News from Middleton

The UN has said that its aid agency for Palestinian refugees, UNRWA, will continue working in all Palestinian territories, including east Jerusalem, as Israel cut ties with the organisation.

30 January 2025

As the ECB cut interest rates again, there is a broader policy shift by lenders to encourage people to take up fixed loans instead of variable products.

30 January 2025

The sheer power of the record winds that hit the west coast last week are perhaps most clearly illustrated by the structural damage Storm Éowyn left in its wake.

30 January 2025

Sheep have been intertwined with human livelihoods for over 11,000 years according to new research. As well as meat, their domestication led to humans being nourished by their protein-rich milk and clothed by warm, water-resistant fabrics made from their wool.

30 January 2025

Approximately 17,000 premises remain without electricity in the northwest as some rural communities navigate a sixth-day without power and connectivity.

30 January 2025

The death of singer and actress Marianne Faithfull has been announced. She was 78.

30 January 2025

Ticketmaster has rejected an invitation to appear at a UK parliamentary committee about dynamic pricing and consumer protection while it is being investigated over Oasis ticket sales.

30 January 2025

Daire Hickey has resigned from the RTÉ Board, the broadcaster has confirmed. In a statement this evening, RTÉ said that Mr Hickey wrote to Minister for Media Patrick O'Donovan to notify him of his resignation.

30 January 2025

Correspondent Sean Whelan reports that given where the Washington DC air crash happened, the involvement of the military, the proximity to the Pentagon and the White House and its current resident, the answer as to why the crash happened may come sooner than usual.

30 January 2025

The family of journalism student Joe Drennan, who died in a hit-and-run in Limerick, have expressed anger and outrage at the prison sentence imposed on the man who killed him.

30 January 2025

An inquest in Cork has been told that a 66-year old woman died from "profound vomiting" brought on by the drug Ozempic, which she had been prescribed to help her lose weight.

30 January 2025

CAO applicants who have been impacted by Storm Éowyn have been given an extra five days to complete their application for a college place.

30 January 2025

Two people involved in a scheme to pose as learner drivers and sit the theory test for others have been jailed at the Circuit Criminal Court.

30 January 2025

Members of a far right militant group which "played a central role" in the 6 January 2021 riots in the US Capitol spent the first week of the Trump Administration vowing retribution, including against identifiable members of law enforcement.

30 January 2025

Opposition and government parties remain deeply divided over the issue of Dáil speaking rights for some independent TDs who are supporting the Government, with a six-hour meeting of the Dail Reform Committee concluding tonight without agreement.

30 January 2025

Israel has released 110 Palestinian prisoners after delaying the process in anger at the swarming crowds at a hostage handover point earlier today.

30 January 2025

The Department of Social Protection has paid a total of €225,345 in humanitarian assistance in the aftermath of Storm Éowyn.

30 January 2025

Follow updates after a US passenger jet crashed into Washington's Potomac River after colliding mid-air with a military helicopter.

30 January 2025

US President Donald Trump has confirmed there were no survivors after a military helicopter carrying three people collided mid-air with a passenger plane carrying 64 people.

30 January 2025

Independents Rónán Mullen, Alice Mary Higgins and Michael McDowell have been re-elected to the Seanad.

30 January 2025