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Ireland's watchdog calls for stronger maritime safety enforcement

DUBLIN, Ireland: A marine safety watchdog has urged the Minister for Transport to consider deploying gardai, naval officers, and harbor masters to enforce maritime safety regulations amid rising concerns over the lack of compliance with personal flotation device (PFD) rules.

The Marine Casualty Investigation Board (MCIB) stated that the persistent disregard for regulations requiring the wearing of Personal Flota

Record number of Ireland's beaches given top award

DUBLIN, Ireland: A record number of Ireland's beaches and marinas have been awarded the prestigious Blue Flag for the 2025 bathing season, marking a new high in environmental recognition across the country.

An Taisce, the environmental group responsible for the awards, granted Blue Flag status to 89 beaches and 10 marinas, surpassing the previous record of 85 beaches.

Kerry topped the list with 15 Blue Fl

RTB to probe unusual rent spikes in Ireland's Co Galway

DUBLIN, Ireland: The Residential Tenancies Board (RTB) is set to investigate persistently high rents in Co Galway after detecting "unusual" trends in its latest rental index.

The RTB noted that Galway had experienced eight consecutive quarters of significant rent increases for new tenancies despite being designated as a rent pressure zone where annual rent hikes are capped at two percent.

According to the

Tragic Three-Car Collision in Galway Claims Life of Man in His 40s

CO GALWAY, Ireland - A man in his 40s has died following a serious three-car collision in Ballybane.

The multi-car crash occurred at Clareview Park at approximately 2:50pm Sunday afternoon, prompting a major emergency response. The driver of one of the cars reportedly collided with the other two. The driver, aman in his 40s was treated at the scene before being transported to University Hospital Galway. He later

Man in 60s dies in single-vehicle crash in Tuam, Co. Galway

CO GALWAY, Ireland - Gardai are appealing for witnesses after Friday night's fatal traffic collision in Tuam, Co. Galway.

The incident occurred shortly after 10:30 Friday nighon a local road in Blackacre, Tuam, late Friday night, when a single vehicle was involved in a collision. Emergency services arrived to find the driver, a man in his 60s and the only person in the car, unresponsive. He was

NFL to play back-to-back games in Dublin and London

MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota: The Minnesota Vikings will play two international games in 2025 — one in Ireland and one in the UK — as the NFL schedules a record seven games overseas next season, including games in Germany and Spain.

The Vikings will face the Pittsburgh Steelers in Dublin at Croke Park on September 28, marking the first NFL regular-season game ever played

Sweden to propose EU membership of Pacific rim free trade group CPTPP

STOCKHOLM, Sweden: Sweden plans to propose that the European Union join the Pacific Rim trading bloc, the CPTPP, aiming to create the world's largest free trade area in response to U.S. President Donald Trump's tariff policies.

Swedish Minister for Foreign Trade Benjamin Dousa announced the proposal during a trade trip to Japan, stating that linking the EU with the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Tra

Ford offers software for Ireland Kuga hybrids due to fire risk

DUBLIN, Ireland: Ford is set to release a software update within the next two weeks for 2,850 Irish owners of Kuga plug-in hybrid vehicles (PHEVs) affected by a battery defect that could pose a fire risk.

The carmaker issued a recall in early March, advising drivers not to charge the battery due to a potential short-circuit issue that could lead to power loss or a fire.

Lisa Brankin, chair and managing di

New EU-UK Agreements Have Common Thread: Russia

The first EU-UK summit since Brexit over five years ago moved Britain closer to the EU, but without crossing any well-known Brexit red lines such as rejoining the EUs customs union or single market.

The May 19 meeting in London came as one of the most prominent Brexiteers, Nigel Farage, and his populist Reform UK party top some public opinion polls in Britain.

In the end the two sides agreed on three docume

An 18th-century rebellion for liberty, equality and freedom - not in France or the United States, but Ireland

Shortly before midnight on May 23, 1798, highwaymen just north of Dublin intercepted and set on fire a mail coach headed to Belfast.

It was the signal meant to ignite revolution across all Ireland.

At the time, Ireland was a kingdom within the state of Great Britain. The island's three religious f

Ireland Curtis Campher, Craig Young ruled out of three-game series against West Indies due to injury

New Delhi [India] May 20 (ANI): Ireland all-rounder Curtis Campher and seamer raig Young Chave been ruled out of the three-game series against West Indies after picking up injuries, according to the ICC.

Injury has forced Ireland to make two late changes to their squad for the upcoming three-match ODI series at home against the West Indies.

Curtis Campher fractured his finger in the nets when batting, whil

"100 Test wickets would be really special...": Zimbabwe pacer Blessing Muzarabani

London [UK], May 19 (ANI): Ahead of his side's one-off Test match against England, Zimbabwe pacer Blessing Muzarabani admitted that taking 100 Test wickets 'would be really special.'

England will host Zimbabwe for a one-off Test from May 22 at Nottingham in a bid to prepare for the home series against India starting from June 20.

Speaking about getting to the milestone ahead of the game, Muzarabani said a

IRELAND-DUBLIN-CHINA-LI HONGZHONG-VISIT

(250518) -- DUBLIN, May 18, 2025 (Xinhua) -- Li Hongzhong, a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and vice chairman of the National People's Congress Standing Committee, meets with Verona Murphy, Ceann Comhairle (speaker) of Dail, the lower house of the Irish parliament, in Dublin, Ireland, May 15, 2025.

Li paid a visit to Ireland from Wednesday to Saturday with a Chin

FRANCE-CANNES-FILM FESTIVAL-"BONO: STORIES OF SURRENDER"-PREMIERE

(250517) -- CANNES, May 17, 2025 (Xinhua) -- Irish singer-songwriter and executive producer Paul David Hewson (R), also known as Bono, and his wife Ali Hewson leave after the premiere of the film "Bono: Stories of Surrender" at the 78th edition of the Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, southern France, on May 16, 2025. (Xinhua/Gao Jing)

Ireland reaffirms commitment to human rights amid rising concerns over Baloch activists' detention

Dublin [Ireland], May 16 (ANI): The Irish government has expressed deep concern over the increasing crackdown on civil society activists in Pakistan's Balochistan province and reaffirmed its commitment to monitoring the human rights situation in the region, The Balochistan Post reported.

In response to a May 13 parliamentary question from People Before Profit TD Paul Murphy, Tanaiste and Ireland's Minister for F