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UK police ‘to help crack down’ on people smugglers operating in Nort...

National Crime Agency officers would work alongside police forces in countries in the region, it has been reported.

‘Terrifying’ fire destroys several apartments in Dublin high-rise

There were no reported injuries as a serious blaze ripped through an apartment block in Blanchardstown.

Man charged with murder after teenager fatally stabbed

Mohammed Iqbal, 17, died from a single stab wound on Thursday.

Erdogan wins fifth term as president of Turkey

Unofficial results showed Recep Tayyip Erdogan with 52% of the vote, compared with 48% for his challenger, Kemal Kilicdaroglu.

Erdogan declares victory in Turkey’s presidential election

Unofficial results showed Recep Tayyip Erdogan with 52% of the vote, compared with 48% for his challenger, Kemal Kilicdaroglu.

Erdogan wins re-election in Turkey’s presidential election

Unofficial results showed Recep Tayyip Erdogan with 52% of the vote, compared with 48% for his challenger, Kemal Kilicdaroglu.

Fire at high-rise building in Dublin brought under control

Pictures on social media showed smoke billowing from the high-rise building in Blanchardstown just before 6pm on Sunday evening.

Sunday becomes UK’s hottest day of the year, Met Office confirms

Temperatures reached 24.4C in Plymouth, narrowly topping Saturday’s record of 24.3C in Bramham, West Yorkshire.

Erdogan claims victory in Turkey’s presidential runoff

In his first comments since the polls closed, Mr Erdogan spoke to supporters on a campaign bus outside his home in Istanbul.

Migrants with children stuck at Poland’s border wall

A representative of Poland’s ombudsman’s office said the decision about whether to allow them into the country belongs to the Polish Border Guard.

Garda recruitment targets can still be achieved, says justice minist...

Simon Harris has said the recruitment of an additional 1,000 officers by the end of the year is still possible.

Biden attends high school graduation of his late son’s daughter

Natalie Biden is the daughter of the president’s late son, Beau.

Labour blasts Yousaf as more than 2,200 Scots wait two years plus fo...

Figures showed at the end of 2022, 2,207 people had been waiting two years or more for orthopaedic surgery, with 225 waiting three years or more.

In Pictures: Superheroes are a family affair for fans at Comic-Con

The annual MCM Comic-Con event saw thousands dressed up as film and animation favourites.

Battle of the Atlantic 80th anniversary marked with heritage plane f...

Liverpool hosted a celebration of the Allies’ victory in the the longest continued military operation of the Second World War.

80 robberies a day unsolved in 2022, Lib Dems claim

The party said it had commissioned research showing 30,000 muggings went unsolved in 2022 across England and Wales.

Polls close in Turkey in presidential runoff

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who has been at Turkey’s helm for 20 years, was favoured to win a new five-year term in the second-round runoff.

100 years since end of Irish Civil War commemorated in Dublin

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar and Tanaiste Micheal Martin attended the event on Sunday alongside descendants of those killed during the civil war.

Girl, five, dies in Pembrokeshire house fire

Alysia Salisbury was described as ‘a beautiful daughter and sister’.

Venice police investigate bright green liquid in Grand Canal

Images on social media showed a bright patch of green in the canal along an embankment lined with restaurants.