Michael Carrick is enjoying working with Kobbie Mainoo and says homegrown talent like the Manchester United midfielder should be the "foundation" of the club. "I've really enjoyed working with Kobbie," head coach Carrick said. "I think I started working a little bit when he was 13, 14 years old, when I was kind of going through my badges. While Mainoo could play a key part in United's future, the club confirmed on Thursday that fellow midfielder Casemiro would not. Boss Carrick said: "It was kind of decided anyway before I arrived, so it's not just a knee-jerk kind of decision.

The cap at Dublin Airport limits passenger numbers to 32 million a year. However, as it is effectively paused at the moment due to legal action, the gateway handled 36.4 million passengers in 2025, the highest total ever. The cap at Dublin Airport was introduced under a planning condition attached in 2007 to the construction of Terminal 2. The Irish Aviation Authority (IAA) had previously moved to limit the number of available take-off and landing slots at Dublin Airport in order to ensure the cap was obeyed. A United Airlines flight at Dublin Airport.

Little treasures they may well be – but looking after the grandchildren on a regular basis can be bad for your mental health, according to research. A study has shown it significantly raises the risk of depression, especially in older grandparents tasked with looking after demanding youngsters under the age of six. A study has shown that looking after grandchildren significantly raises the risk of depression, especially in older grandparents tasked with looking after demanding youngsters under sixResearchers quizzed more than 400 elderly couples on how often they looked after their grandchildren and whether they suffered any problems with low mood. The findings, published in the journal BMC Psychology, revealed no links with depression among younger grandparents in their fifties. But among those in their sixties, there was a significant increase in risk – especially if the grandchildren were under six.

Today, she is the winner of the top prize for the reader’s photographer competition in the Irish Examiner. Carol McCabe, with her image of a tufted duck with baby on board that she took at Bushy Park in Dublin — the overall winner in the Irish Examiner Readers Photography Competition 2025. Carol McCabe from Rathfarnham, Dublin, who has won the Irish Examiner Readers Photography Competition 2025. The Irish Examiner Readers' Photography Competition 2025 runner up: 'On the Fly' — a lesser house fly taking refuge on the wing of a drone fly while it fights off an unwanted March fly. I am delighted.”The Irish Examiner Readers' Photography Competition 2025 runner up: A juvenile sand martin wondering how to catch flies all by itself.

A public relations worker with ADHD has won almost £35,000 in compensation after successfully suing her workplace for labelling her 'disorganised.' Cambridge Employment Tribunal ruled Miss Hogger was harassed on the grounds of disability for this because of her ADHD. The term was used after Miss Hogger missed an important meeting without telling anyone she was absent. At the beginning of 2022, Miss Hogger's managers began noticing she was 'anxious' and not coping well with the increased workload. In June 2023, Ms Straker spoke to Miss Hogger after she had missed the start of an important meeting.

The Sydney Roosters have honoured the police officer who is slowly recovering from his injuries after he was shot during the Bondi terrorist attack in December. Scott Dyson, 25, suffered multiple gunshot wounds which required frequent surgeries, initially leaving him in an induced coma. Next was a visit to the Roosters' Moore Park headquarters where Dyson met the NRL club's Director of Football, Mitchell Aubusson. The former utility spoke to the playing group about the significance of Bondi to the club before praising all the first respondents at Bondi Beach on December 14. Dyson is set to become a father for the first time later this year, with his partner also a serving NSW police officer.

A huge mob of 1,000 feral camels have been spotted rampaging through a town in the Australian outback searching for water amid record-breaking temperatures. The rural town of Mount Liebig, roughly 200 miles west of Alice Springs, has been inundated with the herd of camels. As a result, many are expecting camels to continue their rampage unless local authorities intervene. There are an estimated 1million now roaming across the outback, covering parts of Western Australia, South Australia and the Northern Territory. 'When they’re looking for water, they’re quite literally pushing over metal fences.

The cables have a scrap value of between £15 and £25 but costs at least £1,000 to replace at public charge points. One force saw an eight-fold increase in incidents at EV charging points. Despite clear CCTV and national electric vehicle charging network Be.EV putting up ‘wanted’ posters, the thief has never been caught. Charging network InstaVolt said dealing with the cable theft epidemic forces engineers to divert from essential maintenance and new installations, delaying network expansion. InstaVolt said that since November 2023, more than 900 EV charging cables have been cut from InstaVolt sites, with the West Midlands being one of the worst-hit areas.

A jury of seven men and five women told Judge Kerida Naidoo they all agreed the mother was 'guilty' of the girl’s attempted murder. Photograph: Graham Hughes/Photocall IrelandA jury has found a woman guilty of the attempted murder of her eight-year-old daughter four years ago. “When she was dragging me to the bathroom, I looked back and the bed was covered in blood,” the girl told gardaí. These were, Dr Church said, “behaviours indicating that she knew that what she was about to do was wrong”. Following her arrest, the defendant told gardaí she stabbed her daughter multiple times with a kitchen knife and tried to strangle her.

The mother of schoolboy Noah Donohoe has described the six days between her son's disappearance and his body being discovered in June 2020 as a 'living nightmare'. Fiona Donohoe has said she is 'desperate' to find out what happened to Noah, who was found dead in a storm drain in Belfast. Noah was 14 when he was found dead in a storm drain in north Belfast in June 2020, six days after leaving home on his bike to meet two friends. She said she called 999 and reported Noah missing to police at around 9.45pm. He said the jury would hear evidence that the bars on the storm drain were far enough apart for Noah to pass through.

MetroLink boss Sean Sweeney has estimated that the cost of buying homes in south Dublin will be “more than €30m”, but says some may not choose to sell their houses as the value is likely to go up once the project is completed. In December, 19 residents of Dartmouth Square in Ranelagh withdrew judicial review proceedings after Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII) agreed to purchase 10 properties. While no sale price has been agreed, Mr Sweeney says each of the residents have agreed to the process. After reaching an agreement with Dartmouth residents, TII is now working with coming up with new estimates as to when construction will be completed. Mr Sweeney said that he is hopeful that construction work will get underway in late 2027.

And then he mopped up Norrie, cruising the fourth set to win 7-5, 4-6, 6-3, 6-1. Five singles players made the main draw on ranking with a sixth, Arthur Fery, coming through qualifying, and those numbers speak to a relatively healthy outlook. Francesca Jones retired after a slip in her first round match this week, but it was clearly a factor that she came in carrying an existing groin injury. Norrie was asked about the state of British tennis and, glass-half-full man that he is, he struck a positive note. ‘There are so many players, younger players especially, coming through.

Spain’s high-speed network has long been among the country’s most celebrated infrastructure projects but has suffered with an increasing number of issues in recent years. Photograph: Guardia Civil/APWith the death toll confirmed from Spain’s worst train accident in more than a decade, the country is now grappling with a crisis of confidence in its rail system. A high-speed train derailed on Sunday night on a stretch of straight track in southern Spain, causing a collision with an oncoming train, which also came off the rails. Spain’s high-speed network is Europe’s largest and has long been among the country’s most celebrated infrastructure projects. The regional service train the morning after it collided with a collapsed wall between Sant Sadurni d'Anoia and Gelida, near Barcelona.

I’m a musician, I was on the road all the time, doing gigs. The day before my first appointment to get bloods done ahead of IVF, I was feeling very strange and off. Knowing we couldn’t stay in Dublin, Paddy suggested buying something cheaper in Louth. I was back doing gigs three weeks to the day after giving birth to both my kids.' I was back doing gigs three weeks to the day after giving birth to both my kids — Maverick’s six now, Teddi four.

Ukraine peace talks begin in Abu DhabiNegotiators from Ukraine, Russia and the United States are meeting for peace talks in Abu Dhabi. Mr Zelensky, meanwhile, reiterated his openness to establishing a free trade zone under Ukraine's control in the country's east. Mr Ushakov noted that Mr Trump's envoys informed Mr Putin about Mr Trump's meeting with Mr Zelensky, as well as earlier discussions they had with Ukrainian and European officials. Asked about Mr Putin's proposal to use Russia's frozen assets for the contribution to the Board of Peace, Mr Trump said he thought it was fine. Addressing the World Economic Forum after meeting with Mr Trump, Mr Zelensky listed a litany of grievances and criticisms of Europe.