3 years ago6 Russian warships sighted around Irish EEZ despite Russia saying only 2 vessels would be engaged in the upcoming missile test exercises
3 years agoUS Navy P8 Poseidon AE684A heading towards the Celtic Sea
3 years agoNo10 says the Government was not aware that the DUP was about to order the suspension of GB-NI checks. But the PM's spokesman says checks were still happening this morning
3 years ago EU Commisison says preliminary info from its experts in NI indicates checks as are continuing. "The Protocol that we have signed was signed with HM's government. It's for the UK government to ensure the fulfilment of the agreement
3 years ago DUP minister Edwin Poots has ordered his officials to halt Irish Sea border checks from midnight.
3 years agoRussia has written a stern letter to the Irish government demanding a "prompt response" to a series of claims that Dublin may have changed its position on post-Cold War European security arrangements
3 years agoCurrently, the activity of Russian strategic aviation is observed. At least 3 bombers in the air with the support of 3 tankers + A-50 AWACS
3 years ago RAF P8 Poseidon STGRY01 tracking off the coast of Ireland
3 years ago Russia has told Ireland the naval exercises have now been moved out outside the EEZ
3 years ago The Russian Ambassador to Ireland has said that he would be willing to meet groups of fisherman to negotiate a settlement
3 years agoA live fire Russian naval exercise has been scheduled inside the Irish EEZ
3 years agoHundreds have gathered for the vigil for Ashling Murphy outside Leinster House @rtenews
3 years ago Irish Chair of Parliamentary Committee on Foreign Affairs & Defence: The EU is committed to dialogue towards removing obstacles to progress on the path to peace for all in Bosnia Herzegovina. All leaders including the leadership of Republika Srpska, are urged to cease divisive language & inflammatory rhetoric & fully commit to working together
3 years agoA cyclist in his 80s has died after a crash in Ballyfermot, Dublin yesterday. His bike and a car collided on the Killeen Road shortly before lunchtime. Gardaí are appealing for witnesses
3 years agoOver €700,000 worth of drugs have been seized by revenue officers at Dublin Port
3 years agoDublin Fire Brigade: Firefighters from HQ have cleared a localised flood in Irishtown. Road drains were located and cleared and the excess water quickly drained
3 years ago Revenue officers seized €160,000 worth of suspected cannabis herb during a search today with gardaí in Skerries
3 years ago David Frost: Here's my statement after today's talks in Brussels with @MarosSefcovic on the Northern Ireland Protocol
3 years ago The Minister for Foreign Affairs has said contracts between Irish aircraft leasing companies and the Belarusian national carrier will be hit by a fresh round of sanctions agreed by European Union foreign ministers against the Lukashenka government
3 years ago A man found with a gunshot wound to the head in Dublin last week has died. Gardaí say his death is "as yet unexplained" and a postmortem will be carried out tomorrow
3 years agoPlane that crashed on Wexford beach lost engine power after appearing to suffer from fuel loss
3 years agoMetro bus evening services are to resume in Belfast after they were suspended over safety concerns. Two buses have been burned out in loyalist areas in the last 10 days in attacks linked to protests against Brexit's Northern Ireland Protocol
3 years agoA man and woman and two young children (aged 5 and 10) have escaped injury after a shooting incident in East Belfast. Police say a single shotgun was fired through the front door of a house in the Tower Court area shortly after 10.25pm last night
3 years agoA bus has been hijacked and set on fire in Northern Ireland, amid discontent over the trade deal struck as part of the U.K.'s departure from the EU (via AP)
3 years ago Dublin Fire Brigade: Firefighters from Tallaght and Blanchardstown fought a house fire in Lucan yesterday evening. Breathing Apparatus crews contained the fire to one room. There were no injuries. Closing a door on a fire is the most effective way to slow the spread of smoke and fire
3 years ago Police said four men boarded the double decker in Church Road near Rathcoole in Newtownabbey, Co Antrim, at about 7.45pm and ordered passengers off
3 years ago Newtownards: At approximately 6.30am, two masked and armed men boarded the bus and poured fuel over the vehicle before setting it alight. The driver managed to get off the bus unharmed but has been left badly shaken by the incident
3 years ago A double decker bus has been set on fire in Newtownards after the driver was ordered off at gunpoint by masked men who referenced the protocol, attack occurs on November 1 the deadline previously set by the DUP for progress on the NI protocol
3 years ago Short update on brexit / NIP talks. "Britain continues to ask for the impossible" Message sent from Commission to all EU capitals
3 years ago€150,000 worth of suspected cannabis plants and herb have been seized in Monaghan Gardaí raided a house in Carrickmacross around 9pm last night A man aged in his 20s was arrested at the scene
