Iran’s president Ebrahim Raisi killed in helicopter crash – state TV Iranian president Ebrahim Raisi and the country’s foreign minister are among those found dead at the site of a helicopter crash after a search through a foggy, mountainous region of the country’s northwest, Iranian state media has reported. The crash comes as the Middle East remains unsettled by the Israel-Hamas war during which Mr Raisi (63), under supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, launched an unprecedented drone-and-missile attack on Israel last month. Ebrahim Raisi profile: A hardliner with an aggressive foreign policy News Public patients left waiting for vital cancer drugs: Public patients are facing “huge delays” in accessing potentially life-saving cancer drugs that have been available to all private patients since last year, resulting in poorer chances of survival, oncologists have said.
One in five children in Ireland live in households unable to buy them shoes: There was an increase of more than 30,000 in the number of children experiencing deprivation in the past year, a new report by the Children’s Rights Alliance has found. Teenager hospitalised after stabbing in Dublin city centre: A teenager has been taken to hospital after an incident in Dublin city centre left him injured. Dublin portal resumes with restricted hours and measures to curb antisocial behaviour: The portal between Dublin and New York City has reopened but the transatlantic link between the two cities will only.