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The National Audit Office outlined its findings on how prepared the country is for the likely increase in frequency and intensity of extreme weather.

After devastating flooding in Downpatrick and Newry last month, less than half of the businesses who applied for flood relief payments have been successful. This includes Downpatrick and Co Down Railway, who say they are facing a £500,000 repair bill.

Carol concerts are a sure-fire way to feel Christmassy, and the Ythan Singers are more than ready for theirs after rehearsing since September  

Breaking News, Sports, Manitoba, Canada

Finny McConnell, frontman for Canadian band The Mahones, remembered many occasions spent drinking into the mornings with his close friend and fellow Irish punk Shane MacGowan as he prepared to pay tribute to the singer-songwriter in London.

Breaking News, Sports, Manitoba, Canada

LONDON (AP) — Shane MacGowan, the boozy, rabble-rousing singer and chief songwriter of The Pogues, who infused traditional Irish music with the energy and spirit of punk, died Thursday, his family said. He was 65.

LONDON (AP) — Shane Macgowan, the singer-songwriter and frontman of “Celtic Punk” band The Pogues, best known for the Christmas ballad “Fairytale of New York,” died Thursday, his family said. He was 65.

"The chief suspect for the knife attack has been detained and had sustained wounds believed to be self-inflicted." The incident unfolded shortly after 1 pm near Parnell Square on the north-side of the Irish

Readers’ letters on journalists’ “activism”; UniSyd’s priorities; inflation-fighting tools; Optus and sexism; ASIC’s effectiveness; robo-debt report; gambling.