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How PSNI botched Katie Simpson murder investigation
When 21-year-old Katie Simpson died in August 2020 after an event in her home, why did the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) accept the versi…
1 month, 3 weeks ago
Iran war: what a deal could look like - and why Trump blinked first
On Wednesday, in the midst of a tentative ceasefire, Iran issued what could be the first step in a deal with the US over the Strait of Hormuz.
Meanwhi…
1 month, 3 weeks ago
What do sky-high jet fuel prices mean for travellers?
The Iran war, which began on February 28th, has disrupted air traffic routes and pushed up jet fuel prices. That much is clear. But with the war show…
1 month, 3 weeks ago
A suspected murder-suicide in Iceland with an Irish connection
In June 2025, the Mancel family left their apartment in Leopardstown in south Dublin, headed to Dublin Airport and flew to Reykjavik. They checked in…
1 month, 3 weeks ago
A sick man: DJ Carey and his cancer con
Last November former Kilkenny hurler DJ Carey was sentenced to five and a half years in prison for fraud.
In July, the disgraced sportsman pleaded gu…
1 month, 3 weeks ago
Inside the Kinahan cartel’s secret phone chats: ‘Nobody is stopping until they’re all dead’
When Sean McGovern, a trusted member of the Kinahan organised crime cartel, was extradited from Dubai last May he can’t have known the depth and brea…
2 months ago
Dire reviews and controversy: Why the Michael Jackson movie broke box-office records
Michael, the biopic tracking the early years of Michael Jackson, opened to dire reviews and criticism over its silence on the child sex abuse allegat…
2 months ago
Car bombs and hijackings: Why two attacks show the New IRA hasn’t gone away
Last Saturday evening, a food delivery driver was hijacked in Co Antrim, a bomb was placed in his car and he was ordered to drive to Dunmurry police …
2 months ago
Gerry Hutch’s life in Lanzarote
For a man who has been targeted by assassins, Gerry Hutch is surprisingly easy to track down in the village in Lanzarote where he has lived for more …
2 months ago
After the 'feis-fixing' scandal, has Irish dancing cleaned up its act?
When Ellen Coyne heard her phone buzz in bed on a dark October night in 2022, she couldn’t have known that answering it would lead to the “biggest th…
2 months ago