The death of a young man struck by a train in Co Meath is “deeply shocking for the whole community”, a local representative has said. A man aged in his 20s died on Wednesday night after being struck by a train in the Gormanstown area of the county, in whatContinue Reading
GNT STUDIO/Shutterstock Boys who want to be footballers have a difficult dream to achieve. Of the 1.5 million boys who play organised youth football at any given time in England, only around 180 will be signed professionally by a Premier League club. This dream can feel within a boy’s grasp,Continue Reading
For authoritarians like the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, the military can serve a number of functions. Not only is it a key aspect of maintaining control and projecting power, but in Putin’s case it has served as a key national resource to plunder for personal wealth and to enrich keyContinue Reading
A software update can help turbines become less disruptive to their neighbors and distribute the wind more efficiently.Continue Reading
Nigerian terrorists Boko Haram attracted worldwide condemnation when it kidnapped hundreds of school girls. Jewjewbeed/Shutterstock Kidnapping for ransom has become one of the most significant challenges facing Nigeria today, and the government is attempting to address this by punishing families who pay ransoms. But many believe this has little chanceContinue Reading
Even one of the UK's most famous couples isn't free from accent discrimination. Bakounine / Shutterstock Accentism – discriminating against someone because of their accent – has a long history in the UK, where the way someone speaks is often an easy way to tell their social class. People withContinue Reading
William Prince of Wales and Catherine Princess of Wales accompanied by Harry, Duke of Sussex and Meghan Duchess of Sussex look at tributes to Queen Elizabeth II outside Windsor Castle Alamy/ Jamie Lorriman Many of us feel touched by the loss of our queen, but that is nothing compared toContinue Reading
DaLiu / Shutterstock For many, the week following the death of the Queen has been a time of mourning. It has also been one of tension around the question of free speech and protest. There have been several instances of police arresting or questioning protesters expressing anti-monarchy sentiment in London,Continue Reading
August 22 marked the 15th anniversary of the shooting of 11-year-old Rhys Jones in the Liverpool suburb of Croxteth. In the same week, the people of Liverpool again witnessed the merciless killing of an innocent child, gunned down in her own home. Nine-year-old Olivia Pratt-Korbel has become one more unnecessaryContinue Reading
Kyiv’s counteroffensive in the north-east of Ukraine appeared to take everyone by surprise, not least Russia’s war planners who had been moving troops south to meet an offensive in the Kherson region which Ukraine had been trumpeting about for several weeks. Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelensky, is claiming that his militaryContinue Reading
