Sinn Féin accepts new Stormont deal
Sinn Féin has confirmed that it will accept the draft deal aimed at restoring power-sharing in Northern Ireland.
Speaking in Stormont this evening, party leader Mary Lou McDonald said the deal tabled by the British and Irish Governments offered a basis for the restoration of the Executive.
The DUP has already indicated that it will accept the deal.
Deputy McDonald said her party is anxious to “get to work as soon as possible” but said there is still no date for the re-opening of Stormont.
Cork teens take home top prize at BT Young Scientist Exhibition
Cormac Harris and Alan O’Sullivan from Colaiste Colm in County Cork have been crowned the overall winners of this year’s BT Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition.
Some 1,100 students from 244 schools right around the country took part in this year’s competition.
The 16-year-olds took home the top prize for their research on gender bias among young children.
The project also put forward a number of resources to help primary school teachers combat gender bias among young children.
The funeral of Larry Gogan has heard that he was an 'extraordinary man who was very ordinary'.
The service took place at the Church of St Pius X in Templeogue in Dublin earlier, ahead of the broadcaster being laid to rest at a private burial this afternoon.
U2 drummer Larry Mullen, RTÉ director general Dee Forbes and broadcasters Ryan Tubridy, Ronan Collins and Bryan Dobson were among those in attendance at today's service.
Larry's headphones, a thesaurus and a packet of wine gums were brought up to the alter at the beginning of his funeral mass.
US hits Iran with fresh sanctions
The US has hit Iran with further economic sanctions after Tehran’s revenge attack on bases housing American soldiers in Iraq earlier this week.
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said eight senior Iranian officials, along with firms in sectors including steel, will be targeted.
“The goal of our campaign is to deny the regime the resources to conduct its destructive foreign policy,” he said.
“We want Iran to simply behave like a normal nation. We believe the sanctions we imposed today further that strategic objective.”
Wolfe Tones to donate Black and Tans proceeds to McVerry
The Wolfe Tones say reaching number one in Ireland and the UK with its song, Come out Ye Black and Tans, is "amazing".
The classic rebel song hit the top of the iTunes charts in both countries following a Government decision to postpone a commemoration for the Royal Irish Constabulary (RIC) in Dublin Castle.
The plan faced major public backlash due to the RICs association with the Black and Tans and the Auxiliaries during the War of Independence - with Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald suggesting: "In no other State would those who facilitated the suppression of national freedom be commemorated by the State".
The Government postponed the event, but said it still wants to go ahead with the ceremony at a later date.
