Tokyo Olympics: Ireland win FIRST-EVER rowing gold in lightweight double sculls race

Ireland win their FIRST-EVER Olympic rowing gold as Paul O’Donovan and Fintan McCarthy edge out Germany at Sea Forest Waterway in Tokyo to win lightweight double sculls race By Kishan Vaghela For Mailonline Published: 21:27 EDT, 28 July 2021 | Updated: 03:22 EDT, 29 July 2021 Fintan McCarthy and Paul O’Donovan earned Ireland’s first gold … Read more

Tokyo Olympics: Ireland win FIRST-EVER Olympic rowing gold ever in lightweight double sculls race

Ireland win their FIRST-EVER Olympic rowing gold as Paul O’Donovan and Fintan McCarthy edge out Germany at Sea Forest Waterway in Tokyo to win lightweight double sculls race By Kishan Vaghela For Mailonline Published: 21:27 EDT, 28 July 2021 | Updated: 21:54 EDT, 28 July 2021 Fintan McCarthy and Paul O’Donovan earned Ireland’s first gold … Read more

Several ‘injured’ after fairground ride collapses in Northern Ireland

Several ‘injured’ after fairground ride collapses in Northern Ireland Emergency services are said to have attended Carrickfergus Harbour in Belfast Harbour in Northern Ireland is hosting Planet Fun until middle of next month Multiple injuries but none are thought to be serious, according to local reports  Planet Fun said that it will be ‘closed tonight … Read more

Plan to ban prosecutions on Troubles is rejected by all five main Northern Ireland parties 

Plan to ban prosecutions on Troubles is rejected by all five main Northern Ireland parties By Daily Mail Reporter Published: 01:06 BST, 17 July 2021 | Updated: 01:06 BST, 17 July 2021 Proposals to ban Troubles prosecutions were yesterday rejected by all five of Northern Ireland’s main parties. Leaders from across the province’s political divide condemned … Read more

EU ‘will agree to three month extension’ on Northern Ireland Brexit protocol

The EU looks set to cool the bitter Brexit standoff over sausage exports from Britain to Northern Ireland by agreeing a three month extension to the grace period. In a potential breakthrough in the row, Brussels has signalled it is open to the UK’s request to keep transition arrangements on chilled meat sales until the … Read more

EU ‘will agree to three month extension’ on Northern Ireland protocol

The EU looks set to cool the bitter Brexit standoff over sausage exports from Britain to Northern Ireland by agreeing a three month extension to the grace period. In a potential breakthrough in the row, Brussels has signalled it is open to the UK’s request to keep transition arrangements on chilled meat sales until the … Read more

Poll: British identity ‘is on the wane’ in Northern Ireland

British identity ‘is on the wane’ in Northern Ireland as just 17 per cent of 18-24 year-olds say that is how they view themselves as Boris Johnson marks the country’s ‘very significant’ centenary Poll suggests British identity is waning among young people in Northern Ireland Older people more likely than younger people to consider themselves … Read more

Majority in Northern Ireland predict split from UK within 25 years

Majority of the public in Northern Ireland believe it will have split from the UK within 25 years, poll finds Poll shows 51 per cent think Northern Ireland will split from UK in next 25 years Some 37 per cent believe it will be part of the UK while 12 per cent don’t know If … Read more

Covid Ireland: PUBS could be turned into remote work hubs after lockdown

Irish PUBS could be turned into remote work hubs as part of nation’s plans for life after Covid Irish government has released a 5-year post-pandemic rural development plan Includes the idea to transform rural Irish pubs into remove work hubs   A national network of 400 remote working hubs would be established By Sophie Tanno For … Read more

No10 plays down prospects of handing spare Covid vaccines to Ireland before JULY

Downing Street today played down the prospects of spare coronavirus vaccines being handed to Ireland before July. The PM’s spokesman stressed that the ‘first priority’ is still to cover all UK adults, despite claims that 3.7million doses have been earmarked for gifting in a ‘poke in the eye’ for the EU’s slow rollout. The comments … Read more