Jeffrey Epstein’s estate will hand the infamous “birthday book” to the US Congress, according to the top Democrat on the committee leading the investigation into the handling of the late sex offender’s case.
The sister of the late Ian Bailey has said she will feel “betrayed” if new forensic testing of evidence ties her brother to the murder of Frenchwoman Sophie Toscan du Plantier.
Home buyers will see home asking prices increase and become more “accurate” in the autumn, estate agents have predicted.
He is the most famous living Irish politician, and the most infamous. Gerry Adams is recognisable thousands of miles from Ireland to an extent that easily surpasses the recognition of Micheál Martin, Leo Varadkar, Mary Lou McDonald or any other living political figure.
Kieran Cuddihy knows fear. He sees it often in the many interview subjects that pass in front of him each week.
Question: A few months ago I started working in an office in the public sector. I am 19. At the same time other people were starting too, including a 40-year-old man. We get along like a house on fire. It is mostly childish stuff, basically memes or pop culture references. He is surprisingly aware of what’s going on in the celebrity world for a man of his age. Honestly, it’s ‘fart joke’ level stuff and we are both usually reduced to giggles by the end of coffee break, much to the confusion of our co-workers.
Taylor Swift has caused economies to bounce, and now her engagement to Travis Kelce is causing a ripple of excitement among jewellers, with sales of super-sized engagement rings on the rise.
Celebrity lawyer Paul Tweed has confirmed he is representing a Dublin singer-songwriter in a landmark legal case against Robbie Williams.
John Gilligan was mayor of Limerick when feuding claimed the lives of 20 people between the late 1990s and mid-2000s. Since then, the Treaty City has desperately tried to move on from the worst era of violence in its modern history, when innocent men including Roy Collins and Shane Geoghegan were murdered.
A few months after Gerry Ryan died in 2010, fellow radio star Ian Dempsey saw his widow, Morah. It was across a crowded room at a function in The Mansion House in Dublin. “I hadn’t seen her for ages,” Dempsey says. “I waved over at her like a mad thing. Unfortunately, it was in the middle of a charity auction and I found myself bidding on a weekend in New York…”
Israel will soon halt or slow humanitarian aid into parts of northern Gaza as it expands its military offensive against Hamas, an official said Saturday, a day after Gaza City was declared a combat zone.
Once upon a time in rural Ireland, young people didn’t exactly fly the nest – they were pushed out at 17 or 18 to go to the big city for college or enter the workforce. Hatchlings didn’t darken the door again until it was time to drop off a month’s worth of laundry, raid their parents’ fridge, or beg for beer money.
The battlelines are being drawn for the future leadership of Fianna Fáil, with Jim O’Callaghan, and Jack Chambers now on differing sides of the presidential nomination race.
For two centuries, America absorbed Ireland’s exiles. Now, in a neat twist of history, increasing numbers of Americans are looking the other way. After Donald Trump’s return to the White House, applications for Irish passports from the US have surged to decade-high levels. In 2024 alone, Americans filed more than 31,800 Irish passport applications; entries on the foreign births register jumped by half to 11,600. Immigration firms report 300pc spikes in inquiries whenever US politics turns particularly toxic.
The veranda at the former British military barracks on Sentosa island, just off Singapore’s southern coast, is a welcome retreat in the stifling heat. My guide, Khor Sing Hong, a retired army captain, is pointing to a two-storey whitewashed colonial building opposite.
A Texan billionaire’s historic estate could become home to a private Irish whiskey distillery after a company linked to the Co Kilkenny site submitted plans with the local council.
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