Ireland women claim silver medal in 4x400m relay Ireland’s 4x400m women’s relay team took a brilliant silver medal on the last night of the European Athletics Championships in the Stadio Olimpico, Rome. Once the baton was passed to Sharlene Mawdsley starting the anchor leg in second place, it was clear another medal was most definitely on, with just the colour in the balance, and the Tipperary runner pushed the Netherlands’ Femke Bol to the limit down the home straight. News Catholic church cancels ‘incompatible’ concert by Dublin gay men’s choir: St Andrew’s Church on Westland Row in Dublin has cancelled a concert by the Dublin Gay Men’s Chorus on the grounds it believes the recital was to be “a Pride Festival event”, which it said “is not compatible with our mission”.
Irish company behind world’s first solar-powered duck food dispenser for public parks: During the Covid lockdowns Matthew Knight started bringing his little boy to feed the ducks at his local park in Carrigaline on the outskirts of Cork city. Flight from Scotland to Spain diverts to Shannon and passenger arrested after incident on board: A flight from Scotland to Spain that was crossing through Irish air space diverted to Shannon Airport in Co Clare on Wednesday afternoon, after the pilot requested permission to land following an incident on board. Taxi driver accused of raping two women described in court as ‘predatory’: A taxi driver accused of raping two different women in his .
