Meet the Rocky Mountains’ Irish Police Chief: ‘I would take holidays from my job in Ireland, fly over, do my firearms test and that night I was out driving a police car’Co Meath man Greg Daly, who once traded banking in Ireland for a US police badge, talks about his pride at being the police chief in a Colorado mountain townGreg Daly pictured after his promotion to Police Chief in August 2016Sheila Flynn Today at 06:30There was something irresistible about the TV police drama CHiPs and its motorbike-cop heroes to the boyish youths of the 1970s and 80s, their eager faces crowding around family televisions as the exploits of California Highway Patrol Officer ‘Ponch’ Poncherello aired weekly on RTE.

A man in his 30s has been arrested by gardaí investigating the suspected arson of a building which was wrongly rumoured to have been earmarked for accommodating asylum seekers. Gardaí said that no-one was in the building at the time of the fire, but that substantial damage was caused to the property. Gardaí today said a man in his 30s had been arrested by officers investigating criminal damage by fire in Leixlip on January 30 and February 7, 2024. He was detained at a Co Kildare garda station under Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act. He was later released without charge pending a file to the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP).

She also confirmed a sharp rise in the lowest two income tax thresholds, with ministers insisting that it will mean more than half of Scots pay less tax than elsewhere in the UK as a result. In her final Budget before May’s Holyrood election, the Finance Secretary announced that the thresholds for Scotland’s basic and intermediate rates of income tax will rise by 7.4% in 2026-27 – more than twice the current rate of inflation. From April 2028, properties valued at more than £1 million on an updated valuation will fall into two new higher bands. The existing Council Tax bands A to H will remain unchanged for the vast majority of homeowners, but the new band I will cover properties valued between £1 million and £2 million and band J for properties valued above £2 million. The tax announcements sit alongside a £68bn spending package that ministers say prioritises the NHS, childcare and action on child poverty.

‘Freezin’ showRoundwood Variety Group presents ‘Freezin’ a Variety Show at Brockagh Resource Centre, Laragh from Friday 30th January to Sunday 1st February. Classes are from 10am to 11.20 in the Brockagh Resource Centre, Laragh. Laragh Badminton ClubBadminton classes are on Mondays evenings in the Brockagh Resource Centre, Laragh for adults from 7.30-9.30pm. https://rathdrumcancersupport.com/services/other-services/Pipe BandThe Parnell Memorial Pipe and Drum Band, also known in Rathdrum as the Rathdrum Pipe Band, plans to recommence practice at the RDA Hall on Tuesday 13th January. The following is a list of groups and clubs and organisations in Rathdrum that will benefit from the proceeds of the calendar:Avondale GAA juvenile club, Avondale camogie club, Rathdrum Christmas Lights, Rathdrum Scouts, Rathdrum Cancer Support, Parnell Memorial Pipe Band, Our Lady’s Girls National School, Boy’s national school, St Saviour’s National School, Parnell A.C., Avonmore soccer club and Rathdrum Tidy Towns.

Greg Collins from Thame in Oxfordshire was among the rowing team who encountered the whales at the midway point of a 3,000-mile World's Toughest Row adventure. He was rowing alongside Will Towning Elliot Collins and Chris Betts. The videos show the men being surrounded by about five whales surfacing and diving alongside their boat. Will Towning, Greg Collins, Elliot Collins and Chris Betts coming face to face with whale (Image: Get Busy Rowing / SWNS)The Get Busy Rowing team said they had feared their vessel could be struck. The team are competing in the World's Toughest Row which is a transatlantic unassisted rowing race in which teams travel roughly 3,000 miles from the Canary Islands to Antigua.

There’s potentially a great deal on offer for the winners, giving them home advantage should they go deep in the competition. Listen | 54:41“Then, obviously, we turned up (to Dukes) and saw the pitch was unplayable because it was too hard, it was frozen. “From our point of view, I suppose it’s frustrating, but we can only follow the rules of the competition. “We have (essentially) a home knockout game,” said Murphy of Saturday’s game. “So, let’s take it week in, week out, and we’ll go from there.

Fraudsters are increasingly adopting AI and advanced deepfake tools to deceive the public, Revolut has warned, as the online bank launched a new initiative to help prevent impersonation scams. "We have a responsibility to ensure that every one of them feels secure and empowered when using our app,” Revolut Ireland branch general manager Malcolm Craig said. Bank scamsIt comes after the main pillar banks in Ireland repeated warnings about fraud over Christmas and into the new year. AIB, meanwhile, said the most common frauds reported by customers last year included text message fraud, fraudsters posing as bank staff, and romance scams. “Fraudsters are constantly adapting their methods, making scams harder to spot than ever before,” its head of financial crime Mary McHale said.

Photo: Gareth ChaneyA new public service broadcaster should be considered in the event of a united Ireland, researchers have said. The report, launched today, examined whether BBC Northern Ireland would continue, whether RTE would take over, or if a new body should be set up in the event of a united Ireland. It said that maintaining the status quo was "most likely a non-starter", because the region of Northern Ireland would be outside the UK TV Licence framework in a reunified Ireland. Instead, it said that a new public service media in the event of Irish unity should be considered, provisionally called Public Media Ireland. The research, compiled by academics from Ulster University and Dublin City University, acknowledges that Irish reunification is not imminent or inevitable.

Barry Whelan (46), originally from Dublin, who died following an altercation in Boston on St Patrick's Day, 2023A Dublin man shouted racial epithets before he was struck, fell and died from a head injury on St Patrick’s Day, a US jury heard. Mr Sadiq’s defence attorney Michael Chinman told jurors that Mr Whelan called the defendant “lazy” and a “f***ing N-word”. He told jurors that Mr Sadiq used the side of his wrist and that the strike did not cause injury – “not even a bruise”. Mr Sadiq intended to strike Mr Whelan and “in doing so he endangered Mr Whelan’s life,” Ms Bannister told the court. “These intentional actions of Mr Sadiq are what we are here for,” she said.

Revolut's new in-app security feature alerts users if they are on a call that is not coming from Revolut. Fintech Revolut has added an extra security feature to its app in a bid to combat scam calls aimed at defrauding its users. Impersonation scams try to trick victims into believing that they are on a legitimate phone call with a trusted financial institution or person. The in-app protection detects when customers are on a call and identifies if it is coming from a Revolut number. Revolut, which has more than 3 million customers in Ireland, did not say how much its Irish customers have lost to fraud in recent months.

Sporting a hat to promote his hot sauce brand Cloud23, Brooklyn shared the steps he took to create the dish. Last week the Daily Mail revealed that Brooklyn instructed his parents to only speak to him through lawyers. The actress, removed all traces of the Beckham family from her social media after her husband Brooklyn blocked his parents and brothers. Last month, Cruz confirmed that Brooklyn had blocked his entire family on social media following reports they had unfollowed him. The Daily Mail has reached out to representatives for Brooklyn for comment on Cruz's claims.

Dublin City Council says the rejuvenation of Mountjoy Square will address antisocial behaviour and make the park more attractive. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill/The Irish TimesPlans for the rejuvenation of Mountjoy Square, Dublin’s only “true” Georgian square, have finally been released for public consultation, more than a decade after the regeneration was proposed. Mountjoy Square was designed in 1802 as a “pleasure garden for passive recreation” including a central circular lawn with formal planting and defined paths. The reimagining of Mountjoy Square park involves the restoration of its original 18th century ornate footpath network with a circular lawn and performance space. Image: Dublin City CouncilThe 4.4 acre park is a perfect square measuring 134m by 134m, the only one of the city’s five Georgian squares to have four equal sides, making it the city’s only true Georgian square.

A reputation, once earned and irrespective of whether it reflects well or poorly, is an extremely hard thing to shake off. For better or worse, the current administration has gained an unwanted status as a do-nothing outfit, but in the coming months it will have the opportunity to shake off that tag. It will be interesting to see if the so-called new left movement, which was behind Catherine Connolly’s successful presidential election campaign, can sustain a vocal, focused, and harmonious opposition. It will also be fascinating to witness how current unrest within the Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael parliamentary parties progresses. Since their presidential election campaign shambles, there have been consistent rumblings within Fianna Fáil about Micheál Martin’s leadership.

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According to the organisation’s latest tallies for all major hospitals across the country, the worst-performing hospitals are Cork University Hospital and St Vincent’s University Hospital. University Hospital Limerick. Photo: Don MoloneyThe total number of patients recorded as waiting on trolleys for treatment in these hospitals today amounts to 127, 90 and 63 respectively. They are followed by with University Hospital Galway with 60, Sligo University Hospital on 57, Mayo University Hospital on 34, Letterkenny University Hospital on 32 and Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda on 25. “Yet again we are seeing huge numbers of patients being admitted to hospital without a bed today,” INMO general secretary Phil Ní Sheaghdha said in a statement.