A man in his 30s has died following a single-vehicle crash in Co Kerry. Gardaí and emergency services personnel attended the scene the of the crash, which happened when a car collided with a tree on the L3013 at Knockdooragh in Headford at approximately 11.20pm on Saturday night.
Maresca's Chelsea exit was confirmed on New Year's Day, with Strasbourg manager Liam Rosenior the early front-runner to replace him. Former Blues star Joe Cole, however, has urged the club to put feelers out over Klopp. When asked to name his ideal candidate for the Chelsea job, Cole told Paddy Power: "I know it’s a mental one but Jurgen Klopp, I know he probably won’t even consider it because it’s Chelsea and he’s Liverpool, but you just never know. Obsessive about football, fits the bill in terms of where Chelsea have gone with their last few managers, young and something to prove." "What I know definitely – I will never, ever manage a different club in England than Liverpool, 100 per cent.
Trump’s preferred modus operandi will always be transactional power politicsThe US military intervention that toppled Nicolás Maduro was a long time coming. In the week before Christmas, the formidable White House chief of staff Susie Wiles told Vanity Fair that Donald Trump’s objective was to remove the Venezuelan dictator from power. It was more authoritative corroboration of what Trump aides such as Anna Kelly had been saying for months: “The President is prepared to use every element of American power to stop drugs from flooding into our country and to bring those responsible to justice.”
My favourite room: ‘When my third house appeared on Home of the Year, people contacted me’ – inside designer Carla Benedetti’s renovated Wicklow cottageCarla Benedetti studied graphic design but when she bought her first house, she discovered she loved decorating so combines her graphics with interior design. Now on her fifth home, she still loves changing her own surroundings and does a lot of the practical work herselfGraphic artist/interior designer Carla Benedetti in the large kitchen of her home in the Wicklow mountains. The kitchen units are from Dunne’s Design in Wicklow. Carla Benedetti, who has bought and done up five houses in the last 20 years, says she never regrets moving from one house to another. She poured her heart into them all – all were gutted and then beautifully renovated in a style that suited the house.
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Share current article via Email Share current article via Facebook Share current article via Twitter Share current article via LinkedInRather than walk past it, Aiden Markram needs to be lifting the T20 World Cup in March. The opportunities for Laura Wolvaardt and Aiden Markram’s teams come in the shape of T20 World Cups this year. But winning the World Cup won’t be dependent on them. Dewald Brevis with a remarkable catch against India in the first ODI 🤲🔥#INDVSA | #SSCricket pic.twitter.com/T6BqrGip3t — SuperSport 🏆 (@SuperSportTV) November 30, 2025The opportunity for Wolvaardt’s team comes in June when they head to England for the 10th edition of the Women’s T20 World Cup. But bigger Tests await, notably against New Zealand in March, before the World Cup.
Leinster 52 Connacht 17Joshua Kenny of Leinster breaks clear of Bundee Aki of Connacht on his way to scoring his side's eighth try at the Aviva Stadium. Photo: Brendan Moran/SportsfileThis was the kind of scoreline Stuart Lancaster was used to during his seven seasons in blue and the Connacht coach must have found the experience in the visiting team’s coaching box utterly miserable. Leinster ran in eight tries and played some good rugby along the way, but their style of play is a world away from the all-court way of playing they had when the former England supremo was running the show.
St Brigid’s manager Anthony Cunningham. “Scotstown are formidable, the Ulster champions are always really, really strong. “It is going to take patience but it is going to take a bit of bravery as well,” was his assessment of what St Brigid’s need to do. Even beforehand, you would have thought it was going to be there, even though we would have probably preferred a Leinster venue. There’s always chat about that type of thing among fans and so on but that’s not going to do it for us.
The A964 is currently closed, and the A965 is also badly affected. The A967 is blocked by a vehicle stuck in the snow near Voy, around 300 yards north of the junction with the B9056 towards Yesnaby and Skaill. "Roads in Orkney are badly affected by adverse weather, with many blocked or severely impacted by snow. "The public are strongly advised not to travel. "We are working with partners but please be aware it could be Sunday, 4 January, before roads can be re-opened."
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro was in a New York detention center on Sunday after US President Donald Trump ordered an audacious US raid to capture the South American leader and take control of the country and its vast oil reserves. Potential power vacuum in VenezuelaPresident Donald Trump speaks at his Mar-a-Lago club on Saturday. “We demand the immediate release of President Nicolas Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores," Rodriguez said, calling Maduro "the only president of Venezuela." Venezuelans in Peru celebrate after President Donald Trump announced that Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro had been captured and flown out of the country. Trump also runs the risk of alienating some of his own supporters, who have backed his "America First" agenda and oppose foreign interventions.
After reaching South Georgia — a remote, mountainous island 800 miles away in the South Atlantic Ocean — three of the rescue party fell ill.Stromness Whaling Station, South Georgia. Picture: South Georgia Heritage Trust/PA WireShackleton, Crean, and one other crew member then set out to cross 32 miles of South Georgia, an island notorious for its extremely harsh climate. “The work will take until March to complete.”Dickie Hall, who is managing the Stromness Villa restoration for the South Georgia Heritage Trust. Picture: South Georgia Heritage Trust/PA WireThe villa is regarded as one of the most important surviving pieces of heritage associated with Ernest Shackleton. However, thanks to the work of the South Georgia Heritage Trust (SGHT) and the Friends of South Georgia Island in the US (FOSGI), the structures are now being preserved.
The Irish author on how an October festival in Mayo saved his yearIn the course of a bad year, it seemed like a good idea. There had already been one cranial surgery. There was a second procedure, a brain surgery, on the way. There was the political landscape, of course: the soggy white human loaf named Trump sitting in the Oval Office. In the North, I had seen the future henchmen of social engineering put an effigy of a refugee boat on top of their bonfire, the mannequins within.
Galway 3-19 London 0-4A Galway side mainly made up of development players proved way too strong for London in the opening game of the FBD League at the Connacht GAA Centre in Mayo. Mulhern got his first goal after finishing a rebound following a good save by London goalkeeper Andy Walsh. Scorers for London: J McGill 0-4 (4f). Galway: E McGrath; J Folan, S Fitzgerald, J Glynn; F Ó Laoi, C Carson, B Cogger; J O’Neill, R Roche; S McGrath, C Mulhern, D O’Flaherty; J Mullen, F McDonagh, C Costello. London: A Walsh; R McCready, N McElwaine, C Redican; O Kerr, D Griffin, E Clarke; J McGill, M Friel; D Gouldson, L Gallagher, S Wogan; D Brennan, G Durrant, M O’Reilly.
13 leading Irish figures asked the Irish public the question they’d always wanted answered. Here’s how you repliedBig names including Dermot Bannon, Ellen Keane and Michael O’Leary take over the Sunday Independent/Ireland Thinks pollDermot Bannon, Ellen Keane and Michael O'Leary were among the 13 people who got a chance to ask the Irish public their own question in the latest Sunday Independent/Ireland Thinks pollToday at 06:30For the first Sunday Independent/Ireland Thinks opinion poll of the year, we decided to do something a little different.
Photo: Getty'We also believe 2026 should be a good year for AIB, Cairn Homes and Ryanair.' Photo: Getty'The focus is increasingly shifting from pure technology builders toward companies enabling and adopting AI at scale,' said Barclays' Emmanuel Cau. The Sunday Independent asked analysts from Irish stockbrokers Davy and Goodbody, wealth management firm Fordel, and UK-based investment bank Barclays, about their predictions for 2026. Most analysts agreed AI would continue to be a huge feature with potentially huge upsides. “Outside of Kingspan, the more muted global consumer and the more challenging UK macro environment have a disproportionate impact on many of the listed Irish companies,” he added.
