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A status yellow wind warning is now in place for Galway, Clare, Kerry, and Mayo, and will be replaced with an orange alert for from 5PM.

The Pier Head Bar in Kinvara, well known to sailors, was forced to close

Storm Debi: Irish Rail and Luas see service disruptions as widespread damage is reported in Galway

Kerry agencies have come together this morning to discuss the county’s response to the current orange level alert.Met Éireann has issued a status orange rain wa...

The use of a mask is once again mandatory when admitted to Santa Maria and Pulido Valente hospitals, following the increase in the number of Covid-19 cases.

The bullet-ridden bodies of 18 men were discovered after an apparent gun battle between suspected drug cartels in Zacatecas state in northern Mexico, authorities said on Friday. “There were 18 dead, and the confrontation occurred in the community of San Juan Capistrano, in the municipality of Valparaiso,” said Zacatecas state security department spokeswoman Rocío Aguilar. There was evidence the deaths in the remote township of Valparaiso resulted from a confrontation between gunmen from th...

Drug-related violence has claimed more than 300,000 lives in Mexico since 2006

Mexico: 18 bodies found after suspected drug cartel gun battle © Provided by Al Jazeera Drug-related violence has killed more than 300,000 people in Mexico since 2006 [File- Tomas Bravo/Reuters] The bullet-ridden bodies of 18 men were discovered after an apparent gun battle between suspected drug cartels in Zacatecas state in northern Mexico, authorities said on Friday. “There were 18 dead, and the confrontation occurred in the community of San Juan Capistrano, in the municipality of Val...

First Posted: Jun 26, 2021 04:14 AM EDT Photo : Wikimedia/AlejandroLinaresGarcia Bodies of 18 people riddled with bullets were found in northern Mexico after a shootout between members of the rival Jalisco cartel and the Sinaloa cartel. According to Rocio Aguilar, state security department spokeswoman, the bodies were discovered in a remote, rural area in the state of Zacatecas on Friday, June 25.  Aguilar noted that there was evidence that the deaths in the town of Valparaiso resulted from a...