donate
A mother who is looking forward to her “miracle” baby’s first Christmas has thanked the blood donors who helped her as she backed a campaign urging people to donate. The Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service (SNBTS) campaign comes as latest figures show the number of people actively dona...
Small firms get chance at endorsement from sports stars in new competition
Olympic champion Dame Kelly Holmes has said her post-athletics career in public speaking was never in her “psyche”, as she teams up with rugby star Brian O’Driscoll to judge a new small business competition by HSBC. Three UK businesses will be picked to win their own celebrity ambassador for t...
Justice Secretary to set out reforms to tackle ‘courts emergency’
Plans to free up crown courts to deal with serious crimes swiftly and hand more support to victims are set to be announced by the Justice Secretary as part of efforts to tackle the “courts emergency”. David Lammy, who is also Deputy Prime Minister, will lay out reforms to overhaul the system on ...
Sombr and Alessi Rose among those named as BBC Sound of 2026 longlist revealed
British singer-songwriter Alessi Rose and US singer Sombr are among those who have been named on the Sound of 2026 longlist, as BBC Radio 1 has unveiled its annual list of artists tipped for success next year. BBC Radio 1’s annual list has been released for the 23rd year running, showcasing the ...