Northern Ireland courts to hear challenge to use of solitary confinement

Irish Standard Time — Friday, January 13, 2023

Northern Ireland's High Court has granted leave for a prisoner's judicial review of restrictions likened to solitary confinement imposed on ...

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The 10 stadiums UK and Ireland will use for Euro 2028 including two still unfinished ...

Irish Standard Time — Friday, October 06, 2023

The UK and Ireland are set to win the rights to host Euro 2028.The big announcement is expected to be approved by UEFA's executive committee next ... View article...

Nazi SS teacher who fled to Ireland after being sentenced to death for rounding up Jews in ...

Irish Standard Time — Friday, October 06, 2023

He was sentenced to death in France after the war before fleeing to Ireland in 1945 where he taught French at St Conleth's College in Dublin from 1957 ... View article...

'They didn't believe my life': the poet from the centre of Sweden's gang wars

Irish Standard Time — Friday, October 06, 2023

... Sweden , documenting the brutal impact of the violence on innocent sisters, partners and mothers. A total of 11 people died in Sweden in September ... View article...

David Chance: Budget tax cuts will benefit Ireland's wealthy and they are doing just fine

Irish Standard Time — Friday, October 06, 2023

A cost-of-living crisis and rising mortgage rates don't appear to have made a dent in the ability of Irish consumers to sock away hundreds of ... View article...

Norwegian playwright and author Jon Fosse wins the Nobel Prize in literature

Irish Standard Time — Friday, October 06, 2023

It is used by just 10% of Norway's 5.4 million people, according to the Language Council of Norway , but completely intelligible alongside the other ... View article...

The most dangerous areas to drive in Northern Ireland revealed

Irish Standard Time — Friday, October 06, 2023

New figures show the areas with the highest and lowest rates of driving offences around Northern Ireland , with 40,335 offences recorded on our roads ... View article...

Kremlin angry at Norway joining EU ban on Russian cars

Irish Standard Time — Friday, October 06, 2023

Moscow criticised Norway's decision to ban Russian-registered private cars with nine or fewer seats – which came into force on Wednesday as part ... View article...

Scandal grows over children's spinal surgery in Ireland

Irish Standard Time — Thursday, September 28, 2023

Ireland is facing a growing scandal over paediatric spinal surgery. An independent investigation found that 19 children with spina bifida suffered ... View article...

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