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Crime in Galway: what the figures show in 2026Crime in Ireland 2026: the latest figures explained, as drug dealing hits a record high and killings fallBlood on the stairs: Waterford man with 63 previous convictions jailed for three years over People’s Park assault, as judge throws out his ‘apology’‘Get the venom out’: Dublin man, 65, admits punching stranger in the face at Athlone train station in unprovoked attackPorts paralysed? Dockworkers at 100+ harbours strike against arms shipments as Italy is hit by general strikeDónal Lunny laid to rest: Trad legend’s family asks the whole world to play music for him this weekend as Ireland says goodbye to Planxty giantSemtex and detonators: Louth uncle and nephew, 57 and 24, kept behind bars as one tells court his solicitor is on strikeSay cheese! Gang who hid £450m of cocaine inside cheese wheels jailed for decades as final members sentencedCrime in Galway: what the figures show in 2026Crime in Ireland 2026: the latest figures explained, as drug dealing hits a record high and killings fallBlood on the stairs: Waterford man with 63 previous convictions jailed for three years over People’s Park assault, as judge throws out his ‘apology’‘Get the venom out’: Dublin man, 65, admits punching stranger in the face at Athlone train station in unprovoked attackPorts paralysed? Dockworkers at 100+ harbours strike against arms shipments as Italy is hit by general strikeDónal Lunny laid to rest: Trad legend’s family asks the whole world to play music for him this weekend as Ireland says goodbye to Planxty giantSemtex and detonators: Louth uncle and nephew, 57 and 24, kept behind bars as one tells court his solicitor is on strikeSay cheese! Gang who hid £450m of cocaine inside cheese wheels jailed for decades as final members sentenced
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Crime in Galway: what the figures show in 2026
Galway sits mid-table nationally for recorded crime, burglary has ticked up in 2026 and the wider North Western region saw the country's steepest fall in break-ins. Here is what the official data shows, and where the gaps are.
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Semtex and detonators: Louth uncle and nephew, 57 and 24, kept behind bars as one tells court his solicitor is on strike
Two men charged after 333 grams of Semtex and detonators were allegedly found near Carlingford have been remanded in custody again, with the younger man telling the court he has no legal advice.
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‘Coup d’état!’ Poland in chaos as riot police seal top court and president turns plane around mid-air
The president and vice-president of Poland's Constitutional Tribunal have been suspended for a month, prompting the court to cry 'coup', riot police to surround the building and President Nawrocki to abandon a trip to…
Ireland
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Pensioner killed by one punch after telling child on e-bike to slow down: Man convicted of Balham manslaughter
Andre Wright-Walters has been found guilty of the manslaughter of 67-year-old James Gbadamosi, who was punched on Balham High Road after warning a child on an e-bike.
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‘Enough is enough!’ Neville blasts Glazers and demands Man United sale NOW – as 2029 small print in £441m debt deal is revealed
Gary Neville says the Glazer family must sell Manchester United in full, while a reported clause in the club's refinancing deal points to 2029 as a possible turning point.
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Winter wallet shock: Diesel hits €2.14 and a tank of heating oil now costs €833, so will your electricity bill be next?
Diesel is averaging about €2.14 a litre and a 500-litre fill of home heating oil is around €833, up from roughly €490 in February. Electricity and gas bills may hold for the winter, but…
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OpenAI-backed Thrive swoops for ADT in shock $15.3bn deal to put AI inside home alarms
Thrive Holdings, a Josh Kushner-founded group that counts OpenAI as an investor and partner, has agreed to take US home security firm ADT private for $10 a share, sending its stock to a five-year…
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Bryan Adams blasts Trump in fiery new protest song ‘Lake Ontario’ over ‘Lake America’ rename
The Canadian rock veteran has fired off a new single mocking Donald Trump's order to rename Lake Ontario as 'Lake America', and he says the song is for the sane people on both shores.
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Europe’s AI rebel Mistral gives away trillion-parameter ‘Le Chonk’ as Google locks its new cyber AI away
French AI firm Mistral has published the full weights of its trillion-parameter Mistral Large 4 model, pitching it as a cyber-defence tool nobody can switch off, the same week Google restricted its newest model…
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Revealed: the seven contenders battling to replace Tedros as WHO boss, and why this race matters more than ever
Seven candidates, from Europe, the Gulf, Asia and Africa, have been formally put forward to lead the World Health Organization when Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus steps down in August 2027.
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Connemara festival calendar 2026–2027: Clifden Arts Festival’s 50th, the Pony Show, Inishbofin and the Connemarathon – every date we know
The Connemarathon is set for 25 April 2027 and Clifden Arts Festival reaches its 50th year. Here is every Connemara festival date we can confirm for 2027, with the rest clearly marked TBC.
