News from Athlone

The jury in the trial of a man who is accused of murdering his wife has been told that the mother of one died of a 14cm "single swipe" incised knife cut to her neck which resulted in the loss of massive amounts of blood.

27 March 2025

This year's Arctic sea ice peak is the lowest in the 47-year satellite record, the US National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) said, as the planet continues to swelter under the mounting effects of human-driven climate change.

27 March 2025

A voluntary redundancy plan at RTÉ has been approved by the Government.

27 March 2025

Three members of an organised crime gang have admitted using cash trapping machines and stealing money from over 40 AIB ATM machines in four counties last year.

27 March 2025

While the focus of attention on the latest tariff announcement from US President Donald Trump has been on car-manufacturing, his unambiguous confirmation of import taxes on pharmaceuticals are causing most concern for Ireland.

27 March 2025

Egypt, one of the mediators in the Gaza ceasefire negotiations, has received positive indications from Israel over a new ceasefire proposal that would include a transitional phase, security sources have said.

27 March 2025

An equality hearing has been told that job cuts announced last year for multilingual support staff at TikTok's Irish office were driven by major advancements in artificial intelligence.

27 March 2025

A 48-year-old man has been jailed for 16 months for making more than 11,000 nuisance calls to emergency services, jamming emergency telephone lines for nearly 130 hours in 2023.

27 March 2025

One in six Irish people over the age of 54 have lost all of their teeth and some teenagers are requiring root canal treatment, according to the incoming president of the Irish Dental Association.

27 March 2025

Taoiseach Micheál Martin has said there can be no lifting of sanctions against Russia.

27 March 2025

Irish stars Lola Petticrew and Nicola Coughlan have received their first BAFTA TV nominations, highlighting a strong year for Irish talent.

27 March 2025

Three men have been jailed for terms of 15 years and 13 years for raping and sexually assaulting a young woman they met in a Dublin nightclub in August 2019 in what the judge described as a disturbing and truly shocking case.

27 March 2025

Six people have died and 39 others were rescued after a viewing submarine sank off the Egyptian Red Sea resort of Hurghada.

27 March 2025

The High Court has been told the multi-million euro bitter legal dispute between the three shareholders of Web Summit has been settled.

27 March 2025

Almost 100% of people survive at least five years after being diagnosed with non-melanoma skin cancer, while for melanoma, the more serious type of skin cancer, the survival rate has improved significantly to 92%, a report by the National Cancer Registry of Ireland has found.

27 March 2025

The Chief Executive of the Irish Pharmaceutical Healthcare Association has said that the pharmaceutical industry does not want to see tariffs or retaliatory tariffs on medicines introduced.

27 March 2025

Gardaí searching for missing Kenmare sheep farmer Mike Gaine have placed a number of checkpoints at junctions around the town this morning, in an attempt to jog the memories of people who may have been on those roads a week ago when he was last seen.

27 March 2025

A 17-year-old Wexford girl has been out of school for over a year because the school she should be attending cannot provide a specialised nursing service that she needs.

27 March 2025

European leaders have reaffirmed their long-term support for Ukraine during a summit in Paris but appeared to make little progress on what role they might play in providing security guarantees if a peace deal is struck with Russia.

27 March 2025

The Economic and Social Research Institute has said there is a "clear need" for reform of rent controls.

27 March 2025