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Tipperary schools says farewell to 'remarkable' guidance counsellor as he begins new chapter
News from The Abbey School Tipperary - An Edmund Rice School The Abbey School in Tipperary has sent their heartfelt best wishes to their 'remarkable' Guidance Counsellor, Mr Stuart Moloney, as he prepares to begin a new chapter after midterm and says goodbye to the school. In a heartfelt stat...
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Lambrini Girls play riotous Brits Week London gig supporting War Child
Punk duo Lambrini Girls continued Brits Week with an incendiary, intimate gig at The Garage in North London. The Brighton band played tracks from the 2025 debut album Who Let The Dogs Out at the second in the series of shows, which raised money for War Child. Phoebe Lunny and Selin Macieira-Bosgelme...
Lambrini Girls play riotous Brits Week London gig supporting War Child
Punk duo Lambrini Girls continued Brits Week with an incendiary, intimate gig at The Garage in North London. The Brighton band played tracks from the 2025 debut album Who Let The Dogs Out at the second in the series of shows, which raised money for War Child. Phoebe Lunny and Selin Macieira-Bosgelme...
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Al Pacino says it was an ‘honour’ to act alongside Robert Duvall
The Godfather’s Al Pacino has said it was an “honour” to act alongside Robert Duvall, who he described as a “born actor”. Duvall, known for portraying Mafia consigliere Tom Hagen in 1972’s The Godfather and its sequel, died “peacefully” at his home aged 95, according to a statement b...
Al Pacino says it was an ‘honour’ to act alongside Robert Duvall
The Godfather’s Al Pacino has said it was an “honour” to act alongside Robert Duvall, who he described as a “born actor”. Duvall, known for portraying Mafia consigliere Tom Hagen in 1972’s The Godfather and its sequel, died “peacefully” at his home aged 95, according to a statement b...
Tipperary schools says farewell to 'remarkable' guidance counsellor as he begins new chapter
News from The Abbey School Tipperary - An Edmund Rice School The Abbey School in Tipperary has sent their heartfelt best wishes to their 'remarkable' Guidance Counsellor, Mr Stuart Moloney, as he prepares to begin a new chapter after midterm and says goodbye to the school. In a heartfelt stat...
Tipperary schools says farewell to 'remarkable' guidance counsellor as he begins new chapter
News from The Abbey School Tipperary - An Edmund Rice School The Abbey School in Tipperary has sent their heartfelt best wishes to their 'remarkable' Guidance Counsellor, Mr Stuart Moloney, as he prepares to begin a new chapter after midterm and says goodbye to the school. In a heartfelt stat...
Surgeons pioneer new technique to treat boy with rare leg condition in UK first
A nine-year-old boy has become the first person in the UK to have pioneering surgery to make him taller. Alfie Phillips has fibular hemimelia, which affects fewer than one in 40,000 births and caused his right leg to not develop properly, leaving it more than an inch shorter than his left. Experts i...
Councils ‘race against time’ to organise elections in time for May after U-turn
Councils face a “race against time” to organise reinstated local elections, the body representing ballot organisers has said, as the head of one affected council claimed it raised significant questions over the Government’s wider devolution plans. The deputy chief executive of the professional...
St. Joseph’s ready to rock Derry with ‘School of Rock - The Musical'
THREE NIGHTS ONLY: Grab your tickets for the show of the year at St. Joseph’s ‘Rock Your Socks’ off over the next three nights in Derry and watch a highly talented group of young performers tread the boards in the St. Joseph’s Boys’ School’s highly-acclaimed production of ‘School of R...
Trump slates clean energy deal between Miliband and California governor
Donald Trump has criticised an environmental deal between Energy Secretary Ed Miliband and California governor Gavin Newsom to deepen co-operation across clean energy, climate action and protecting nature. The US president used his derogatory nickname for Mr Newsom as he said it was “inappropriate...
IN PICTURES: Derry school to debut highly-anticipated ‘School of Rock - The Musical'
THREE NIGHTS ONLY: Grab your tickets for the show of the year at St. Joseph’s The guitars are tuned and the cast is ready. Doors open at 6:30 PM! Who’s ready to rock with St. Joseph’s? (Photos: Jim McCafferty Photography) We want your photos to feature on the website via our Camera Club. Do y...
X probed by Irish data regulator over Grok images
Ireland’s data protection regulator has launched a “large-scale inquiry” into X over the publication of alleged child sexual abuse material. The inquiry comes after reports that child sexual abuse material and non-consensual intimate images of adults were generated through the Grok artificial ...
Derry Death Notices - Tuesday, February 17, 2026
Latest Derry obituaries and death notices The following deaths have occurred:- • Stewart Boyd, 15 Gordonville, Lodge Road, Coleraine • Eamon Brolly, 118 Main Street, Dungiven • Robert Wilson (Robbie) Cormie, Derry • Sarah Elizabeth (Elsa) Ferris (née Ramsey), 7 Dunseverick Park, Altnagelvi...
Jobcentre on Wheels to arrive in six areas as part of employment support drive
Nine Jobcentre vans will help “break down the barriers that stop people finding good work”, the Work and Pensions Secretary has said. Unveiling plans to expand the service after a pilot, Pat McFadden said the Jobcentre on Wheels was designed around “meeting people where they are”, including ...
McLellan Galleries and ‘smallest observatory’ among £7m investment plan sites
More than £7 million will be invested in town centres across Scotland to save at-risk heritage sites. The National Lottery Heritage Fund cash will be split between Glasgow’s Sauchiehall Street, Airdrie, Girvan and Tarbert. Some £2.3 million will go to developing a culture and heritage district f...
Next parliament ‘needs committee to examine effectiveness of government’
Holyrood needs a committee specifically tasked with examining the effectiveness of the next Scottish government, MSPs are being urged. Sarah Davidson, chief executive of Carnegie UK, said that after May’s Scottish Parliament elections there must be a committee that puts “the next government’s ...
Sarwar claim he did not know head of Labour Together ‘not credible’ says SNP MSP
Anas Sarwar’s claims he did not know the head of Labour Together are “not credible”, an SNP MSP has said, as Scottish Labour took thousands of pounds in donations from the think tank. Culture secretary Angus Robertson has called for the Scottish Labour leader to answer claims he did not know t...
Topshop returns to high streets across UK in John Lewis partnership
John Lewis is bringing historic brand Topshop back to high streets across the UK this week. The fashion brand, which closed its final standalone high street stores in 2021, will appear in all of John Lewis’s 32 department stores on Tuesday. The major launch is part of an expansion of new brands fo...
Scotland may need to cut free university and benefits amid budget strain – IFS
Free university tuition and more generous benefits in Scotland may have to be cut as the country loses its funding advantage relative to England, a think tank has suggested. The Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) warned the Scottish Government will struggle to pay for its flagship policies amid an i...