She said he deeply regretted killing his fiancée Ioana Mihaela Pacala (30), was in shock and struggled to remember or understand his own actions.

Patrick Dooley (36) has pleaded not guilty to murdering his older brother Thomas Dooley

The tensions and events surrounding the drink-fuelled attack by Patrick Sherlock were described by the judge as 'a tragedy of Shakespearian proportions'

Aer Lingus has been cancelling flights in batches during a work-to-rule by pilots.

The incident occurred at a premises in Garryhinch on Thursday evening.

The child was only six months old at the time of the accident

Sinn Fein’s Conor Murphy called for an ‘honest and structured dialogue’ on constitutional change.

Bryan Dunne (43), of Hyde Park Lodge, Killucan, Co Westmeath, pleaded guilty to possessing 745 images and videos at his home

The status-yellow warning will come into effect at 8pm on Friday and last until 6am on Saturday.

Gardaí arrested a man in relation to drug trafficking after seizing 80 kilos of cannabis herb, worth €1.6 million, on Thursday

The DUP leader said ‘the consequences of divided unionism’ was evident in several constituencies across Northern Ireland.

Simon Harris said he looks forward to working closely with Sir Keir Starmer as he acknowledged his ‘comprehensive victory’ in the UK general election

South Antrim became one of the most closely watched constituencies in Northern Ireland.

Ms Hanna retained her seat at Westminster with almost 50% of the vote

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Dáire Hughes polled top with 22,299 votes, gaining an extra 2,012 votes more than Sinn Féin’s departing MP, Mickey Brady.

Sinn Féin becomes largest Northern Ireland party in UK parliament

The DUP’s Mr Campbell took the seat by just 179 votes over Kathleen McGurk.

The DUP has suffered a bruising set of election results in the North

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