Irish Independent : Independent

Tá tamall fada ann ó chuas go dtí mo chéad chluiche ceannais i gcraobh na Mumhan, 1991 i gcoinne Luimnigh agus bhí an t-ádh linn ár gcosa a thabhairt linn mar ní raibh idir na foirne ar deireadh ach dhá phointe.

A defiant Keir Starmer has clung on to power – for now – after four ministers quit his government and more than 90 Labour MPs called for him to go amid deep divisions within the party.

The number of breath tests being carried out on Irish roads has plummeted, despite the number of drivers increasing by nearly one million.

It’s well known that Ireland has a phoney GDP because it includes profits booked here for tax-efficiency purposes by multinationals.

I grew up in Lleida, a small city near Barcelona, which is where I studied medicine. My dad is an ophthalmologist, so I saw it at home. When I was 16 a friend of his had a charity project in Senegal – Fundacio Ferreruela-Sanfeliu – carrying out cataract surgery and I went out there to work as a scrub nurse and loved it.