A CANDLE will be placed in each window of a south Tipperary community tonight to mark the deaths of the elderly English couple who passed away during Covid. he small private vigil will take place at 7pm in the village of Cloneen, where residents were shocked and saddened by the …
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T rain services will continue to be disrupted on Friday because of a deadlocked dispute over jobs, pay and conditions – which has caused travel chaos all week. Members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT) at Network Rail and 13 train operators went on strike on Tuesday and …
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THE PRESIDENT of the SNP has suggested that an independent Scotland in the EU could adopt the Northern Ireland Protocol model for the border with England. Next week, Nicola Sturgeon will set out the Scottish Government’s routemap to holding a second independence referendum by the end of next year. But …
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