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Monday 30 January 2023 Dublin: 7°C

# Canada

All time
# jetting in
Why is Leo Varadkar so keen to roll out the red carpet for Justin Trudeau?
Canada’s centrist prime minister jets in this evening, and will be here until Wednesday morning.
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Jul 3rd 2017, 7:00 PM
# Missing
Irish GAA player who went missing while swimming in Canada named locally
His family has since flown over to Canada.
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Jul 3rd 2017, 10:28 AM
# British Columbia
Search underway for Irishman who went missing while swimming in Canada
The man was swimming with friends on Friday afternoon.
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Jul 2nd 2017, 4:57 PM
# rwc 2019
Ex-Connacht player AJ MacGinty helps USA to World Cup qualification
The Dublin native hit six conversions out of eight as his side defeated Canada.
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Jul 2nd 2017, 10:54 AM
# this just in
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to visit Ireland next week
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will visit the Taoiseach on Tuesday.
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Jun 28th 2017, 2:48 PM
# Player Welfare
Former Canada lock summons Clermont to court over concussions
The French giants say it is not ‘a complaint against the club’ and that Jamie Cudmore is merely seeking medical expertise.
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Jun 8th 2017, 12:05 AM
# Irish Abroad
Irishman Shane O'Leary gets call-up to Canada trials before June Tests
The 24-year-old left Connacht at the end of the season.
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May 26th 2017, 12:47 PM
# gin and catatonic
Canada recalls batch of Bombay Sapphire gin they accidentally made 77% alcohol
It should only be 40%.
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May 4th 2017, 8:55 AM
# few pints
An Irishman in a Galway jersey popped up on Canadian TV and gave the best interview
A star is born.
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Apr 17th 2017, 9:18 AM
# discriminatory
Canadian province makes it illegal to force women to wear high heels at work
The premier of British-Columbia has said companies can no longer impose such a rule.
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Apr 15th 2017, 7:00 AM
# mother of all bombs
Halifax Explosion: The accidental blast that killed 2,000 people a century ago
In December 1917 a ship detonated in Nova Scotia, unleashing a blast equivalent to about 3,000 tonnes of TNT.
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Apr 14th 2017, 2:17 PM
# Jashua Robert Tremblay
Canadian who groomed Irish teenager is jailed and banned from using internet
The court case followed a long investigation involving Edmonton Police, Canada’s national police force and the gardaí.
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Apr 13th 2017, 8:21 AM
# bottle of vodka
Pilot in Canada jailed for showing up to work drunk and passing out in cockpit
Miroslav Gronych was three times the legal limit when due to fly a plane to Mexico.
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Apr 4th 2017, 7:51 AM
# Niall Hurley
Family begin campaign to fly seriously-ill Kerryman home from Canada
Niall Hurley, a 28-year-old carpenter from Tralee, was planning to return home when he suffered from a brain aneurysm and a stroke.
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Mar 28th 2017, 6:10 AM
# Canada
Driver's personal licence plate banned because it would 'offend women'
Lorne Grabher had been using his surname on his car for a number of years.
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Mar 27th 2017, 9:02 PM
# ciaran kelly
'It feels so cruel': Family of critically ill Irish man plead for donations to bring him home
The family is looking for €100,000 to bring Ciaran back to Ireland.
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Mar 24th 2017, 8:51 AM
# new measures
Now Canada's considering a ban on large devices on Middle Eastern flights
Earlier today, the UK government confirmed the new measure, while US reports hinted at a similar ban.
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Mar 21st 2017, 10:45 PM
# Controversy
Canadian judge resigns over 'keep your knees together' comment in sexual assault trial
Judge Camp had said in a 2014 trial that “pain and sex sometimes go together”.
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Mar 10th 2017, 3:54 PM
# strong stuff
Vodka recall in Canada after bottles found to be twice the strength with 81% alcohol
There have been “no reported illnesses” linked to drinking the tainted vodka.
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Mar 3rd 2017, 7:57 PM
# RIP
$40k raised for family of Wicklow man who died in Canada
He was the father of twin sons.
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Feb 21st 2017, 12:46 PM
# air india disaster
The man behind the 1985 bombing of a 747 off the coast of Cork has been freed
On 23 June 1985, an Air India Boeing 747 bound for Delhi exploded some 120 miles off the coast of Cork.
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Feb 15th 2017, 7:46 PM
# anton pilipa
Missing Canadian man found near Amazon jungle after 5 years reunited with family
Anton Pilipa had been missing for five years.
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Feb 10th 2017, 8:35 AM
# Tragic
Canadian woman found guilty of hiding six babies she gave birth to in storage locker
Authorities are unable to determine the causes of the deaths.
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Feb 7th 2017, 1:04 PM
# costly mistake
Canadian teen tennis star fined €6k for hitting Davis Cup umpire in face with ball
The ITF agreed that Denis Shapovalov wasn’t targeting Arnaud Gabas.
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Feb 6th 2017, 7:37 PM
# Mosque
'A father to everyone': Tributes paid to Quebec shooting victims
Six men died in the attack, which took place during evening prayers at a mosque.
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Jan 31st 2017, 9:00 AM
# terrorist shooting
Student and 'supporter of right-wing politics' charged with murder of six at Quebec mosque
The other detained man is being described as a witness.
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Jan 30th 2017, 11:11 PM
Evening Wrap
The 5 at 5 Five minutes, five stories, five o’clock…
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Jan 30th 2017, 4:51 PM
# quebec
Six people have died after gunmen opened fire at a mosque in Canada
The attack occurred just after midnight Irish time.
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Jan 30th 2017, 6:44 AM
# Canada
Ethics probe begins into Justin Trudeau's lavish island holiday
The post-Christmas holiday at a billionaire’s home in the Bahamas possibly represents a conflict of interest.
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Jan 17th 2017, 8:21 PM
# Vancouver
"It's hard to escape it": The Canadian city at the epicentre of an opioid epidemic
Officials declared an emergency in the spring after a surge in availability of cheap synthetic fentanyl.
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Jan 7th 2017, 8:30 AM
# regina
Irishman in Canada charged with breaking into bank by driving car through front door
Police say Patrick Shannon assaulted police officers.
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Jan 4th 2017, 4:21 PM
# New Year's Day
Drunk Canadian pilot arrested after fainting in plane cockpit
The pilot was scheduled to fly 99 passengers and 6 crewmembers to Cancun this morning.
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Jan 1st 2017, 3:34 PM
# Suspicious Deaths
Investigation launched after seven penguins drown in Canadian zoo
The director of animal care at the Calgary zoo said it was “devastating news”.
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Dec 9th 2016, 2:38 PM
# ah lads
Montreal put up their Christmas tree this week and everyone is taking the piss
Look at this thing.
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Dec 8th 2016, 8:14 AM
# Slip Slidin' Aw-eh
Watch as buses, a police car and a salt truck pile up on an icy Canadian hill
Thankfully nobody was injured.
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Dec 6th 2016, 12:35 PM
# It'll Blow over
Canadian parliament jobs discussion ends in "fart" debate
MP Michelle Rempel was discussing the need for more jobs in the Alberta region.
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Nov 19th 2016, 4:32 PM
# learning
Ireland well beaten by superior Canadian side but can draw positives from second Test
Nikki Caughey was the only Ireland player on the scoresheet in the 48-7 defeat.
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Nov 19th 2016, 4:14 PM
# Close Call
Two injured in Toronto plane's near-miss with suspected drone
Two flight attendants on the passenger plane sustained minor injuries.
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Nov 15th 2016, 10:28 AM
# in stride
International debut was just one more step on Ringrose's way to the very top
The humble rising star was only short of a try on an impressive debut.
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Nov 14th 2016, 4:17 AM
# gamebreaker
O'Halloran expecting a week of Bealham boasting after sublime offload try-assist
Good touch for a big man.
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Nov 13th 2016, 12:02 AM
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