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President Michael D Higgins clarifies claim on Israel seeking Egypt settlement after he is branded an ‘antisemitic liar’

https://www.independent.ie/news/president-michael-d-higgins-clarifies-claim-on-israel-seeking-egypt-settlement-after-he-is-branded-an-antisemitic-liar/a1612956658.html

Published: December 22, 2024 02:30

President Michael D Higgins has defended his recent comments about Israel wanting a “settlement in Egypt” after being labelled an “antisemitic liar” by Israel’s foreign minister.

‘If we don’t get help now, we’ll be decimated' – Hauliers seek €66m in state aid a month ‘to survive’ Holyhead port shutdown

https://www.independent.ie/world-news/britain/if-we-dont-get-help-now-well-be-decimated-hauliers-seek-66m-in-state-aid-a-month-to-survive-holyhead-port-shutdown/a682841920.html

Published: December 22, 2024 02:30

Hauliers require more than €60m a month in financial aid or the Holyhead crisis will quickly begin to drive trucking firms out of business, they have warned the Government.

Brendan Courtney: ‘They say there’s three things you have to manage and get over – death, divorce and disease. I’ve had a divorce, and the matriarch in the family is very sick.’

https://www.independent.ie/life/family/family-features/brendan-courtney-they-say-theres-three-things-you-have-to-manage-and-get-over-death-divorce-and-disease-ive-had-a-divorce-and-the-matriarch-in-the-family-is-very-sick/a1018511497.html

Published: December 22, 2024 02:30

It’s been a year of two halves for Brendan Courtney. We’re sitting in the kitchen-living room of his house in Wicklow, it’s a beautiful white, airy space, one wall all windows with views of the mountains and the sea. A renovation has rendered the interiors


Declan Lynch: Donald Trump is out for vengeance, and US media is capitulating already

https://www.independent.ie/opinion/comment/declan-lynch-donald-trump-is-out-for-vengeance-and-us-media-is-capitulating-already/a817931043.html

Published: December 22, 2024 02:30

He said he wouldn’t be a dictator “except on day one”. Some of us figured Donald Trump would be a dictator on all the other days, too, while his media enablers took the view that he might have that one day, but sure, then it’ll be grand.

Snatched: The shocking tale of three babies taken from the streets of Dublin

https://www.independent.ie/life/snatched-the-shocking-tale-of-three-babies-taken-from-the-streets-of-dublin/a1349938735.html

Published: December 22, 2024 02:30

On December 18, 1954, a crisp Saturday morning, 39-year-old Barbara McGeehan said goodbye to her husband Ernest, their teenage son Ernie and four-year-old daughter Bernadette, known in the family as Bernie. She told them she would bring home a very special


The last days of Team Harris: Fianna FĂĄil up, Fine Gael down and Michael Lowry is pulling the strings

https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/elections-2024/the-last-days-of-team-harris-fianna-fail-up-fine-gael-down-and-michael-lowry-is-pulling-the-strings/a105989004.html

Published: December 22, 2024 02:30

Simon Harris was nowhere to be seen at the annual Fine Gael Christmas drinks for the media on Tuesday night. A source close to the Taoiseach said he turned up to the Lincoln’s Inn an hour before the event was due to start. It wasn’t clear why he would do


New Kyran Durnin phone photos give gardaí clue to missing boy’s final location

https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/new-kyran-durnin-phone-photos-give-gardai-clue-to-missing-boys-final-location/a2128002899.html

Published: December 22, 2024 02:30

Photographs of Kyran Durnin proving that he was alive in June 2022 were recovered from a mobile phone handed over to gardaí last week as part of the investigation into the murder of the missing schoolboy. The pictures of Kyran were taken on a mobile phone,


Johnny Ward: ‘My biggest money regret? £650 boots with bullets on them. Ryanair made me take them off’

https://www.independent.ie/business/personal-finance/johnny-ward-my-biggest-money-regret-650-boots-with-bullets-on-them-ryanair-made-me-take-them-off/a1780714359.html

Published: December 22, 2024 02:30

Johnny Ward has been an actor since he was a child. He has ­regularly swapped guns for tights – alternating between tough roles such as Pauley in Love/Hate, a kidnapper in Fair City and a gangster in the upcoming Amazon Prime series Bad Standing with being


‘Ours may be the only face they see on Christmas Day... it can be a lonely time’ – healthcare teams on working over the festive period

https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/ours-may-be-the-only-face-they-see-on-christmas-day-it-can-be-a-lonely-time-healthcare-teams-on-working-over-the-festive-period/a172367419.html

Published: December 22, 2024 02:30

Most people know where they will be on Christmas Day, but for dozens of healthcare teams around the country, they may only find out late on Christmas Eve.

Rescue helicopter restrictions ‘like having an ambulance without wheels’, says fishing industry chief

https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/rescue-helicopter-restrictions-like-having-an-ambulance-without-wheels-says-fishing-industry-chief/a1020812812.html

Published: December 22, 2024 02:30

An Irish fishing industry leader has expressed concern about unexpected restrictions with the Irish Coast Guard’s search and rescue helicopter base at Shannon during transition to a new operator.

My favourite room: ‘To me, the kitchen should be another closet – I actually store my shoes in the oven’ – country singer Laura Bryna on her Hollywood home

https://www.independent.ie/life/home-garden/interiors/my-favourite-room-to-me-the-kitchen-should-be-another-closet-i-actually-store-my-shoes-in-the-oven-country-singer-laura-bryna-on-her-hollywood-home/a525022387.html

Published: December 22, 2024 02:30

To describe herself as a nut, which country singer Laura Bryna does — she calls herself a cashew, half Catholic, half Jewish — is a risky thing given that in her home she reserves one very large room complete with shower for her family of four birds. “They


Blake Lively accuses 'It Ends With Us' director Justin Baldoni of harassment and smear campaign

https://www.independent.ie/world-news/north-america/blake-lively-accuses-it-ends-with-us-director-justin-baldoni-of-harassment-and-smear-campaign/a1418556261.html

Published: December 21, 2024 18:12

Blake Lively has accused her “It Ends With Us” director and co-star Justin Baldoni of sexual harassment on the set of the movie and a subsequent effort to “destroy” her reputation in a legal complaint.

Girl (9) and four adults among the victims as suspect’s motives probed after German Christmas market attack

https://www.independent.ie/world-news/europe/girl-9-and-four-adults-among-the-victims-as-suspects-motives-probed-after-german-christmas-market-attack/a1281358546.html

Published: December 21, 2024 15:48

A car mowed down dozens in a busy outdoor Christmas market in the eastern German city of Magdeburg on Friday, killing at least five people and injuring at least 200 others in what authorities called a deliberate attack.

Convicted torturer Jonathan Dowdall eyes up new life in America as gardaĂ­ weigh relocation decision

https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/convicted-torturer-jonathan-dowdall-eyes-up-new-life-in-america-as-gardai-weigh-relocation-decision/a1475216848.html

Published: December 21, 2024 15:00

Former Sinn Féin councillor ­Jonathan ­Dowdall will celebrate his last Christmas behind bars at Limerick Prison, as plans for his relocation overseas under the Witness Security Programme (WSP) ramp up.

Five star Christmas at Ashford Castle: Transforming hotel into a fairytale setting takes a year of planning

https://www.independent.ie/regionals/mayo/news/five-star-christmas-at-ashford-castle-transforming-hotel-into-a-fairytale-setting-takes-a-year-of-planning/a1919891782.html

Published: December 21, 2024 13:32

The glittering lights, the smell of the real tree, the warm glow of the fire and the sound of laughter as families reunite are just some of the highlights guests of Ashford Castle can look forward to experiencing this Christmas.

Death toll rises to four after driver mows down dozens at German Christmas market – German media

https://www.independent.ie/world-news/europe/death-toll-rises-to-four-after-driver-mows-down-dozens-at-german-christmas-market-german-media/a1281358546.html

Published: December 21, 2024 09:46

A car mowed down dozens in a busy outdoor Christmas market in the eastern German city of Magdeburg on Friday, killing at least four people and injuring at least 60 others in what authorities called a deliberate attack.

Asking for a friend: I’m in my 20s, living at home with my parents and trying to date, but it’s so miserable I’m thinking of emigrating

https://www.independent.ie/style/sex-relationships/asking-for-a-friend-im-in-my-20s-living-at-home-with-my-parents-and-trying-to-date-but-its-so-miserable-im-thinking-of-emigrating/a70814459.html

Published: December 21, 2024 02:30

Q: My dating life is being wiped out because I live at home with my parents in my 20s, and lots of people that I want to date are also living at home. Everything that starts off promising ends up fizzling out because we don’t have anywhere to go. Some


FionnĂĄn Sheahan: Norma Foley wants to be the new Heather Humphreys, and Mary Butler is guaranteed Cabinet

https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/elections-2024/fionnan-sheahan-norma-foley-wants-to-be-the-new-heather-humphreys-and-mary-butler-is-guaranteed-cabinet/a355278699.html

Published: December 21, 2024 02:30

‘He hates being lobbied,” said a Fianna Fáil minister, warning any colleagues seeking to persuade Micheál Martin of their greatness over the next four weeks before the Cabinet is picked.

Ellen Coyne: RIP.ie is wrong to try to monetise compassion – condolences should not be for sale

https://www.independent.ie/opinion/comment/ellen-coyne-ripie-is-wrong-to-try-to-monetise-compassion-condolences-should-not-be-for-sale/a1674166073.html

Published: December 21, 2024 02:30

Someone was telling me a story recently about a funeral he had attended for someone he had known in college. They’d been good friends at university but had completely lost touch over the decades. “So wait,” I asked, “how did you even know he had died?”

‘Why did our healthy son die?’ – grieving parents await review into care received by Logan (6) at Cork hospital

https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/why-did-our-healthy-son-die-grieving-parents-await-review-into-care-received-by-logan-6-at-cork-hospital/a1076097732.html

Published: December 21, 2024 02:30

The heartbroken parents of a six-year-old boy who died of a cardiac arrest less than 24 hours after he attended an emergency department last summer say they are desperate for answers about his hospital care.

RĂșaidhrĂ­ O’Connor: What’s gone wrong with Irish lineouts – and the steps that can be taken to fix them

https://www.independent.ie/sport/rugby/ruaidhri-oconnor-whats-gone-wrong-with-irish-lineouts-and-the-steps-that-can-be-taken-to-fix-them/a1994902327.html

Published: December 21, 2024 02:30

You couldn’t think of two better men to fix Ireland’s lineout issues. As players, Paul O’Connell and Leo Cullen were students of the set-piece who have developed into leading coaches, yet here we are in 2024 with the two men presiding over a set-piece that


Your personal finance questions – ‘Is there any way to avoid tax when leaving our home to our nieces and nephews?’

https://www.independent.ie/business/personal-finance/your-personal-finance-questions-is-there-any-way-to-avoid-tax-when-leaving-our-home-to-our-nieces-and-nephews/a2082218093.html

Published: December 21, 2024 02:30

Q We are a married couple with no children. The time has come to make a will. We intend to leave our family home to our nieces and nephews. I believe after €32,500 they will be liable to pay Capital Gains Tax (CGT) at 33pc on any figure above that. Is


Palestinian ambassador ‘never expected to be talking about starvation’, but that is the hellish reality in Gaza

https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/palestinian-ambassador-never-expected-to-be-talking-about-starvation-but-that-is-the-hellish-reality-in-gaza/a252255553.html

Published: December 21, 2024 02:30

Halla Sourani answers the door of the Palestinian embassy with a gentle smile. Inside, she speaks softly, offering coffee and explaining that the ambassador will be ready “in just a few minutes”.

‘You’ve gotten so big. You’ve grown six feet since I last saw you’ – Tears and festive cheer as families reunite at Dublin Airport

https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/youve-gotten-so-big-youve-grown-six-feet-since-i-last-saw-you-tears-and-festive-cheer-as-families-reunite-at-dublin-airport/a1527758015.html

Published: December 21, 2024 02:30

Jet-lagged and tearful, more than 93,000 passengers, walked through the arrival doors at Dublin Airport to greet their loved ones on one of the busiest days of the season.?

Christmas without Guinness – how ‘Guinfluencers’ and celebrity fans have caused a UK shortage of the black stuff

https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/christmas-without-guinness-how-guinfluencers-and-celebrity-fans-have-caused-a-uk-shortage-of-the-black-stuff/a213647479.html

Published: December 21, 2024 02:30

Many pubs in the UK are facing into a Christmas without Guinness as its growing popularity has led to a shortage, with publicans saying some customers are going from pub to pub in search of a pint of the popular stout.

Healthy cooking: Add quick-to-roast Hasselback baby potatoes to your Christmas spread with Susan Jane White’s simple recipe

https://www.independent.ie/life/food-drink/recipes/healthy-cooking-add-quick-to-roast-hasselback-baby-potatoes-to-your-christmas-spread-with-susan-jane-whites-simple-recipe/a1355609790.html

Published: December 21, 2024 01:30

On Christmas Day, most of us are juggling oven slots with the tenacity of a car park attendant at a Beyoncé concert, while weeping over our ambitious Excel spreadsheet.

Sarah Carey: Women fancy men who dress well. Motive enough for sharpening your act, lads?

https://www.independent.ie/opinion/comment/sarah-carey-women-fancy-men-who-dress-well-motive-enough-for-sharpening-your-act-lads/a1320068862.html

Published: December 21, 2024 00:00

Over the next few days, women all over the country will descend upon chain stores to fulfil that annual obligation – the purchasing of new socks for the men in their lives. Whatever else one gives Himself for Christmas, there’ll be socks and underwear


Couple in heated row over immersion use are before courts again as he alleges lights are being turned off while he’s showering

https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/courts/couple-in-heated-row-over-immersion-use-are-before-courts-again-as-he-alleges-lights-are-being-turned-off-while-hes-showering/a1467255177.html

Published: December 20, 2024 15:25

A judge has stated that a couple are “arguing over silly things” after being told that a wife has allegedly breached sworn undertakings given to court in relation to the use of an immersion switch in the €400,000 family home.

Assassin who emptied ‘contents of a pistol’ into grandfather sentenced to life in prison for murder

https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/courts/assassin-who-emptied-contents-of-a-pistol-into-grandfather-sentenced-to-life-in-prison-for-murder/a590373764.html

Published: December 20, 2024 14:15

A violent criminal who “assassinated” a grandfather by emptying “the contents of a pistol” into him when he answered the front door at his mother’s home and later perjured himself at trial, has been sentenced to life in prison.

Thomas ‘Nicky’ McConnell found guilty of murder of Gareth Hutch, nephew of ‘The Monk’ by Special Criminal Court

https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/thomas-nicky-mcconnell-found-guilty-of-murder-of-gareth-hutch-nephew-of-the-monk-by-special-criminal-court/a517242465.html

Published: December 20, 2024 12:40

Thomas 'Nicky' McConnell today became the fourth person to be found guilty of the murder of Gerard 'The Monk' Hutch's nephew, Gareth Hutch, in an ambush in Dublin eight years ago, following a verdict by the Special Criminal Court.

Dara O’Shea: ‘I think that is the Gaelic in me coming out, you have your man, you stick to him and that’s that’

https://www.independent.ie/sport/soccer/premier-league/dara-oshea-i-think-that-is-the-gaelic-in-me-coming-out-you-have-your-man-you-stick-to-him-and-thats-that/a579794896.html

Published: December 20, 2024 12:15

As a player who was clocked as the fourth fastest in the Premier League last season, Dara O’Shea relishes "when I'm up against a striker and it's me and him". The Ipswich Town defender doesn’t, however, necessarily love what the races mean.

WRC to consider whether school ear piercing rules amount to 'indirect discrimination’

https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/courts/wrc-to-consider-whether-school-ear-piercing-rules-amount-to-indirect-discrimination/a1737773309.html

Published: December 20, 2024 12:00

A Workplace Relations Commission adjudicator has said he will have to consider whether a school’s rules on ear piercings might amount to indirect discrimination after noting an argument advanced by a boy's solicitor that ear piercings had “significance in


President Michael D Higgins pays tribute to Irish troops and criticises suffering in Gaza, Ukraine and Sudan in final Christmas message

https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/president-michael-d-higgins-pays-tribute-to-irish-troops-and-criticises-suffering-in-gaza-ukraine-and-sudan-in-final-christmas-message/a1865979217.html

Published: December 20, 2024 08:22

President Michael D Higgins has paid tribute to Irish troops overseas and criticised the ongoing war in Gaza in his final Christmas message in office.

Truck drivers throwing ‘bottles of urine’ into ditches as Rosslare Europort bears brunt of Holyhead closure

https://www.independent.ie/regionals/wexford/wexford-district/truck-drivers-throwing-bottles-of-urine-into-ditches-as-rosslare-europort-bears-brunt-of-holyhead-closure/a1238619143.html

Published: December 20, 2024 06:00

The closure of Holyhead Port has seen a 120 per cent increase in UK freight coming through Rosslare Europort as haulage companies seek alternate routes to and from our nearest neighbours. In the immediate aftermath of Storm Darragh this has resulted in


Democrats say Elon Musk is now in charge after he scuppers bipartisan spending bill

https://www.independent.ie/world-news/north-america/democrats-say-elon-musk-is-now-in-charge-after-he-scuppers-bipartisan-spending-bill/a1764238281.html

Published: December 20, 2024 02:30

Democrats slammed Elon Musk after his opposition to House Speaker Mike Johnson’s proposed congressional spending bill led Donald Trump and JD Vance to order Republicans not to support it, leaving the federal government hurtling toward another shutdown.

Martina Devlin: Allowing Michael Lowry a key role in coalition talks is a bad look – Micheál Martin and Simon Harris should find other partners

https://www.independent.ie/opinion/comment/martina-devlin-allowing-michael-lowry-a-key-role-in-coalition-talks-is-a-bad-look-micheal-martin-and-simon-harris-should-find-other-partners/a419853529.html

Published: December 20, 2024 02:30

Politics is a brutal business with naked power grabs, ruthless jockeying for position and a culture in which perceived weakness is quickly exploited. Even so, there is something unseemly about seeing Michael Lowry, a convicted tax evader, back at the axis


Donnchadh Boyle: Artificial Intelligence hasn’t quite mastered the art of picking a football or hurling team

https://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-games/donnchadh-boyle-artificial-intelligence-hasnt-quite-mastered-the-art-of-picking-a-football-or-hurling-team/a628811566.html

Published: December 20, 2024 02:30

Chat GPT is a hurling man. We know that because the football team he picked when asked to tell us ‘what is the best Gaelic football team of all time?’ he came back with the sort of effort that would be laughed out of any club house.

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