Irish premier Simon Harris has hailed Bambie Thug and said it is “time to bring the Eurovision back to Ireland”. The Cork-born performer, 31, became the first Irish act to qualify for the grand final ...

The Times reported that it had seen an email to probation and prison staff saying that the scheme will be extended from 35 days to 70 days from May 23. The email said that despite ...

Images and footage shared on social media on Tuesday evening appeared to show long queues forming at the gates.

The streak of record global temperatures has continued for the 11th month in a row, with April 2024 the hottest ever recorded, scientists have said. Data from the EU’s Copernicus Climate Change ...

Netflix has revealed Billie Piper, Dame Joanna Lumley and Thandiwe Newton are among the stars joining the cast of Wednesday for season 2.

Members of the Queen’s University Belfast (QUB) Palestine Assembly hold a ‘sit in’ in the main Lanyon building of the campus (Niall Carson/PA) “Queen’s University Belfast is committed to freedom of ...

Jeremy Hunt has accused Labour of frightening pensioners with fake news stories about the proposed abolishment of national insurance. In the spring Budget, the Chancellor announced a 2p cut in ...

A reduced timetable will operate across several train operators on Wednesday, May 8 as strike action continues.

Paramedics were sometimes “chastised” for using higher-level PPE in callouts during the pandemic, an inquiry has heard.

Cases of whooping cough could reach a 40-year high in 2024, experts have warned amid a rapid rise in cases. The number of cases of whooping cough in England was higher in February than in the whole of ...

Apple has unveiled a new range of iPads in what the company’s boss Tim Cook called the “biggest day for iPad since its introduction”. The US tech giant announced two new versions of its top-end iPad ...

John Swinney said it was an “extraordinary privilege” to become Scotland’s new first minister as he pledged to “give everything I have” to the role. He spoke out after winning a vote at Holyrood that ...