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Four children have been rushed to hospital after a funfair ride collapsed in Co Antrim. A major incident is ongoing at Planet Fun at Carrickfergus Harbour. Emergency services were called to the scene shortly before 6pm on Saturday after they received reports that a ride collapsed. Three children were taken […]

Music fans have been enjoying the first weekend since coronavirus restrictions were lifted in England at Latitude Festival. Saturday headliners at the Festival, which is taking place at Henham Park estate near the Suffolk coast, are The Chemical Brothers, while Rudimental and Supergrass will also play. Photo: Jacob King/PA Around […]

Gymnastics Woman’s Artistic Gymnastics – Qualifying, Subdivision 2: Meg Ryan (3.45am Irish time) Rowing Women’s Pair – Repechage: Monika Dukarska & Aileen Crowley (1.50am) Lightweight Women’s Double Sculls – Repechage: Aoife Casey & Margaret Cremen (2.30am) Women’s Single Sculls – Sanita Puspure (3am) Men’s Double Sculls – A/B semi-final: Ronan […]

Restaurants are facing a staffing “crisis” ahead of the reopening of indoor hospitality next week, according to the chief executive of the Restaurants Association of Ireland, Adrian Cummins. Speaking to RTÉ’s The Business, he said around 25 per cent of bars and restaurants will not reopen fully on Monday. Mr […]

Far-right activists and anti-vaccine protesters have held a demonstration in Dublin against Covid-19 jabs and ongoing restrictions in Ireland. Around 1,500 protesters gathered outside Custom House in Dublin, as roads were blocked and traffic forced to a standstill. Protesters held anti-vaccine signs and chanted “freedom” as they walked through the […]

Piers Morgan has revealed he thinks he caught coronavirus while watching England play at Wembley. The journalist and television presenter told the Mail on Sunday he contracted Covid despite being double vaccinated. In a post on Twitter, he said it has been “a long ten days”. Piers Morgan began to […]

Crowds have flocked to beaches in Co Wicklow during the recent heatwave, causing traffic chaos and prompting gardaí to create a temporary car park at Brittas Bay. A field near the popular beach has been set aside as temporary parking by gardaí as thousands of people travelled to the beauty […]

The National Immunisation Advisory Committee (Niac) is expected to give guidance on the vaccination of younger people some time next week. It is expected the group will suggest an approach similar to the one taken in Britain, where children over 12 will only be given a Covid-19 vaccine if they […]

Manchester United have put their faith in manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer by handing him a new three-year contract. The Norwegian, who took over from Jose Mourinho in 2018, will stay at Old Trafford until at least 2024, with the option of an extra year. It is a big statement from […]

Gardaí in Dublin are investigation a shooting incident during which shots were fired at a marked Garda patrol vehicle. The incident occurred shortly after 2.30am on Saturday in the Rossfield Avenue area of Tallaght when the squad car with unarmed uniform gardaí was on patrol in the area. The officers […]