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Transport minister Ryan defends Biden over use of motorcade during I...

Eamon Ryan said he believed the US president was looking towards more green alternatives.

Irish town hopes for Biden bounce after presidential speech

Mr Biden visited Mayo as vice-president in 2016 and some locals did not believe he would come back again so soon.

Use of stop and search will be ‘intelligence-led’ under new Met poli...

The Met’s Operation Nightingale will use the controversial technique as part of its new plan to reduce neighbourhood crime in London

Biden looks at plaque in memory of late son and meets distant cousin...

The president travelled to the Mayo Roscommon Hospice and Palliative Care Centre on Friday.

Biden brought to tears after meeting priest who performed last rites...

US president Joe Biden was brought to tears after an emotional meeting with the priest who performed the last rites sacrament for his son, Beau.

Nicola Bulley coroner warns against speculation about new police riv...

A Lancashire police spokesman said divers were assessing the riverbanks.

Macron’s plan to raise French retirement age approved by constitutio...

France has seen three months of mass protests over the legislation.

‘Don’t give up’: Macron praises workers during Notre Dame Cathedral...

French president Emmanuel Macron visited the cathedral four years after it suffered a devastating fire.

Yousaf to campaign in Ferrier’s constituency ahead of possible by-el...

Saturday marks the SNP’s first national day of action of 2023.

Biden breaks down after emotional meeting with priest who gave last...

The unplanned meeting happened during the president’s visit to Knock shrine on Friday.

Video portraits of Belfast/Good Friday Agreement leaders provoke tea...

A new exhibition includes a number of people who have since died including Mo Mowlam, Lord Trimble, Martin McGuinness and David Ervine.

College lecturers back industrial action in protest over pay

Members of the EIS-Further Education Lecturers’ Association will take action short of a strike from early May.

Park authority members back appeal against Dartmoor wild camping rul...

Farmers Alexander and Diana Darwall brought the successful legal challenge against the DNPA, claiming some campers cause problems to livestock.

Yousaf under fire over 200 vacancies in child mental health services

The Scottish Conservatives urged the First Minister to ‘up his game’.

Driver of stolen car used in hit-and-run urged to hand themselves in

Paramedics attended and the pedestrian was pronounced dead at the scene.

Church caretaker’s police restraint death to be examined by jury

Thomas Orchard, 32, suffered a cardiac arrest after being held down, handcuffed and placed in restraints – with a webbing belt wrapped around his face

Members of Unison vote to accept pay offer in NHS dispute

The turnout was 52% among Unison’s 288,000 members in England.

Joe Biden shares laugh with priest as he tours Catholic pilgrimage s...

US president Joe Biden has toured a Catholic pilgrimage site as part of his final day of engagements in Ireland.

Ex-Premier League striker given driving ban after crashing Land Rove...

Danny Graham mounted the pavement and drove through the front of the Co-op Village Store

Biden ‘really buzzed up’ to be in Mayo, says local TD

Mayo TD Dara Calleary was among the dignitaries who met the US president at Ireland West Airport Knock after Air Force One touched down.