News from County Meath

US President Donald Trump has defended the state and federal response to deadly flash flooding in Texas as he visited the stricken Hill Country region, where at least 120 people, including dozens of children, perished a week ago.

12 July 2025

Tens of thousands of people will take part in the annual Twelfth of July parades across Northern Ireland today.

11 July 2025

A preliminary report into the Air India crash that killed 260 people last month has shown that three seconds after taking off, the plane's engines fuel cutoff switches almost simultaneously flipped from run to cutoff, starving the engines of fuel.

11 July 2025

A 12-year-old girl has died after getting into difficulty while swimming in a river in Co Tipperary this afternoon.

11 July 2025

Jannik Sinner will go for revenge against Carlos Alcaraz in the Wimbledon final after ruthlessly ending Novak Djokovic's title dreams, coasting to a 6-3 6-3 6-4 victory.

11 July 2025

A US appeals court has scrapped 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed's plea agreement that would have taken the death penalty off the table.

11 July 2025

Former independent Clare TD Violet Anne Wynne has told a court that she was not able to pay her weekly rent of €300 this week and herself and her family are depending on the goodwill of others.

11 July 2025

Katie Taylor takes on Amanda Serrano in a trilogy fight at Madison Square Garden, with the Bray boxer's undisputed WBC, WBA, IBF and WBO women's light-welterweight titles on the line.

11 July 2025

Most European Union countries have backed plans to agree a deal on their new climate change target by September, sources familiar with the discussions have said.

11 July 2025

Thirty-one-year-old Dylan Scannell has been jailed for life after he was convicted of the murder of 33-year-old Ian Baitson in Cobh, Co Cork, last year.

11 July 2025

Carlos Alcaraz overcame Taylor Fritz 6-4 5-7 6-3 7-6 (8-6) to reach another Wimbledon final and move a step closer to a third consecutive title, with Jannik Sinner the man who will stand in his way.

11 July 2025

The EU is considering giving its backing to member states that wish to block imports from illegal Israeli settlements at a national level, under measures set to be considered by the bloc next week.

11 July 2025

A man has been jailed for 20 months for attacking and threatening to kill his then partner in their home at a time when he was a serving garda.

11 July 2025

American Chris Gotterup soared to the top of the Scottish Open leaderboard by equalling the course record as Rory McIlroy impressed on day two at the Renaissance Club.

11 July 2025

Gardaí are treating as suspicious the death of a man in his 70s following an assault in Limerick city last night.

11 July 2025

It is "shameful" that a bonfire topped with effigies of migrants in a boat was allowed to go ahead, Amnesty International has said.

11 July 2025

The UN human rights office has said it had recorded at least 798 killings within the past six weeks at aid points in Gaza run by the US- and Israeli-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation and near convoys run by other relief groups.

11 July 2025

Met Éireann has issued a high temperature warning for all of Ireland tomorrow.

11 July 2025

For the third time Katie Taylor stepped onto the scales ahead of a world-title clash with Amanda Serrano. This time is likely to be their last together. If her arms are raised at the end of another bruising battle, it may just be the sweetest victory of all, writes Paul O'Flynn in New York.

11 July 2025

A US federal court has ordered the extradition to Ireland of former Olympic swimming coach George Gibney.

11 July 2025