Met Éireann forecasts showery outbreaks for many areas of Ulster and Leinster throughout Thursday. Photograph: Brian Lawless/PA WireUnsettled conditions are set to continue this week with spells of rain expected to cover most of the country before temperatures potentially turn cooler next week, according to Met Éireann. Showery outbreaks are expected in many areas of Ulster and Leinster throughout Thursday, the forecaster said. In the Republic, Met Éireann said the best of any drier and brighter weather is expected farther west, though showers are expected in the southwest, becoming more isolated on Thursday evening. Showers will also develop in the southeast on Friday evening, Met Éireann said, while highs of 5 to 8 degrees are expected.

Dr Lal, who made full admissions as to fact, was found guilty on Tuesday of professional misconduct and poor professional performance. This should include steps to address the deficiencies identified in his practice regarding Ms Sheedy, she said. Ms Bird told the hearing there was no prosecution brought by the DPP concerning Dr Lal’s conduct regarding Ms Sheedy. These included that Dr Lal would return to general surgery excluding retroperitoneal surgery, which relates to the space behind the abdominal or peritoneal cavity, and any surgery involving benign tumours. Patricia Dillon SC, legal assessor, said she disagreed with Mr Mills regarding his submission that the inquiry concerned an isolated case.

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Mohamed Salah’s Liverpool return was less impactful than he would have hoped as he was overshadowed by Dominik Szoboszlai in a 3-0 victory in Marseille which made a Champions League top-eight finish all the more likely. Wirtz, Szoboszlai and, to a lesser extent, Ekitike now hold sway. Results on Tuesday had opened the door for Liverpool to avoid the play-offs and Atletico Madrid’s draw in Galatasaray was another boost. A Marseille tifo featured The Beatles reading a newspaper with the headline ‘Que l’histoire se repete’ – loosely translated as ‘That History repeats itself’ – in reference to the 2-1 UEFA Cup win against Liverpool here in 2004. Ryan Gravenberch nicked the ball off Michael Murillo and released Salah, who sent Szoboszlai clear on the right.

Munster coach Clayton McMillan says he has full faith in Edwin Edogbo making an impact for Ireland if selected for his debut against France in two weeks’ time. The Cobh second row will not be involved for his province against Dragons tomorrow night due to a head injury, but his coach says Edogbo trained today and should be fine to link up with the Ireland squad in Portugal next week.

Gardaí are investigating a series of alleged sexual assaults of a child at a primary school in the Mid-West which occurred over the space of several months, the Irish Examiner can reveal. A Garda spokesperson confirmed “enquiries are ongoing” in relation to the assaults which allegedly occurred in 2019.

The full-time solo traveller is “not at all surprised” that Dublin was ranked as Tripadvisor’s number one solo travel destination for 2026. Nadya Trujillo, who has just completed a master’s in user experience design, agrees that Dublin felt safe as a solo travelling tourist. Trujillo would “100 per cent agree” with Tripadvisor’s ranking of Dublin as a top solo travel destination. “If anyone is looking for a place to solo travel, Dublin is a great place to start”. Aside from this hiccup Escobar believes “it makes complete sense” that Dublin has been recognised as a top solo travel destination.

A US tennis star has brutally shot down a reporter at the Australian Open after they questioned how she felt about representing America. Women's tennis star Amanda Anisimova met the media on Tuesday after her second round 6-1, 6-4 victory over Czech star Katerina Siniakova in Melbourne. The reporter asked: 'I've been asking a lot of the American players how it feels to play under the American flag right now. Meanwhile, a stunning report released this week revealed how many US sports stars really support Donald Trump. It's also the league where the most players have been open in their support of Trump.

Gaelic Players Association (GPA) founder Donal O’Neill has announced he has a GAA-themed feature length film in pre-production. Known in recent times as a successful documentary maker, Down native O’Neill has written a screenplay entitled “Jones’ Road”. O’Neill is also son of All-Ireland SFC winner Kevin and nephew of Seán O’Neill, who is considered one of the finest Gaelic footballers to have played the game. As a result of his work, the first mileage rate for inter-county players was introduced as well as a series of endorsement deals. O’Neill’s cousin, two-time All-Ireland SFC winning forward and former Down manager James McCartan, is also on board as a consultant.

Residents in a Tralee housing estate say they are having to endure persistent noise from heavy trucks passing close to their homes on a daily basis that is ‘unsightly and unsafe’. The convey of trucks travels through Spa Road on the way to Lohercannon where a housing development is taking place. The trucks are carrying tonnes of soil from the building site to a separate location just outside Tralee.

It may have started earlier, but it came to a head in the middle of the night in the middle of London in the middle of last November, when former Tour de France green jersey winner Sam Bennett woke up with a weird sensation in his chest. His heart rate was unusually high for somebody who had been asleep a few moments earlier, let alone for a professional athlete with a resting heart rate in the low 40s. Accustomed to noticing every sensation in his body from a lifetime of training it, resting it, fuelling it and cajoling it, Sam knew something was off.

Ryanair CEO Michael O’Leary says he hopes China’s Comac becomes viable jet optionAirline boss keeping tabs on the plane-maker in the hopes it can ramp up capacity and offer competition to Boeing and AirbusMichael O’Leary said Comac planes are currently too small. Photo: Gerry MooneyJohn Mulligan Yesterday at 19:54Ryanair boss Michael O’Leary said that within another decade he hopes China’s state-owned plane-maker Comac will be a viable option alongside Boeing and Airbus for buying aircraft.

Dame Mary Berry has revealed the tragic reason why she has stayed so slim. The former Great British Bake Off's host, 90, and her husband, Paul Hunnings, were devastated after their son, William, died in a car crash in 1989 at the age of 19. He was a lovely child but you have to step back and think - I had wonderful parents, I've got two more children, Annabel and Tom, and my grandchildren.' Mary has been married to her husband Paul Hunnings, 93, since 1966 and believes the secret to their long and happy union is never arguing. When the phone rang after he was killed, everybody said "I'm so sorry to hear about Thomas", because Thomas was our wild one.

The 5,000–year–old mystery of Stonehenge may have finally been solved – with the help of a few tiny grains of sand. According to the so–called glacial transport theory, the ice that once covered ancient Britain conveniently carried the stones to the Salisbury Plain. Scientists looked at grains of the minerals zircon (pictured) and apatite, which act as geological clocks by trapping radioactive uranium. The researchers looked at more than 700 zircon and apatite grains, gathered from the rivers near Stonehenge. Meanwhile, all of the apatite grains were dated to around 60 million years ago, which doesn't match any potential rock source in Britain.

Taoiseach Micheal Martin said the Government had yet to decide on whether to sign up to the proposed Board of Peace. He also confirmed that Ireland had been invited to join US president Donald Trump’s proposed Board of Peace for Gaza but said no decision had yet been made. Mr Martin, however, played down concerns that the controversy had caused a permanent rupture in EU-US relations while insisting Europe needed to develop greater strategic independence. He confirmed that Ireland had been invited to join Mr Trump’s controversial Board of Peace for Gaza. Mr Martin will later fly to Brussels for an emergency summit of EU leaders, originally organised to discuss a response to Mr Trump’s threats to seize Greenland.