A mystery surrounds the death of a fit and healthy 70-year-old woman who died on the operating table during a routine hip replacement, an inquest has heard. The mother of five was undergoing hip replacement surgery following a fall while out power-walking with friends on May 9 2016. Madeline Treacy of Griffith Downes, Drumcondra, Dublin [...]
Boris Johnson's wife Marina Wheeler has “had enough” and wants their divorce to be finalised as quickly as possible. One source said: “The papers are coming imminently. They were due within the next fortnight but Marina’s just had enough.” The divorce will end a 25-year marriage which has survived previous claims of Mr Johnson’s infidelity. [...]
The former UK foreign secretary Boris Johnson has separated from his wife Marina Wheeler, and they are now set to be divorced. Johnson, who is also a former London Mayor, has been living apart from Wheeler for the past few months, the Sun reported. The pair have been married for 25 years. A number of UK [...]
Nine people injured – six children, two adults and a teenager – have been taken to hospital with serious injuries following a collision between a school bus and a car in Co Limerick. The collision, which occurred at Ardvarna, Lisnagry, was reported to emergency services at 8.15am. The 28-seater bus, contracted by Bus Éireann from a [...]
A mechanic has been awarded €11,500 in compensation after losing his job as a mechanic after 14 years following claims he was dismissed because he could not be depended on to turn up to work on time. The man in question had been employed as a mechanic at a garage from 1 July 2003 to [...]
A 21-year-old woman has appeared in court charged in relation to a road traffic collision last year in which a man died in Dundalk, Co Louth. Eimear White, with an address Castlecarra, Riverstown, Co Louth, was remanded on bail at Dundalk District Court. She is accused of dangerous driving causing the death of 29-year-old Robert McLoughlin on 21 October [...]
Victoria Beckham has said she and her husband David have learned to ignore “the nonsense” written about their marriage. The Spice Girl-turned-designer said people have been gossiping about the couple’s relationship since they got together. Victoria, who married David in 1999, told Vogue magazine: “People have been making things up about our relationship for 20 [...]
Members of Aretha Franklin's family have said they felt the eulogy for the late Queen of Soul delivered by a pastor at her funeral last week was "offensive and distasteful". Rev. Jasper Williams Jr, the pastor at Salem Baptist Church in Atlanta, spent his time at the podium raising social issues he said were critical [...]
An unmarried mother has won a Supreme Court battle to access widowed parent’s allowance for her bereaved children. Siobhan McLaughlin, 46, was refused the benefit after her partner John Adams died from cancer in January 2014 because the couple, who had four children and were together for 23 years, were not married or in a civil [...]
A Co Meath community is devastated after learning of the death of a Junior Certificate student in a road traffic crash in Moldova. Marius Bors, 15, was killed in a car crash while on holiday with his family last weekend. Dunshaughlin Scouts hosted a vigil to remember their lost member last night in the village. [...]