Gardai said the suspect shot himself when he was challenged by armed gardai outside the Tesco store in Carlow on Sunday evening.

The Scottish Labour leader was the subject of an attack ad from Reform condemned as ‘racist’ by the party’s opponents.

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer suggested he was ‘angry too’, after Home Office data showed 1,194 migrants arrived in 18 boats on Saturday.

Delegations from Russia and Ukraine have gathered in Turkey for a second round of direct peace talks in just over two weeks, although expectations are low for any significant progress on ending the ...

The Prime Minister also did not steer away from suggestions that an announcement on the payment could come at the spending review on June 11.

Scottish Water’s latest offer would see an average pay increase of around 7% over two years (2024/25 and 2025/26), in addition to a 3.5% yearly salary increase. It called for “sensible” negotiations ...

Nigel Farage has doubled down on his attacks on Anas Sarwar, with the Reform UK leader using a visit to Scotland to again accuse him of “sectarian politics”. Mr Farage claimed the Scottish Labour ...

An Israeli strike on a residential building in the Gaza Strip has killed 14 people, mostly women and children, according to health officials. The Shifa and al-Ahli hospitals confirmed the toll from ...

The burning of a Koran outside the Turkish consulate in London amounted to a religiously aggravated public order offence, a judge has found.

A criminal investigation was launched in 2023 regarding the care provided by Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust.