A January escape to Sheen Falls Lodge: The perfect, luxury getaway
A January escape to Sheen Falls Lodge: The perfect, luxury getaway

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Living room inspiration to save from Irish homes
Living room inspiration to save from Irish homes

Megan Burns

January’s best new beauty launches
January’s best new beauty launches

Holly O'Neill

Floral designer Sylvia Abraham on creativity, flowers and the importance of passion
Floral designer Sylvia Abraham on creativity, flowers and the importance of passion

Sarah Finnan

The pieces to splurge on this payday
The pieces to splurge on this payday

Sarah Finnan

Three years after Ashling Murphy’s tragic death, Ireland’s fight against femicide and the silencing of women continues
Three years after Ashling Murphy’s tragic death, Ireland’s fight against femicide and the silencing of...

Roe McDermott

Save the Date! Announcing the IMAGE PwC Businesswoman of the Year Awards 2025
Save the Date! Announcing the IMAGE PwC Businesswoman of the Year Awards 2025

IMAGE

Hungry? This super-easy vegan bruschetta is the bomb
Hungry? This super-easy vegan bruschetta is the bomb

Meg Walker

The top reasons for divorce in modern Ireland
The top reasons for divorce in modern Ireland

Michelle Browne

Plant-based food entrepreneur Aisling Cullen shares her life in food
Plant-based food entrepreneur Aisling Cullen shares her life in food

Sarah Gill

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October 7: Today’s top stories in 60 seconds


By Sarah Gill
07th Oct 2022
October 7: Today’s top stories in 60 seconds

Your speedy summary of today's must-read stories.

Biden warned of gravity of Nuclear risk

US President Joe Biden has said his Russian President Vladimir Putin is “not joking when he talks about the use of tactical nuclear weapons or biological or chemical weapons” and the “Armageddon” risk is at its highest level since the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962 at a fundraiser for the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee.

thejournal.ie

Man and woman charged in death of four-year-old

A man in his 30s and a woman in her 20s have been charged in relation to the death of the four-year-old Mason TJ O’Connell-Conway in Rathbane, Co Limerick in March of last year. They are due to appear before Limerick District Court this morning.

RTÉ

Incidents at water treatment plants

According to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), almost 900,000 lives were put at risk due to two serious failures at Irish Water plants at Ballymore Eustace in Co Kildare and Gorey in Co Wexford last year. The report says that there were “significant failings and oversight by management”, which put lives at risk because of contaminated water supplies.

Breaking News

Thailand in mourning

A confirmed 36 people have been killed in an attack on a children’s nursery school in the north-eastern province of Nongbua Lamphu, Thailand. It has been reported that at least 24 of the 36 people shot or stabbed to death in the small town of Uthai Sawan were children. Mourners lay wreaths at ceremonial tables in front of the Young Children’s Development Centre’s main door.

Irish Examiner

Weekend weather

Today, there will be sunny spells and scattered showers throughout Ireland with temperature highs of 15 degrees and lowest temperatures of 5. Saturday will be dried during the day, but will become cloudier during the evening, and patchy light rain and drizzle will develop in the west and northwest. Wind and rain will pick up on Sunday, but it will dry up as we come into the evening.

Irish Mirror