Tag: Irish

A 10-year-old girl who died in a crash alongside her mother gave the “gift of life” to four children to whom her organs were donated, a joint funeral service in Milltown in Cavan heard today.The wicker coffin carrying Nell Saffron Raven (53) and her daughter Irena Raven Mereacre was ...

A man wanted in Germany over alleged kidnapping offences was arrested this week in a Cork city massage parlour, the High Court has heard.Khalid Kurshid (57), a German-Pakistani national, was remanded in custody on Friday after gardaí told Judge Richard Humphreys the man’s daughter was a “high-risk missing person”.A ...

A total of 34 men were deported from Ireland to Poland and Lithuania on Sunday on the grounds of criminality, Minister for Justice Jim O’Callaghan has said.According to the Minister, the charter removal flight had 22 Polish and 12 Lithuanian nationals on board, ranging in age from mid-twenties to ...

An Afghan man has failed in a challenge to a refusal to allow him to bring his parents and sister here after the High Court found he does not have the financial resources to support them. The now 42-year-old man fled Afghanistan in 2014 claiming he was under threat ...

Main PointsBest ReadsTim O'Brien - 4 hours agoCoach Tourism industry welcome, but Opposition rejection for Government’s €505 million support packageTim O’BrienThe Government package of support for sectors affected by the fuel crisis has been welcomed by The Coach Tourism and Transport Council. However, the €505 million package of measures ...

The number of unaccompanied Ukrainian minors requiring Tusla care or accommodation has increased by more than 50 per cent since last year, with Ukrainians now the largest national cohort of unaccompanied children the State cares for.The vast majority are boys aged 16 or 17, said the agency.Figures provided by ...

Legal challenges and security concerns around travel are adding to a deportation backlog of scores of failed asylum seekers out of the State, The Irish Times has learned. The issue of delays in deportations has come into focus this week after a 26-year-old was accused of assaulting a young ...

Fourteen years ago, US president Barack Obama stepped on stage at Dublin’s College Green to a rapturous reception. The 60,000 crowd had been worked up to hysterical levels of excitement by warm-up acts including Westlife and Jedward, and sports figures Brian O’Driscoll and Katie Taylor, as well as Taoiseach ...

More than 100 tired and weary walkers carrying Palestinian flags made their way along the north side of the Dublin quays shortly after 7pm on Saturday, as the final rays of the August evening sunshine reflected off the Liffey. The group, led by the Boyle Palestine Solidarity Group, were ...

An Indian taxi driver faces losing his livelihood after an unprovoked attack by two passengers last week amid a growing number of racist assaults in Ireland.“My children are so scared, they have asked me to promise them that I will never drive a taxi again,” said Lakhvir Singh (46).He ...