Riona Maguire

WORKING during the winter months can be tough – especially when temperatures fall below freezing. Met Eireann today issued a 12-hour Status Orange warning for “significant snowfall accu…

A GROUP of schoolchildren had a lucky escape from injury after their school bus left the road and landed in a ditch this morning. The bus was travelling on icy roads at the time of the incident as …

DRIVERS across the country are being urged to exercise caution on the roads over the next few days as the country is gripped by a -4C cold snap. The Road Safety Authority have revealed their top te…

SOME schools across Ireland have been forced to shut down today after heavy snow fell in parts of the south and west of the country overnight. There are reports of some impassable roads, trees down…

IRELAND will be blasted by a North Atlantic storm as early as tomorrow after snow wreaked havoc across parts of the country today. Met Eireann has officially named Storm Bert as the next weather ev…

SOME 1.3 million Irish people could receive their social welfare payment early in just a few weeks. There will be two weeks over the festive season where dates for the cash will be changed – …

HEARTBREAKING tributes have poured in following the death of popular radio presenter Trevor Campbell, who has passed away aged 78. The Northern Irish “radio legend”, who was affectionat…

ELIGIBLE families across Ireland look set to receive a €100 cost-of-living boost in just three days. It comes after Budget 2025 guaranteed the “highest payment” for Irish families ̵…

MET Eireann has issued a Status Red weather warning for two counties as Storm Bert prepares to make landfall. And the Status Yellow rain warning that was put in place for the entire country yesterd…

GARDAI have issued a renewed appeal for information about the murder of a teenager who was beaten to death with a hatchet 15 years ago. The body of innocent 19-year-old Jeffrey Hannan was found nea…