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3 days ago | 
thejournal.ie | Andrew Walsh
TWO YOUNG MEN who were charged last year for a number of firearms offences alongside Carlow shooter Evan Fitzgerald are set to go on trial later this month. Shane Kinsella, with an address at Tynock, Kiltegan, Co Wicklow, and Daniel Quinn Burke of 1 Allendale Lawns, Baltinglas, Wicklow, appeared before Judge Desmond Zaidan at Naas District Court this afternoon.
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4 days ago | 
thejournal.ie | Andrew Walsh
DENSE SMOKE BILLOWING from dozens of deadly wildfires across Canada is having an impact on the atmosphere as far as Ireland, according to weather experts. The EU’s Copernicus Atmosphere Montoring Service (CAMS) warned this week that several wildfires have been active in the Canadian provinces of Saskatchewan, Manitoba and Ontario since May, resulting in the reported development of “pyrocumulonimbus clouds” (pyroCb).
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4 days ago | 
thejournal.ie | Andrew Walsh
A MURDER INVESTIGATION has been launched after a 71-year-old woman was found dead in north Belfast in the early hours of this morning. The woman has been identified by police as Marie Green. She was pronounced dead at a property in the Shore Road area of north Belfast shortly after midnight. Police and the Northern Ireland Ambulance Service had attended the scene. A 31-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of murder shortly after her death, and remains in police custody.
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4 days ago | 
thejournal.ie | Andrew Walsh
EVERY WEEKDAY EVENING, The Journal brings you five of the biggest stories of the day. 1. #GAZA: The UN has called the “deadly attacks” by the Israeli military around Gaza aid distribution sites a “war crime”, following a fresh attack that the Palestinian territory’s health ministry said has killed at least 27 people who had gathered to collect food2.
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4 days ago | 
thejournal.ie | Andrew Walsh
IRISH RAP GROUP Kneecap have announced details of a huge headline show in London – which they claim will be their biggest concert outside of Ireland yet. The new concert will see them perform at the 12,500-capacity venue, the Wembley Arena, on Thursday 18 September. The group shared the news on social media this morning, adding: “The belly of the beast – let’s go!”Tickets go on pre-sale via the group’s WhatsApp channel from 10am on Wednesday, with general sale on Friday.
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4 days ago | 
thejournal.ie | Andrew Walsh
UKRAINE’S SECURITY SERVICE has said that it hit a bridge connecting Russia to Crimea with more than a tonne of underwater explosives this morning. The SBU secret service said it had “conducted a new unique special operation and hit the Crimean Bridge for the third time – this time underwater.”In footage shared to social media, a massive blast can be seen coming out of the water and debris flying, along with a photo of some damage to the side of the bridge.
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4 days ago | 
thejournal.ie | Andrew Walsh
FOUR TEENAGERS WERE arrested in the early hours of this morning after gardaí stopped a stolen car in Wexford following a short pursuit. Gardaí were responding to a report of suspected unauthorised taking of a vehicle in Arklow, Wicklow, shortly before 3am this morning when they observed a car matching the suspected stolen vehicle travelling southbound towards Inch, Wexford. The four young males were seen in the vehicle, which was travelling on the Arklow Road at the time.
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5 days ago | 
thejournal.ie | Andrew Walsh
THE MAN AT the centre of yesterday’s shooting incident in Carlow town fired multiple shots into the town’s Fairgreen Shopping Centre, gardaí have said. The man self-inflicted fatal injuries during the incident. He has been identified as 22-year-old Evan Fitzgerald from the local area. He was on bail for serious firearms offences, including offences associated with an assault rifle he bought on the dark web.
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5 days ago | 
thejournal.ie | Andrew Walsh
MOUNT ETNA, EUROPE’S most active volcano, erupted early this morning and sent massive plumes of ash and smoke into the Sicilian sky, causing panic among locals and tourists. According to the Volcanic Ash Advisory Centre in Toulouse, ash plumes rose to around 6,400 metres high, triggering a “code red” aviation alert. A code red means that there is a “significant” amount of ash in the atmosphere. Despite the alert, the eruption will cause no threat to the public, experts have said.
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5 days ago | 
thejournal.ie | Andrew Walsh
AN IRISH PRO-PALESTINIAN activist is facing deportation from Israel this week after she was arrested by police in the occupied West Bank on Saturday. D Murphy, a 70-year-old woman originally from Cork, was detained by Israeli forces in the village of Khallet al-Dabaa in the Masafer Yatta region of southern Gaza. A court has since ordered her expulsion from the area.
