Maria Corina Machado announced as winner of prestigious Nobel Peace Prize 2025
The former opposition presidential candidate in Venezuela was lauded for being a “key, unifying figure in a political…
Israeli cabinet ratifies Gaza ceasefire and hostage deal with Hamas
Ceasefire to start within 24 hours after Israeli ratificationHostages could be released within 72 hours afterIsraelis gather at…
‘Average worker thrown under the bus’ – Irish Independent readers react to Budget 26
Public Expenditure Minister Jack Chambers (left) and Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe. Photo: PA An absence of cost-of-living supports,…
‘Soda bread made in your kitchen is an ultra-processed food’ – Sarah Keogh RD
Real health Is high protein always better? What is processed food? And how much do sugar and salt…
Donald Trump calls for jailing Democratic leaders as troops prepare for Chicago deployment
Trump threatens to jail Mayor and GovernorFormer FBI chief due in court to face criminal chargesNational Guard troops…
Pioneering Irish businesswoman who took over family firm at age 19 honoured in UK
Jacqueline O’Donovan OBE has been awarded the London Irish Centre lifetime achievement award. Ms O’Donovan – whose family…
Teenager hospitalised following shooting in Dublin
breaking | Gardaí at the scene of a shooting in Bluebell, Dublin. Photo: Damien Storan. A teenager has been…
Man tells abuser who raped him when he was 11-years-old that he is ‘reclaiming my voice and my life’
Joseph Campbell was jailed for 8.5 years. Photo: Paddy Cummins. A young man who was raped as an…
Gardai use pepper spray as two people arrested in ‘public disorder incident’ in East Wall
“Despite this engagement there was a co-ordinated and concerted effort to physically breach the Garda cordon” . Two…
Jim Gavin maintains discreet presence at Croke Park as GAA Special Congress sees FRC reforms sail into rules
FRC chairman Jim Gavin meets delegates after the GAA Special Congress 2025 at Croke Park in Dublin. Photo…
Trump orders Israel to stop bombing Gaza as Hamas partially accepts peace plan
Tanaiste Simon Harris welcomed the release of remaining hostagesNetanyahu said Israel was prepared for implementation of the ‘first…
Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs sentenced to more than four years in prison over prostitution conviction
Combs, 55, was convicted on two counts of arranging for paid male escorts to travel across state lines…