Darragh Nolan

4 days ago | independent.ie | Darragh Nolan

Fellow Dubliner Agbaje was a contestant on series 10 of Love Island in 2023 and also took part in this year’s series of Love Island: All Stars. Aromoloran, whose mother Victoria is from Crossmolina in Co Mayo, was the runner-up on series seven of the show and also returned to the show on All Stars. Agbaje said she is sure Clarke, who is drawing comparisons to Maura Higgins, will get on well in the villa. "Dubliners are friendly.

4 days ago | independent.ie | Darragh Nolan

Analysis from the EU’s Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring System (CAMS) has shown smoke originating from wildfires in the Canadian provinces of Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Ontario has made its way across the Atlantic and reached Europe in recent days. Forecasts show further smoke is set to reach Europe later this week. Smoke initially made its way across the Mediterranean on May 18 and 19, and there were reports of smoke in Greece and the region around the eastern Mediterranean.

4 days ago | independent.ie | Darragh Nolan

A group of Trinity College students were among the tourists on a tour of the volcano when it erupted on Monday morning. The group were on holiday together celebrating their graduation. Alex Stoian, a recent chemistry graduate from Trinity College, said “things started to go awry” soon after they departed a tour bus to explore Mount Etna on foot. “The more you think about it you kind of get into that fight or flight kind of blur,” he told RTÉ’s Morning Ireland.

4 days ago | independent.ie | Darragh Nolan

Today will be breezy with a mix of sunshine and showers and highest temperatures of 12 to 16C. It will be coolest in the west and northwest of the country. "The weather will be quite unsettled for the rest of the week, with rain or showers every day,” Met Éireann meteorologist Linda Hughes said in this morning’s forecast.

4 days ago | independent.ie | Darragh Nolan

‘The probability of running in an election is high’ – from careers in politics to social media, five Leaving Cert students share hopes for futureStudents share their hopes for Leaving Cert 2025With the Leaving Cert about to get under way tomorrow, more than 66,000 students are on the home stretch. Any cramming left to do is firmly in last-minute territory, most CAO forms are long-since filled out and the nerves are surely beginning to set in.