Roy Hodgson has made a sensational return to management at the age of 78 with Bristol City after Gerhard Struber was sacked by the Championship club. Hodgson, who has been out of work since leaving Crystal Palace in February 2024, will take charge of City for the remaining seven games of the season. During that run, City were also dumped out of the FA Cup by League One’s bottom club, Port Vale. “Roy’s appointment is about more than the results of the next seven games,” said the Bristol City chief executive Charlie Boss. City are in the process of recruiting an incoming sporting director who will help appoint a permanent head coach expected to replace Hodgson at the end of the season.

Awareness of the digital euro in Ireland is below the European average, a survey has found, highlighting a need for more communication. While just over half (53.2pc) of people in the eurozone were aware of the digital euro last August, according to a new survey, the figure was 48.9pc for Ireland. Irish people are the fourth most willing to try out the digital euro, however. The ECB survey found that men and older people have a higher awareness of the digital euro, and more willingness to adopt it. “The digital euro is Europe’s best investment in strategic autonomy in payments, monetary sovereignty and societal inclusivity,” they say.

TraleeKerry councillor who battled cancer welcomes ‘major breakthrough’ for new oncology unitConfirmation that a new Oncology Unit will be developed on the grounds of University Hospital Kerry (UHK) as part of a planned 96-bed block has been warmly welcomed by Fianna Fáil Councillor Mikey Sheehy, who has long campaigned on the issue.

“This team gave everything,” Ken writes. “It wasn’t enough.” Although we’re left with a humongous ‘what if?’ about the needless concession of that penalty soon after Ireland had gone 2-0 up. As Gavin Cummiskey puts it in his match report, “it was a massive moment – mainly because the Czechs seemed ready to implode”. They “gave everything, went two goals ahead in normal time, hit the woodwork twice, drew a world-class save out of the Czech keeper. And in racing, tomorrow’s Dubai World Cup programme will go ahead – despite it taking place in a war zone.

Vacancy analysis was carried out based on metered electricity consumption, finding 70,149 vacant dwellings nationally in 2024. In contrast, much lower vacancy rates were found in South Dublin at 0.9pc, Fingal 1.1pc, and Kildare 1.4pc. Other areas with low vacancies included cities Cork, Galway, Limerick and Waterford. Meanwhile, vacancy levels dropped across 2024 in comparison to rates in 2023, which reached 72,254 in the last four months. This methodology provides insight into where vacant dwellings are and how vacancy rates have changed over time."

How the business of looking after an ageing population is facing a crisisSilver Stream Healthcare Group CEO Bojana Djordjevic on the challenges facing the nursing-home sectorBojana Djordjevic in the Sugarloaf Care Centre in Kilmacanoge, Co Wicklow. Photo: Damien EagersFearghal O'Connor Today at 06:30Ireland’s nursing home sector is not yet at crisis stage – but Bojana Djordjevic says it is “probably getting there very soon”.

A teenage boy has pleaded not guilty to murdering a nine-year-old girl who was stabbed to death at home. The 16-year-old, who cannot be named because of his age, is charged with killing Aria Thorpe in Weston-super-Mare on December 15. Avon Coroner’s Court previously heard Aria died from a single stab wound to her chest. He said: 'It's hard to put into words how devastating it is, our little Aria, that you're up there with the angels looking over us. Aria's family on her mother's side said she was 'the most beautiful little soul - happy-go-lucky, full of light, and joy'.

A broken collarbone has brought an end to Mattie Taylor’s remarkable run of 32 consecutive championship starts for the Cork footballers. The injury, sustained when introduced as a second-half sub during the Round 6 League win at home to Kildare earlier this month, means Taylor will miss the entire Munster SFC.

Kerry Camogie is about to take a major leap over the May Bank Holiday weekend when they play in the Munster Senior Camogie Championship for the first time against the winners of the Clare v Waterford game. "They have been successful all the way up with club (Clanmaurice) and county, so this group of girls want to sample senior camogie. So we applied to play in the Munster Senior Camogie Championship and the Munster Council gave us the nod. They have always been very supportive of Kerry camogie and game is growing rapidly in the county." Countless hours of practice, sacrifices, and unwavering determination had brought Patrice Diggin and her Kerry teammates to the brink of realizing their long cherished goal of playing senior camogie.

Police would have been told, with haste, to check the local CCTV footage, including council, traffic and doorbell cameras. Now locals in Belgrave Road are beginning to wonder what it is that insiders at Westminster are demanding that Mr McSweeney clarifies. Belgrave Road was once a desirable street in Westminster lined with five-storey white townhouses designed by Thomas Cubitt between 1830-50s. The residents of the square have installed 14 doorbell cameras. A hundred or so feet up the road is Eccleston Square, where there are 13 doorbell cameras plus one traffic CCTV camera.

Shane Windrim, cofounder of Bambino, known for its quick, New York-style pizza at two locations in Dublin city centre. Dublin pizza chain Bambino has clearly capitalised on the long queues outside its Dublin 2 restaurant in 2025, with profits at the company behind the viral social media sensation jumping by more than 21 per cent. Filed this week by Bambino Stephen Ltd, new abridged accounts reveal accumulated profits of more than €1 million had built up at the entity by the end of April 2025. Known for quick, New York-style pizza, Bambino has two locations, with its main site located on Stephen Street in Dublin 2, which opened in 2022. [ Pizza chain Bambino gets green light for outdoor tables at Merrion Street outletOpens in new window ]Employment dipped last year to 17, from 24 people a year earlier.

Photograph: Bryan O'BrienRevenue this week said it is to start a “noncompliance campaign” in relation to almost 170,000 property owners who have not filed a local property tax (LPT) return or put a payment in place. Property owners were required to do three things: determine the value of their property, as at the valuation date November 1st. For this category of property owner, an LPT surcharge of 10 per cent will apply to income tax, corporation tax, or capital gains tax liability for the year. For example, for an income tax liability of €15,000 in income tax, the surcharge would be €1,500, even if the LPT liability is €95. For self-employed property owners, a 10 per cent surcharge is added to the total income tax, corporation tax, or capital gains tax liability where the LPT return has not been filed, or there is an LPT liability outstanding.

In the years since that law passed Big Tech has consistently fallen back on the defence that it is merely a hosting provider — not a publisher — and therefore cannot be held responsible for content posted on its platforms. It was certainly before the engagement-based model that has become the bedrock of how Big Tech designs and monetises its platforms. Big Tech has effectively endless resources with which to fight regulatory outcomes, as it has proven time and again. It is completely unacceptable that these platforms have profited so substantially, for so long, from products that harm children — with so little accountability. The question is no longer whether these platforms have caused harm; it is simply how long they can delay being held responsible for it.

Flowers left close to the scene of a stabbing at Parnell Square East, Dublin, on November 22nd, 2023. Photograph: Gareth Chaney/Collins PhotosA man charged with attempting to murder three children on Dublin’s Parnell Square in late 2023 is fit to stand trial, a judge has ruled. In his decision on Friday regarding Riad Bouchaker’s fitness to plead and stand trial, Judge Tony Hunt said this was a “finely balanced” matter. Bouchaker has a mental disorder – moderate dementia – and, because of that, is unfit to plead and to stand trial, she said. Based on that evidence, and the Garda interviews, he held that Bouchaker was fit to stand trial, with accommodations.

A discreet bar, concealed behind cabinetry downstairs, adds an element of ‘speakeasy’ glamour and mature charm to the living room. And likewise a minimalist box in the downstairs hall and a large hinged mirror upstairs give access to services. She recently sold neighbouring No 4 The Mall on this row — for €595k according to the Property Price Register. He treated and polished it up and it’s now installed as a sculptural feature shelf below a minimalist double microcement sink upstairs. “I have a really professional team working with me and some of them had previously developed luxury homes in Ukraine.