LAST week was Number One’s first trip to Croke Park, and boy was it worth the nine-hour round trip to our nation’s capital. After the fanfare had died down, we took our place for the football game, and I was mortified immediately. Number One had a horn he was allowed to blow if and when Dingle scored, and blow it he did. Dingle's Conor Geaney at the GAA Football Senior Club Championship final against St Brigid's at Croke Park. All the way down, I thought back to the afternoon and the way it felt to be there.

“This free trade agreement will strengthen confidence of investors, business in India,” Mr Modi said in remarks at an energy event. He added that the pact will strengthen trade and global supply chains while boosting India’s manufacturing and services sectors. Just days earlier, the EU finally polished off a separate, long-gestating trade deal with the Mercosur bloc of South American countries — another pact meant to help the EU pivot away from the US and China. Bilateral trade between the EU and India stood at $136.5bn in India’s fiscal year through March 2025, with the EU making up more than 17% of India’s total exports, official data showed. The EU and India are also growing closer on the defense front, recently unveiling a new security partnership.

A Canadian family has been left heartbroken and angry after a 26-year-old diabetic and blind man died of physician assisted suicide. The country now has one of the highest rates of medically assisted deaths in the world, 5.1 percent, or a total of 16,499 deaths in 2024, the latest year for which there is data. Marsilla told the Free Press she was uneasy about him traveling alone, but he texted her photos and videos of him with his new sunglasses. Three days later, he texted his mother saying he was scheduled to die from physician assisted suicide the following day. Wiebe then described assisted suicide as the 'best work I've ever done.'

‌United's impressive upturn in both performances and results under Carrick has already fuelled suggestions that he could be a genuine contender to land the head coach position on a longer contract. Nicky Butt was in agreement and believes Carrick will know the score in that his chances of becoming Manchester United's long-term head coach are slim. "I think Michael is that bright and intelligent, he’ll understand the job that he’s got," Butt added. ‌"His next job, if he wants to stay in football as a manager for another club, would be a good job if he does well here." Scholes then suggested Carrick could take charge of another of his old teams, Tottenham Hotspur, saying: "It could be like a Tottenham manager from this [for Carrick].

The children of double murderer Colin Howell have revealed they spent two decades believing their mother had died by suicide before finding out he had killed her. He also implicated former Sunday school teacher Stewart and she was jailed for at least 18 years in 2011. Now, Howell's children Lauren, Daniel and Jon have spoken about their mother's death and its impact on them as children for the first time in a new ITV documentary. Daniel also explained his reaction to finding out his father was a murderer, saying: 'I can barely put it into words. But Lauren criticised the BBC after saying the corporation denied her plea to hear the tapes before they were broadcast.

US tariffs impacted the supply chains of some UK-based businesses (Jane Barlow/PA)More than a quarter of firms cited regulatory and policy changes, while 15% of warnings were linked to US tariffs. Cost pressures were a significant driver of profit warnings last year, with labour-intensive businesses particularly affected by the rise in national insurance contributions and the minimum wage. Nevertheless, 2025 saw the lowest number of profit warnings since 2021 – at 240 in total. More than a third of all FTSE-listed retailers, including supermarkets, issued a profit warning during 2025, the report found. Jo Robinson, EY-Parthenon’s financial restructuring leader for the UK and Ireland, said: “Our latest data shows that the pace of UK profit warnings has slowed, but this feels more like an uneasy pause than a turning point.

It expects that Modified Domestic Demand (MDD), regarded as the most reliable measure of Irish economic activity, will grow by 2.3pc this year. This will be supported by a 2.3pc rise in consumer spending, a 4pc rise in government spending and a 6.6pc rise in construction output. The Bank of Ireland forecast is for property price inflation to slow to 4pc this year. The Bank of Ireland analysis said there was a “welcome” rebound in construction output last year. Bank of Ireland is forecasting that GDP grew by 11.2pc last year, but sees a slowdown to 2.8pc this year.

People in the North report more choice when it comes to housingMost people in rental accommodation are forced to become tenants because they cannot afford to buy. In the North, four in 10 people rent because they cannot afford to buy a property. Renters in the North are also more likely to describe renting as a matter of choice than in the Republic. The research found that people want a secure home that they can afford – whether buying or renting – across both jurisdictions. On average, tenants spend about 37pc of their net income on rent, compared with 32pc in the North.

Enniscorthy town is the worst affected, with motorists advised to take alternative routes and to drive with extreme care. Wexford County Council confirmed on Tuesday morning that due to flood water levels, Island Road, Templeshannon, Shannon Quay, Abbey Quay and the Promenade are all closed in Enniscorthy town. The N80 (Ryland Road) in Bunclody is closed, as well as Clohamon due to the River Slaney bursting its banks following persistent rain overnight. Wexford County Council and civil defense crews have been deploying sandbags in affected areas early this morning ahead of high tide, which is expected at around 11.30am. Speaking on Monday ahead of the River Slaney bursting its banks, Cllr Jackser Owens said he has been in contact with residents and businesses about taking the necessary precautions.

Ireland’s public spending is outpacing every other EU country, watchdog warnsTDs to be told of danger of relying on corporation taxTánaiste and Finance Minister Simon HarrisJohn Burns Today at 06:30Government spending is growing faster than in any other EU country, the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (Ifac) is to tell an Oireachtas committee today.

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‘Use more of your electricity first thing in the morning and last thing at night’ – Harrison Gardner of RTÉ’s ‘Build Your Own Home’ on how to slash your energy bills

Isabel HayesA man who attacked and raped his elderly, vulnerable neighbour during a violent home invasion, causing her “life-altering” harm, has been jailed for 13 years. “I consider the harm caused (to Ms Gallagher) has been life-altering in every conceivable way,” the judge said, noting she has lost her independence. In her victim impact statement, which was read out by counsel, Ms Gallagher said her hometown was a place of “comfort, safety, sanctuary”. Passing sentence, Ms Justice Melanie Greally said Kelly was aware of Ms Gallagher's vulnerability when he carried out the premeditated attack. Ms Gallagher was “frightened out of her wits” and could not fight against the man, who she described as strong.

‘Every weekend I would tuck my lawyer’s suit into a pair of wellies and get milking the cows’Beatrix Killeen, 31, is a National Dairy Council farmer ambassador who balances her corporate job with life on a dairy farm and finds ways to incorporate her Nigerian, Hungarian and Irish heritage into her cookingBeatrix Killeen​. Photo: Clare KeoghAs told to Azmia Riaz Today at 06:30“The year I finished college and started my career in corporate law, I was helping my husband convert his family’s old sheep farm halfway across the country to a modern dairy farm.

Forecasters had warned that flooding and travel disruption were likely with significant snow across higher ground in some northern parts of England and Scotland. Several weather warnings were in force on Tuesday, including amber warnings for south-west England and the eastern coast of Northern Ireland for rain and wind respectively. Less severe yellow warnings are in place for a more extensive area of southern England, as well as parts of northern England and Scotland. There is a further yellow warning for rain and snow across much of central Scotland from 6am to midnight on Tuesday. There were 69 flood warnings in place across England early on Tuesday morning, with the majority in south-west England and four in Yorkshire.