5+ hour, 48+ min ago  (1382+ words) A woman has told a jury that her step-father ripped the earrings out of her ears when she was 10 years old after she had been misbehaving. The now 24-year-old was giving evidence in the trial of the accused, a garda,…...

21+ hour, 43+ min ago  (729+ words) Peter Lavery (right) with Lenny Lottery (Image: Daily Mirror) Peter Lavery was just 34-years-old when he struck it lucky, enjoying a night out with friends when someone broke the news that he'd hit the jackpot. However, having had too much…...

24+ min ago  (569+ words) Tributes have been paid to a teenager remembered as a "kind soul" with a "beautiful smile" who tragically died after falling from an e-scooter in Carlow with his funeral arrangements to be announced later. Janis Ghirghircic Ozols of Willow Park…...

25+ min ago  (240+ words) Frankie Dettori (Image: Getty Images) Racing legend Frankie Dettori has been hospitalised after a terrifying crash that left his vehicle overturned. The retired Italian rider was travelling in a car in Newmarket, Suffolk, when another car collided with his. His…...

1+ hour, 2+ min ago  (625+ words) Sixteen children who "looked like feral animals" have been rescued from a tiny rotting shack in Ohio after police uncovered what they called "pure evil". Officers stormed the three'and'a'half'square'metre home on Tuesday morning and found the youngsters crammed together in…...

1+ hour, 9+ min ago  (668+ words) A 65-year-old nurse was enjoying a bike riding trip with her sister and friend when she decided to camp out in her tent - but a 400lb grizzly bear mauled and killed her A nurse was dragged from her tent by a…...

1+ hour, 20+ min ago  (700+ words) Ireland could be days away from temperatures shooting back up into the mid-twenties, according to Met Eireann. After a brief return to more Atlantic-driven weather, the latest forecasts from Met "ireann suggest that the atmosphere may once again become increasingly…...

1+ hour, 22+ min ago  (139+ words) General view of a Garda logo on a Garda van. (Image: PA Archive/PA Images) A man in his 30s is due to appear before Limerick District Court this morning charged in connection with the alleged assault of a teenage boy…...

1+ hour, 37+ min ago  (249+ words) Five monks were pronounced dead at the scene(Image: X) Eight Buddhist monks have lost their lives and 13 others have been left with serious injuries after a pick-up truck ploughed into a walking pilgrimage in Thailand. The tragedy unfolded at around…...

2+ hour, 54+ min ago  (447+ words) Sam Prendergast will have the playmaking out-half role for Ireland against Australia in the opening Six Nations Championship game, in Sydney on Saturday morning (11. 10am Irish time) It is a vote of confidence for the Suncroft youngster on two counts. Firstly…...