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Wednesday 21 October 2020
The storm has already claimed at least 20 lives in the Bahamas
The hurricane has been downgraded to a Category 2 storm from Category 3.
A status orange snow-ice warning is in place for several counties.
The US National Weather Service warned that a major winter storm would bring heavy snow and ice.
Thousands of flights have been cancelled and schools closed in the US, as the storm drops snow and sleet across the region.
The states of North and South Carolina have been hardest hit.
Strict new coronavirus measures are coming into effect – here’s what they mean for you.
Typhoon Chan-hom has made landfall.
The teen suffered injuries to his right calf, buttocks and both hands while swimming with friends on Saturday.
The attacks happened in the same North Carolina town.
The garda helicopter was called in – as the three teenagers tried to escape gardaí aboard the 40ft motor craft.
It’s not all about the west, you know.
Here are the 5 best properties in the east of Ireland on view this weekend.
Here are the 5 best properties on Dublin’s commuter belt that you can view this weekend.
Fingal County Council say the ‘poor quality’ results follow last weekend’s heavy rainfall.
Sure it’s a grand little country.
People are picking up garden furniture all over the place.
The east got the worst out if with high tides breaching sea walls along the coast.
Almost 500 bottlenose dolphins have washed up dead on the east coast of America so far this year, in what researchers are describing as an “unusual mortality event”.
While protect itself with the threat of using nuclear weapons is far from ideal, it is infinitely preferable to the situation in which the US has now found itself: chasing its tail over costly and ineffective missile technology, writes Jason Douglas.
There’ll be a bit of a drop off after tomorrow, but we’ll still be firmly in Irish “good summer” territory…
At least six people have died as a result of the storm with authorities telling people to stay at home and not risk treacherous roads.
On Sunday, the Oakland Raiders lost their ninth consecutive game when asked to kick off at what is 10am for them. Steven O’Rourke is not happy.
In New York and New Jersey, rain and heavy wind carried the potential to swamp homes again and toppled trees wrenched loose by Sandy.
Meteorologists have downplayed the rhetoric around Hurricane Sandy.
Higher-than-normal radiation levels have been found in fish caught off Japan’s east coast, which could indicate the plant is still leaking.
Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport hailed the four-day festival as a “huge achievement and success”.
United Airlines will operate the flight, the first time this company has flown out of Ireland.
Nine things to know this morning including… government criticised for handling of referendum, the President-elect prepares to go home and do you know what time it is?
Billions of dollars worth of damage was caused by the hurricane, now downgraded to a tropical storm as New York returns to normal.
The storm has hit land along the east coast of the United States with North Carolina so far the hardest hit.
Over two million people are affected by evacuation orders as Hurricane Irene heads for land off the eastern sea board of the United States.
An American TV network carried a false story claiming that the rapper was alive 15-years after he died which spread quickly on Twitter and Facebook. But it was the result of an anonymous hack.
WITH LEVEL 5 restrictions coming into effect at midnight until 1 December, many businesses will be forced to close for the next six weeks.
Of course, many Irish businesses have an online presence and in the run-up to Christmas will rely heavily on support here at home.
As the festive season approaches we want to know: Will you make an extra effort to ‘buy irish’ this Christmas?
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Lecturer Maeve O’Rourke analyses the government’s nine main arguments in relation to the Bill.
This week, a home cook and recent sea swimming convert talks us through her week.
Some sun, then clouds, spotty showers
Max: 13 °C
Min: 6 °C
Cool with a blend of sun and clouds
Max: 10 °C
Min: 6 °C
Clouds and sun with a couple of showers
Max: 10 °C
Min: 6 °C
