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Friday’s briefing: Making points and losing them – Romero, Ronaldo and Leicester
Thomas Frank refused to confirm whether “passionate” Tottenham captain Cristian Romero had been disciplined over his social media outburst – but admitted he would not have said the same. Leicester were docked six points after being found to have breached EFL profit and sustainability rules for...
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Friday’s briefing: Making points and losing them – Romero, Ronaldo and Leicester
Thomas Frank refused to confirm whether “passionate” Tottenham captain Cristian Romero had been disciplined over his social media outburst – but admitted he would not have said the same. Leicester were docked six points after being found to have breached EFL profit and sustainability rules for...
Fire, memory, and obsession: The Burned Man play comes to Tipperary
The Burned Man plays at The Source Arts Centre, Thurles, at 8.00PM on Thursday 12 and Friday 13 February. 'The Burned Man' play will be performed in The Source Arts Centre, Thurles, on two dates next week. The play is described as "a darkly comic descent into love, guilt, and the fires that m...
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Fire, memory, and obsession: The Burned Man play comes to Tipperary
The Burned Man plays at The Source Arts Centre, Thurles, at 8.00PM on Thursday 12 and Friday 13 February. 'The Burned Man' play will be performed in The Source Arts Centre, Thurles, on two dates next week. The play is described as "a darkly comic descent into love, guilt, and the fires that m...
Fire, memory, and obsession: The Burned Man play comes to Tipperary
The Burned Man plays at The Source Arts Centre, Thurles, at 8.00PM on Thursday 12 and Friday 13 February. 'The Burned Man' play will be performed in The Source Arts Centre, Thurles, on two dates next week. The play is described as "a darkly comic descent into love, guilt, and the fires that m...
Exciting new play to be performed in Tipperary arts centre next week
'The Burned Man' will be performed in the Source Arts Centre, Thurles The Source Arts Centre, Thurles invites you to join them for a play that is a darkly comic descent into love, guilt, and the fires that make us burn. 'The Burned Man' in The Source Arts Centre, Thurles, is not to be missed....
LATEST: Funeral arrangements announced for popular Kildare businessman
The Rathangan native operated Judge Roy Beans and Harrigan's Bar & Grill in Newbridge The funeral arrangements have been announced for well-known Kildare bar and restaurant owner Vivian Carroll who died on Tuesday. The Rathangan native operated Judge Roy Beans and Harrigan's Bar & Grill in ...
LATEST: Funeral arrangements announced for popular Kildare businessman
The Rathangan native operated Judge Roy Beans and Harrigan's Bar & Grill in Newbridge The funeral arrangements have been announced for well-known Kildare bar and restaurant owner Vivian Carroll who died on Tuesday. The Rathangan native operated Judge Roy Beans and Harrigan's Bar & Grill in ...
Starmer under pressure as he seeks to weather Mandelson storm
Sir Keir Starmer remains under pressure from within Labour ranks as he seeks to steady the ship amid widespread anger over the Lord Peter Mandelson scandal. Leadership speculation intensified on Thursday as the Prime Minister gave a speech apologising to Jeffrey Epstein’s victims for believing the...
LATEST: Funeral arrangements announced for popular Kildare businessman
The Rathangan native operated Judge Roy Beans and Harrigan's Bar & Grill in Newbridge The funeral arrangements have been announced for well-known Kildare bar and restaurant owner Vivian Carroll who died on Tuesday. The Rathangan native operated Judge Roy Beans and Harrigan's Bar & Grill in ...
LATEST: Funeral arrangements announced for popular Kildare businessman
The Rathangan native operated Judge Roy Beans and Harrigan's Bar & Grill in Newbridge The funeral arrangements have been announced for well-known Kildare bar and restaurant owner Vivian Carroll who died on Tuesday. The Rathangan native operated Judge Roy Beans and Harrigan's Bar & Grill in ...
Serial killer to be sentenced for murdering teenager in 1999
Suffolk strangler Steve Wright will return to court on Friday to be sentenced for the murder of his sixth victim, teenager Victoria Hall. Wright, 67, had been due to go on trial at the Old Bailey for the murder of 17-year-old Victoria, who disappeared more than 25 years ago. On Monday, the serial ki...
Former vet who drugged wife while he sexually assaulted children to be sentenced
A former vet who drugged children with sweets at a summer camp before sexually assaulting them, and drugged his wife so she would not wake while the abuse took place, will be sentenced on Friday. Summer camp leader Jon Ruben, 76, laced sweets with tranquillising drugs and attacked two children after...
‘No end in sight’ after parts of UK see rain every day so far in 2026
“There’s no end in sight”, forecasters have said after announcing rain has fallen every day of 2026 in south-west England and South Wales. Meanwhile, Aberdeen has seen no sunshine for two weeks – the longest period for the area since records began in 1957, with the gloom set to continue. Sou...
‘No end in sight’ after parts of UK see rain every day so far in 2026
“There’s no end in sight”, forecasters have said after announcing rain has fallen every day of 2026 in south-west England and South Wales. Meanwhile, Aberdeen has seen no sunshine for two weeks – the longest period for the area since records began in 1957, with the gloom set to continue. Sou...
First Minister pledges to ‘secure bright future’ for Scotland’s farmers
The First Minister of Scotland is pledging to “secure a bright future” for Scotland’s farmers. John Swinney will on Friday vow to support Scotland’s agriculture sector and said that the SNP Government will always stand up for rural Scotland. Ahead of a keynote speech to the NFU Scotland Conf...
NHS boards could see ‘degradation in service quality’ without change – report
Scotland’s health boards could have to make “big increases in efficiency and productivity” to avoid services suffering, a think tank has warned. The Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) said real-terms increases to territorial and national health boards amounted to an average of 0.4% a year over...
Campaigners launch legal action in bid to stop puberty blocker trial
Legal action against the Government has been launched in a bid to stop a trial into puberty blockers for children. Campaigners sent a legal letter in December to regulatory bodies, the Government and the trial researchers calling for it to be halted, but have now launched formal action. As well as s...
Almost one in four shop-bought soups exceed Government salt targets – study
Almost one in four shop-bought soups exceed Government salt targets, with some tins containing most of an adult’s maximum daily limit of 6g, according to a study. Action on Salt and Sugar (AoSS) found that 48% of branded soups exceeded the maximum salt target versus just 6% of supermarket own-labe...
Derry Death Notices - Friday, February 6, 2026
Latest Derry obituaries and death notices The following deaths have occurred:- • Maureen Casey (née Johnson), 107 Shepherds Glen, Derry • James “Jimmy” Farren, 23 Ard Na Smoll, Dungiven • Gearóid Fox, Manchester (Formerly of Belfield Park, Derry) • Columb Kelly, 31 Rocktown Lane, Lave...