Europe drafting ‘precise plans’ for troop deployments to Ukraine with US backing, FT reports

European capitals are preparing “pretty precise plans” for potential troop deployments to Ukraine as part of postwar security guarantees, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen told the Financial Times (FT). She... Read more »

Child ‘may have been affected’ by pepper spray and officer punched in face as Canary Wharf anti-asylum protest boil over | UK News

A child “may have been affected” by synthetic pepper spray, police said – as protests inside inside Canary Wharf shopping centre boiled over, with an officer separately being punched in the face.... Read more »

Imokilly overcome Muskerry to reach Cork PSHC quarter-finals

Imokilly 1-23  Muskerry 0-15  It wasn’t a procession. Muskerry made sure of that. But Imokilly were nowhere near the level they had touched in dismantling Avondhu, nor the cut they showed when... Read more »

‘Our name is dirt’: how stigma of kneecapping haunts one Northern Ireland family | Northern Ireland

For Jeanitta McCabe, the word kneecap conjures not a rap trio on stage but a memory that plays in her head, unspooling again and again in a loop. It is the night... Read more »

Fertility rate hits record low in England, Scotland and Wales | Population

The fertility rate for England and Wales has fallen for the third year in a row to reach a record low, figures show. The total fertility rate across both countries, meaning the... Read more »

A Russian drone boat hunted down Ukraine’s lucky intelligence ship

(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||;w[q].push([“_mgc.load”])})(window,”_mgq”); For two years, Ukraine’s drone boats have hounded the Russian Black Sea Fleet—delivering explosive payloads to sink ships at sea and in port, firing guns and missiles to take down Russian... Read more »

John Cruickshank obituary | Second world war

John Cruickshank, who has died aged 105, was the last surviving combatant to have won the Victoria Cross during the second world war, and the last living Scottish recipient of what is... Read more »

Sunday local soccer fixtures & results

SATURDAY AUGUST 30TH GIRLS: Amber Killarney U13 Girls Premier Castleisland 0-2 Mastergeeha Mastergeeha scorers: Gracie Maher, Annie Mai O’Donoghue MEK 2-3 Killorglin MEK scorers: Laura Fleming, Emma Foley Killorglin scorers: Sienna Boyle... Read more »

First the great migration, now the big hold: why workers are staying put | US small business

The tide has turned. The great migration – when the shift to remote work prompted people to quit their jobs in droves – is officially over. Now comes the big hold. According... Read more »

Israel says forces killed spokesperson of Hamas’ armed wing

Abu Obeida, the spokesman of the Izz el-Deen al-Qassam Brigades, walks during an anti-Israel military show by Hamas militants in the southern Gaza Strip November 11, 2019. IBRAHEEM ABU MUSTAFA / REUTERS... Read more »