Mia was a ‘gentle, beautiful’ 13-year-old, then took a tragic ‘impulsive yet deliberate decision’

‘She lit up every room with her big blue eyes and her beaming smile,’ said her mum in a heartbreaking statement Thomas Cooper and Helena Vesty NHS, social care and patients reporter... Read more »

Where is Crimea? And other things you (and US presidents) should know

Yalta, Crimea, on June 18, 2023. Photo for Illustrative purposes. (Olga Maltseva/AFP via Getty Images) U.S. President Donald Trump referred to Crimea as a piece of land “right in the ocean” that... Read more »

Former PM Thaksin Shinawatra acquitted of royal defamation charges

Thailand’s former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra leaves the Criminal Court in Bangkok on August 22, 2025. CHANAKARN LAOSARAKHAM / AFP Thailand’s former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra was cleared on Friday, August 22,... Read more »

Leaving Cert 2025 marks the slow return to grade normality

It’s a conundrum that wouldn’t seem out of place on a higher level paper. “Exam authorities artificially increased more than half of all Leaving Cert grades in 2025 in a bid to... Read more »

Care agency plunged into special measures after resident ‘left laying in faeces’

Merseycare Julie Ann Limited on Edge Lane has been deemed inadequate 15:47, 21 Aug 2025Updated 06:08, 22 Aug 2025 One resident at Merseycare Julie Ann was left laying in their own faeces... Read more »

Total in Glasgow homeless hotels revealed as crisis grows

The figures also show the number of homeless women in Glasgow who are housed in hotels has increased again. Latest figures show that there are now 366 women in either B&B or... Read more »

US says all 55 million visas fair game for continuous review

This photo illustration shows a visa stamp on a foreign passport in Los Angeles on June 6, 2020. CHRIS DELMAS / AFP The Trump administration said on Thursday, August 21, that it... Read more »

Lucy Connolly to speak out for first time since being released from prison

The 42-year-old, wife of Conservative councillor Raymond Connolly, left HMP Peterborough on Thursday morning and it is understood she will be doing limited media interviews a day after walking free. She spent... Read more »

Ukraine regains control of most of Tovste in Donetsk Oblast

Key developments on Aug. 21: Ukraine regains control of most of Tovste in Donetsk Oblast, military saysMassive Russian drone, missile attack kills 1, injures 26 in Ukrainian cities far from front line... Read more »

Priests demand Irish Catholic Church sever ties with Allianz over Israel links – The Irish Times

The Catholic Church in Ireland has been called on to immediately sever its long-standing relationship with Allianz insurance because of the multinational’s connection with Israel. In a statement on Thursday, the Association... Read more »