News from Cobh

The investigation into the cause of the Azerbaijan Airlines plane crash is under way and it is wrong to speculate before it gives its conclusions, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said.

26 December 2024

The Irish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children has said that 820 children and young people contacted its Childline service this Christmas, a 12% increase compared to last year.

26 December 2024

Painstaking work has commenced to conserve and digitise one of the oldest paper documents still in existence on the island of Ireland.

26 December 2024

Russia is willing to work with Donald Trump's incoming administration to improve relations if the US has serious intentions to do so but it is up to Washington to make the first move, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has said.

26 December 2024

The United Nations peacekeeping force in Lebanon has called for a timely Israeli withdrawal from south Lebanon, citing what it called Israeli violations of a 27 November ceasefire agreement with Iran-backed Lebanese armed group Hezbollah.

26 December 2024

South Korea's main opposition party introduced a bill to impeach acting President Han Duck-soo, a day before it plans to seek a vote on the move, which could deepen a constitutional crisis.

26 December 2024

A hectic period in the racing calendar explodes into life later today. We've recommendations for Leopardstown, Kempton, Down Royal and Aintree.

26 December 2024

2024 was the year of the weird US election - a primary election process that was all over by the end of January meant a pseudo-campaign that was staggeringly boring for six months, even with the former president on trial in a New York court room, writes Sean Whelan.

26 December 2024

Retail Ireland, the Ibec group that represents the retail sector, has reported a slight increase in the average spending by households this Christmas.

26 December 2024

When Ireland took to the polls in November to elect the next Dáil it was clear that money was on the mind.

26 December 2024

French authorities have said that they rescued 107 migrants trying to cross the Channel from France to England.

26 December 2024

Gaza authorities have said an Israeli airstrike has killed five Palestinian journalists outside a hospital, while Israel's army said it had attacked a vehicle carrying Islamic Jihad militants.

26 December 2024

Tearful mourners prayed as ceremonies were held across Asia to remember the 220,000 people who were killed two decades ago when a tsunami hit coastlines around the Indian Ocean in one of the world's worst natural disasters.

26 December 2024

Fourteen members of the Syrian police were killed in an "ambush" by forces loyal to the ousted government in the Tartous countryside, the transitional administration has said.

26 December 2024

Angry protests broke out in the heartland of deposed Syrian ruler Bashar al-Assad's Alawite minority, a war monitor and witnesses have said, after a video circulated showing an attack on a shrine.

25 December 2024

Pope Francis in his Christmas message has called for talks between Ukraine and Russia to end the war that followed Moscow's full-scale invasion two years ago and has killed tens of thousands.

25 December 2024

An Embraer passenger jet flying from Azerbaijan to Russia crashed near the city of Aktau in Kazakhstan this morning, killing 38 people while 29 survivors received hospital treatment, Kazakh authorities said.

25 December 2024

US President Joe Biden has asked the US Defense Department to continue its surge of weapons deliveries to Ukraine after condemning Russia's Christmas Day attack against some of Ukraine's cities and its energy system.

25 December 2024

Health is the second biggest spending department of the Government and next year will have a total budget of over €25 billion. Some matters that came to the fore in 2024 will persevere into 2025.

25 December 2024

Christmas can be a tough time of year for many people, but there is support out there if you need it.

23 December 2024