A WOMAN who lost her sister and nephew in the Creeslough explosion has said she will never enter a shop if it is built on the location of the tragedy. Ann Marie Boyle spoke out after Donegal County Council yesterday granted permission for a new service station on the same site on which ten people lost their lives in October 2022. North West Newspix Planning permission for the site was granted to Vivo Shell Limited with ten conditions[/caption] North West Newspix The new planning application includes a shop, a post office, fuel pumps, a beauty salon and a space for…
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A PET owner has been slapped with a £3,000 bill after his noisy cockerel left neighbours in a “living hell”. Environment officers went to record the din outside Derek Bower’s home in Tupton, Derbys, following a complaint. Getty A pet owner has been slapped with a £3,000 bill after his noisy cockerel left neighbours in a ‘living hell’[/caption] They heard the rooster crowing 76 times in less than an hour from 5.53am to 6.43am — more than once a minute. Bower was sent a noise abatement notice by North East Derbyshire District Council, which gave him time to rein in…
EASTENDERS star James Bye has broken his silence after being killed off from the BBC soap. The actor – who has played Martin Fowler for ten years in the BBC soap – has opened up about leaving the show after the character died in the heartbreaking live episode. BBC James Bye has opened up about leaving the BBC soap[/caption] BBC Martin died in the 40th anniversary live episode after saving Stacey Slater[/caption] Martin died in Stacey Slater’s arms in the closing seconds of the live episode put on to celebrate the show’s 40th anniversary. He had been crushed under a…
HINDSIGHT can make an awful eejit of you. Let’s go back to this time last year – second half of February, three rounds of the League played. Packing up to leave Celtic Park as Saturday neared Sunday, I was convinced I had just watched the next All-Ireland champions. Way too early for such ludicrous predictions, mercifully something deep in my subconscious ensured those thoughts stayed between me and the spin back down the darkened M2, rather than ever being committed to print. But the guilt remains, the demon still there on my shoulder 12 months down the track. That’s why…
Senate Republicans plowing ahead with their efforts to advance the first stage of their two-part package to pay for Trump’s agenda despite Trump backing the House’s plan.
The police watchdog has launched an investigation after a man died following his arrest by Border Force officers at Manchester Airport. The man, 27, who was due to travel from the airport, was “displaying unusual behaviour” before being stopped and arrested by officers on Wednesday, the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) said. He was taken to a holding area where he became unwell and paramedics were called. He died at 1.53pm, the watchdog said. An investigation was launched later that afternoon after a referral was made to the IPOC from the Home Office. IOPC investigators were sent to the…
GARDAI are probing if a dangerous criminal caught with a handgun is linked to a feud in Tallaght. The gangster – who previously shot a Garda – remains in custody after he was arrested on suspicion of possessing a handgun in suspicious circumstances in the south inner city area of Dublin around 10pm on Thursday night. His arrest comes just a week after officers from the Community Policing Team in the A District recovered a pistol in the Bluebell area of the capital. He was lifted after the car he was travelling in tried to evade unarmed, uniformed Gardai from…
Driving on the motorway at the “extremely excessive” speed of 201kph resulted in a 22 year-old motorist being convicted of dangerous driving at Kilkenny District Court. Radu Munteanu, 21 Castlechurch Avenue, Newcastle, Dublin, had pleaded guilty to the charge, and a second charge of driving without
A serious road traffic accident has occurred in east Co Tyrone.
Thousands flooded the streets of Serbia’s capital in a noisy support rally for protesting university students and their monthslong struggle against corruption and for changes in the Balkan country. Belgrade residents on Thursday organised in five columns from various parts of the city before marching to a key intersection where striking students have been holding their daily protest blockades for more than two months. Students have faced attacks during the blockades and pressure from the populist authorities of President Aleksandar Vucic, who has accused them of acting under foreign orders and against Serbia’s interests. With their demands for justice over…
Shamrock Rovers face Molde as they bid to continue their European adventure.
WITH a Nazi grandfather guilty of crimes against humanity, controversial German politician Beatrix von Storch knows only too well what happens when extremism runs amok. I’m speaking to her not far from the site of the Berlin bunker where Adolf Hitler blew his brains out in 1945, leaving her relative, Lutz Graf Schwerin von Krosigk, as leader of the disintegrating Third Reich. Simon Jones Controversial German politician Beatrix von Storch has surged into second place as her nation faces snap elections[/caption] Getty More than one in five Germans back the AfD in a nation rocked by recent mass murders committed…
IT has been on our screens for three years, but last Saturday saw only the fifth person win big on brain-boggling TV quiz The 1% Club – with no one ever taking the full £100,000 up for grabs. The ITV show, hosted by Lee Mack, features 100 contestants trying to answer increasingly difficult logic-based questions before a final riddle, which only one per cent of the public have got right. The 1% Club, hosted by Lee Mack, features 100 contestants trying to answer increasingly difficult logic-based questions But how would you fare? Test yourself as Josh Saunders shares an exclusive…
The Apprentice has been nominated for two Oscars. Julianne Forde and Ruth Treacy of Irish production company Tailored Films tell Esther McCarthy how its main character wasn’t so happy about it being made
SHIMMYING, wriggling and jumping up and down on the spot, I desperately try to squeeze myself into the ultimate Nineties throwback. Yep, low-slung hipster jeans — one of the most difficult trends of all time — are back in fashion. Tracey Lea Sayer reveals why the low-rise jeans is now a big no-no GC Images Supermodel Gigi Hadid has been spotted wearing the denim out and about in New York[/caption] Getty Kiera Knightley looked sensational on the red carpet by wearing the lowest-rise cut bootcut jeans ever, paired with a white off-the-shoulder top[/caption] Getty Britney Spears often sported low-rise denim…
Derry senior hurling manager Johnny McGarvey can accept his team being underdogs when Christy Ring Cup champions, Kildare arrive at Owenbeg; what he can’t accept is that tag dictating a sub-standard level of performance!
Pope Francis last year appointed 21 new cardinals amid concern of a swing to a more conservative papal figure.
Use arrows or click next for more photos – in association with Glasshouse Opticians For this week’s Throwback Thursday gallery, we have picked ten photos from the Limerick Leader archives – dating back to December 2014 – which may bring back some memories! For more pictures, click ‘next’ or ‘previou
Don’t call it a comeback declares Callum Bradley ahead of his ring return this weekend. The Tyrone boxer climbs through the ropes for the first time in three and a half years at the Bolton Whites Hotel on Friday – and considering he hasn’t been seen in action since the 2021 Feile, many are billing his clash with Jake Pollard as a comeback. However, ‘Cool’ doesn’t quite see it that way. The younger brother of Tiernan Bradley says he has never been away. While the Omagh native hasn’t had a competitive fight he has continued to train and spar during…
The G20 is being held in South Africa this week