Gardai said the suspect shot himself when he was challenged by armed gardai outside the Tesco store in Carlow on Sunday evening.

Electrical Safety First urged vapers not to ‘bin the battery’ following the ban on the sale of disposable or single-use vapes from June 1.

The Scottish Labour leader was the subject of an attack ad from Reform condemned as ‘racist’ by the party’s opponents.

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer suggested he was ‘angry too’, after Home Office data showed 1,194 migrants arrived in 18 boats on Saturday.

The Prime Minister also did not steer away from suggestions that an announcement on the payment could come at the spending review on June 11.

Ukraine said on Sunday that it had launched a spectacular surprise attack on five Russian air bases, ranging from targets close to Moscow to Russia’s Arctic, Siberia and Far East. The targets were ...

Scottish Water’s latest offer would see an average pay increase of around 7% over two years (2024/25 and 2025/26), in addition to a 3.5% yearly salary increase. It called for “sensible” negotiations ...

The burning of a Koran outside the Turkish consulate in London amounted to a religiously aggravated public order offence, a judge has found. Hamit Coskun, 50, shouted “f*** Islam”, “Islam is religion ...

A criminal investigation was launched in 2023 regarding the care provided by Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust.

An Israeli strike on a residential building in the Gaza Strip has killed 14 people, mostly women and children, according to health officials. The Shifa and al-Ahli hospitals confirmed the toll from ...