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Naas bow out to St Martin's of Wexford after disappointing display in the AIB Leinster Senior Club Hurling semi-final. Reoprt, reaction and comment. Clane hurlers book a Leinster Junior Hurling final place after comfortable win over their Laois counterparts. Kildare GAA to honour their stars of 2025...
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CHA-CHING! Lucky Tipperary man wins jackpot prize in local Split the Pot draw
Upperchurch Drombane notes Congratulations to Colm Ryan, winner of €130 winner of this week's Upperchurch Drombane Split The Pot draw. The next draw will take place on November 29 in the VIP Centre. READ MORE: Tipperary horse country experience welcomes first primary school tour Envelopes are...
CHA-CHING! Lucky Tipperary man wins jackpot prize in local Split the Pot draw
Upperchurch Drombane notes Congratulations to Colm Ryan, winner of €130 winner of this week's Upperchurch Drombane Split The Pot draw. The next draw will take place on November 29 in the VIP Centre. READ MORE: Tipperary horse country experience welcomes first primary school tour Envelopes are...
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Cracking exhibition Gromit: Aardman animation featured at Young V&A
A new exhibition will explore the world of Aardman at the Young V&A – from Wallace & Gromit to Morph, Chicken Run, and Shaun The Sheep. With more than 150 objects on display – including never-before-seen models, sets and storyboards from Aardman’s archives – it will open in February ...
Stormont departments investigated over sewage discharges into Belfast Lough
Two Stormont departments are to face an investigation over the regulation of sewage discharges into Belfast Lough. The Office for Environmental Protection (OEP) has announced the probe into the Department for Infrastructure (DfI) and the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (Daer...
New appeal over deaths of father and son in Belfast in 1981
A new appeal for information has been made over the deaths of a father and son who were attacked by rioters in Belfast during the IRA hunger strikes more than 40 years ago. Northern Ireland’s legacy body, the Independent Commission for Reconciliation and Information Recovery (ICRIR), is investigat...
Starmer to host call with Ukraine’s coalition of the willing allies
Sir Keir Starmer is set to speak to Ukraine’s European allies on Tuesday following the latest talks to secure peace in the war-torn nation. The Prime Minister will host a coalition of the willing call after efforts over the weekend between the US and Kyiv to broker a truce with Moscow. Sir Keir an...
Eight in 10 Black Friday deals the same price or cheaper at other times – Which?
Eight in 10 products advertised as Black Friday deals are the same price or cheaper at the other times of the year, an annual study by Which? suggests. The watchdog compared prices on 175 home, technology and health appliances from eight major retailers – Amazon, AO, Argos, Boots, Currys, John Lew...
Women more likely than men to be in poverty due to public debt, research finds
New research showing that women in Scotland are more likely than men to be at risk of being driven into poverty by public debt collection must be a “wake-up call for decision-makers”, a charity has said. A report published on Tuesday by Glasgow University and commissioned by Aberlour Children’...
New appeal over deaths of father and son in Belfast in 1981
A new appeal for information has been made over the deaths of a father and son who were attacked by rioters in Belfast during the IRA hunger strikes more than 40 years ago. Northern Ireland’s legacy body, the Independent Commission for Reconciliation and Information Recovery (ICRIR), is investigat...
Dame Joanna Lumley describes humans as ‘unbearably vain and destructive’
Dame Joanna Lumley has bemoaned humans for being “unbearably vain and destructive”. The actress, who stars in the upcoming A Ghost Story For Christmas: The Room In The Tower, said she loves “frightening stories”. “I do believe that there are ghosts,” she told the Radio Times. Naming Wolf...
‘Next generation’ treatment to cure leukaemia given NHS approval
A “next generation” immunotherapy treatment that has the potential to cure leukaemia has been given NHS approval. Obe-cel is a type of CAR T-cell therapy developed in the UK and works by genetically modifying cells to enable the body’s own immune system to recognise and attack cancer. The ther...
Stormont departments investigated over sewage discharges into Belfast Lough
Two Stormont departments are to face an investigation over the regulation of sewage discharges into Belfast Lough. The Office for Environmental Protection (OEP) has announced the probe into the Department for Infrastructure (DfI) and the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (Daer...
Cracking exhibition Gromit: Aardman animation featured at Young V&A
A new exhibition will explore the world of Aardman at the Young V&A – from Wallace & Gromit to Morph, Chicken Run, and Shaun The Sheep. With more than 150 objects on display – including never-before-seen models, sets and storyboards from Aardman’s archives – it will open in February ...
Dame Joanna Lumley describes humans as ‘unbearably vain and destructive’
Dame Joanna Lumley has bemoaned humans for being “unbearably vain and destructive”. The actress, who stars in the upcoming A Ghost Story For Christmas: The Room In The Tower, said she loves “frightening stories”. “I do believe that there are ghosts,” she told the Radio Times. Naming Wolf...
Offering work experience ‘too time consuming’, some businesses claim
Two in five (41%) businesses that do not offer work experience to school pupils say it is too time consuming, a survey has found. A third of senior business leaders surveyed by The Careers & Enterprise Company (CEC) not offering work experience also said they do not have the staff capacity to su...
Scottish hospices at ‘breaking point’ with two thirds making cuts – analysis
Two thirds of Scottish hospices have either made cuts or are planning to in the next year as underfunding has left them “stretched to breaking point”, according to new analysis. A Hospice UK survey of 14 hospice organisations in Scotland this month found that seven of the 13 which responded said...
Ofcom urges tech firms to step up to protect women and girls online
Technology firms are being urged to “step up” in their efforts to tackle trolling and toxic online abuse of women in new guidance published by the internet and communications watchdog. Ofcom said women in sport, politics and other public arenas are facing “significant and widespread abuse onli...
Reeves should use Budget to reinvigorate housebuilding, says Housing Secretary
Scotland’s Housing Secretary is urging Rachel Reeves to help “reinvigorate housebuilding” in this week’s Budget. Mairi McAllan insisted the Scottish Government had already put “strong foundations” in place to “ramp up” the sector – with Holyrood ministers having pledged almost £5 ...
CHA-CHING! Lucky Tipperary man wins jackpot prize in local Split the Pot draw
Upperchurch Drombane notes Congratulations to Colm Ryan, winner of €130 winner of this week's Upperchurch Drombane Split The Pot draw. The next draw will take place on November 29 in the VIP Centre. READ MORE: Tipperary horse country experience welcomes first primary school tour Envelopes are...