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Why shouldn’t he play? Pep Guardiola to push for cup final place for Marc Guehi
Pep Guardiola said Manchester City will ask the Football League for permission to play Marc Guehi in the Carabao Cup final after they breezed past Newcastle to set up a showdown with Arsenal. The ineligible Guehi had to watch from the sidelines as City beat the Magpies 3-1 in the second leg at the E...
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Information session event for migrant community taking place in Tipperary
The information session will take place in Tipperary Town Library on Monday Feb 9 from 11:00am - 1:00pm. An event supporting Tipperary's migrant community will take place in Tipperary Town library next week. LAIT Tipperary will be hosting a special event in support of Tipperary's migrant comm...
Information session event for migrant community taking place in Tipperary
The information session will take place in Tipperary Town Library on Monday Feb 9 from 11:00am - 1:00pm. An event supporting Tipperary's migrant community will take place in Tipperary Town library next week. LAIT Tipperary will be hosting a special event in support of Tipperary's migrant comm...
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Information session event for migrant community taking place in Tipperary
The information session will take place in Tipperary Town Library on Monday Feb 9 from 11:00am - 1:00pm. An event supporting Tipperary's migrant community will take place in Tipperary Town library next week. LAIT Tipperary will be hosting a special event in support of Tipperary's migrant comm...
BREAKING | Man arrested after two teenage pedestrians in Midlands struck by a car
One of the pedestrians, a female in her mid-teens, was treated at the scene and subsequently removed to CHI Crumlin. Her condition is understood to be critical A man has been arrested after two teenage pedestrians in the Midlands were struck by a car and hospitalised. Gardaí are appealing for...
President Connolly to meet Bloody Sunday families in poignant Derry engagement
Following the 54th anniversary of the tragedy, the President will visit the Museum of Free Derry to hear personal accounts from those most affected Irish president Catherine Connolly is to continue her three-day official visit to Northern Ireland with a number of engagements in Derry. Ms Conn...
Irish president to meet Bloody Sunday families on day two of NI visit
Irish president Catherine Connolly is to continue her three-day official visit to Northern Ireland with a number of engagements in Co Londonderry. Ms Connolly will address a civic reception at the Guildhall, where she will be greeted by the Lord Lieutenant for the County Borough of Londonderry Ian C...
Starmer under pressure from own MPs over Mandelson scandal
Sir Keir Starmer’s premiership is under growing pressure from Labour MPs, angry at his decision to approve the appointment of Lord Peter Mandelson to the role of British ambassador to Washington despite knowing about his links to Jeffrey Epstein. Sir Keir admitted at Prime Minister’s Questions o...
Criminals using AI to clone voices and set up direct debits
Criminals are using AI to clone people’s voices and set up unauthorised direct debits over the phone, National Trading Standards (NTS) has warned. NTS said “advanced” voice cloning was part of an organised criminal operation that appeared to be targeting older people. Fraudsters began the proc...
Climate commission critical to ensuring ‘fair, inclusive transition’, says Muir
The Stormont agriculture minister will bring regulations to establish a Just Transition Commission to steer climate-change policy in Northern Ireland. Just Transition Commissions have been established by the Scottish and Irish governments to oversee their administrations’ low-carbon transition. Th...
BBC radio breakfast shows enjoy increase in listeners
Most of the BBC’s flagship radio breakfast shows saw a jump in listeners at the end of last year, figures show. Audiences for Greg James on Radio 1, Scott Mills on Radio 2 and the breakfast programmes on Radio 3 and Five Live all increased in the period October to December 2025 compared with the p...
Derry Death Notices - Thursday, February 5, 2026
Latest Derry obituaries and death notices The following deaths have occurred:- • James (Jim) Allen, 6 Ebrington Street, Derry • Marion Bullard (née Potts), 2 Earhart Park, Derry • Robert Cochrane, 5 St. John’s Place, Coleraine • Jean Doak (née McDowell) (BEM), 5 Ballindreen Road, Colera...
Scotland will be left behind unless SNP ends nuclear objection, group warns
Scotland risks being left behind in the world unless the Government urgently ends its opposition to nuclear energy, a coalition of businesses and campaign groups has warned. Scotland for Nuclear Energy, launched by campaign groups Nuclear for Scotland and Britain Remade, said Scotland could miss out...
Irish president to meet Bloody Sunday families on day two of NI visit
Irish president Catherine Connolly is to continue her three-day official visit to Northern Ireland with a number of engagements in Co Londonderry. Ms Connolly will address a civic reception at the Guildhall, where she will be greeted by the Lord Lieutenant for the County Borough of Londonderry Ian C...
Scotland’s schools have excellent foundation for language learning, report says
Scotland has an “excellent foundation” to build on for school pupils learning foreign languages, a report has claimed. The British Council Scotland said increases in the number of secondary students sitting Highers in Spanish, French and German in 2025 were “very positive”. Meanwhile, 99% of...
Climate commission critical to ensuring ‘fair, inclusive transition’, says Muir
The Stormont agriculture minister will bring regulations to establish a Just Transition Commission to steer climate-change policy in Northern Ireland. Just Transition Commissions have been established by the Scottish and Irish governments to oversee their administrations’ low-carbon transition. Th...
BBC radio breakfast shows enjoy increase in listeners
Most of the BBC’s flagship radio breakfast shows saw a jump in listeners at the end of last year, figures show. Audiences for Greg James on Radio 1, Scott Mills on Radio 2 and the breakfast programmes on Radio 3 and Five Live all increased in the period October to December 2025 compared with the p...
RIP: Tributes paid to young Tipperary woman who sadly passed away this week
Shauna Dunne passed away on Tuesday, February 3 The death has occurred of Shauna Dunne, of Tarmon Drive, Thurles. Shauna passed away on Tuesday, February 3. READ MORE: From Boherlahan to Dubai - Padraic Hickey’s leap into a global property career She is predeceased by her uncle Eddie. She is ...
Tipperary drama group to stage Marina Carr's 'haunting' play By The Bog of Cats
The Fr Mathew Players will stage the play at New Inn Community Hall between February 10 and 14 Pictured above seated: John Hally, Sean Sweeney, Sinead Heaney, Esther Boland, Teresa O’Halloran, Catherine Flanagan, Paddy O’Connor. Back: Isobel Lynch, Sinead Ryan, Karl McHugh, Eddie Golden, Lisa...
Why shouldn’t he play? Pep Guardiola to push for cup final place for Marc Guehi
Pep Guardiola said Manchester City will ask the Football League for permission to play Marc Guehi in the Carabao Cup final after they breezed past Newcastle to set up a showdown with Arsenal. The ineligible Guehi had to watch from the sidelines as City beat the Magpies 3-1 in the second leg at the E...