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Man dies after falling into the sea in West Clare  
Man dies after falling into the sea in West Clare  
It is understood the victim was fishing with another man at the time. An onlooker who witnessed the incident unfold called emergency services

Wed, 12 Jul, 2023

Data shows how many Russians have died in Ukraine
Data shows how many Russians have died in Ukraine
Nearly 50,000 Russian men have died in the war in Ukraine, according to the first independent statistical analysis of Russia’s war dead.

Mon, 10 Jul, 2023

Greek island deaths
Greek police await autopsy results as families prepare to return home
Andrew O’Donnell and Max Wall from south Dublin both died while on a trip to the small island of Ios with their Leaving Cert classmates from St Michaels’ College

Wed, 05 Jul, 2023

Deaths rise as number of births in Ireland continues to fall
Deaths rise as number of births in Ireland continues to fall
The CSO said 798 teenagers had babies in 2022, which was a rise of 99 from the year before

Fri, 26 May, 2023

Tributes pour in for talented Irish boxer killed in crash
Tributes pour in for talented Irish boxer killed in crash
Oran Gethins was a member of the Sean McDermott’s boxing club in Sligo. A very talented boxer, he had won an Irish title when he was just 16 years old

Sun, 23 Apr, 2023

Minister to bring memo to Cabinet on death registrations 
Minister to bring memo to Cabinet on death registrations 
Currently, deaths can be registered in Ireland up to three months after they take place, compared to other European countries where they must be registered within 24 hours

Thu, 20 Apr, 2023

Gardaí to interview women who witnessed Galway tragedy 
Gardaí to interview women who witnessed Galway tragedy 
John Keenan, aged 16, Wojcieck Panek, 17, and Christy Stokes, 19, died after their car entered the River Corrib at Menlo Pier in the early hours of Saturday morning

Sun, 12 Feb, 2023

PSNI stock
Police investigating deaths of two people at Belfast apartment
Police have launched an investigation following the deaths of two people at an apartment in Belfast. The deaths occurred at a property in the Annadale Crescent area of the city on Saturday, police said.

Sun, 05 Feb, 2023

Celebrity deaths of 2022: Olivia Newton-John, Meat Loaf, Angela Lansbury and more
Celebrity deaths of 2022: Olivia Newton-John, Meat Loaf, Angela Lansbury and more
The past year saw a number of shocking and unexpected deaths of much-loved celebrities

Tue, 27 Dec, 2022

South Africa Teens Nightclub Deaths
Methanol found in blood of teenagers who died in South African tavern
A toxic chemical has been identified as a possible cause of the deaths of 21 teenagers at a bar in the South African city of East London last month.

Tue, 19 Jul, 2022

South Africa Nightclub Deaths
Mystery remains over deaths of 21 teenagers at South African nightclub
South African authorities are seeking answers after 21 under-age teenagers reportedly celebrating the end of school exams died in a mysterious incident at a nightclub.

Mon, 27 Jun, 2022

South Africa Nightclub Deaths
Cause of death of 20 people in nightclub unknown
Police in South Africa are investigating the deaths of at least 20 people at a nightclub.

Sun, 26 Jun, 2022

New data shows 115 homeless people died in Dublin last year
New data shows 115 homeless people died in Dublin last year
Department of Housing said addressing homelessness is a 'key priority' for the Government

Tue, 19 Apr, 2022

Switzerland Falling Deaths
Three adults and child killed after fall from Swiss seven-storey building
Three adults and a child have died and a teenager has been seriously injured after falling from a seven-storey residential building in the lakeside town of Montreux, in Switzerland.

Thu, 24 Mar, 2022

Switzerland Falling Deaths
Four found dead at bottom of seven-storey building in Switzerland
Swiss daily Blick, citing an unidentified police official, said the five had jumped from a building

Thu, 24 Mar, 2022

Coronavirus - Tue Jan 12, 2021
Global Covid death toll ‘may be more than three times higher than recorded’
The actual number of deaths due to the Covid-19 pandemic may be more than three times higher than official records suggest, according to a new study.It is estimated that more than 18.2 million people may have died because of coronavirus by the end ...

Mon, 14 Mar, 2022

Coronavirus
Covid deaths surpass six million but some believe true figure may be 23.5m
The global death toll from Covid-19 has eclipsed six million — underscoring that the pandemic, now in its third year, is far from finished.

Mon, 07 Mar, 2022

Coronavirus - Tue May 5, 2020
Cork has had highest number of Covid deaths in Munster
There have been 6,399 notified deaths among Covid-19 cases since March 1, 2020

Thu, 17 Feb, 2022

Coronavirus - Tue Dec 21, 2021
Rising hospital numbers 'concerning' as 40 Covid-related deaths reported
The Department of Health also confirmed 17,656 further cases of Covid-19 this evening.

Wed, 05 Jan, 2022

Virus Outbreak Deadliest Year
This year on track to surpass 2020 as deadliest in US history
Health officials in the US say 2021 is on track to surpass last year as the deadliest year on record.

Wed, 22 Dec, 2021

FILE PHOTO An Bord Pleanala has refused planning permission for a 179-unit apartment development on the site of the Bessborough
Number of young people known to care services who died rises by a third
Of the 30 who died in 2020, seven died by suicide

Mon, 15 Nov, 2021

Coronavirus - Tue Jul 13, 2021
UK’s wider Covid-19 death toll passes 160,000
The ONS figures provide the fullest picture so far of how the Covid-19 pandemic has unfolded in the UK

Tue, 21 Sep, 2021

Coronavirus - Mon Apr 5, 2021
Covid drops to 24th leading cause of death in England
Covid-19 dropped to the 24th leading cause of death in England last month, new figures show.A total of 333 deaths were due to coronavirus in May, the equivalent of 0.9% of all deaths registered in England, according to the Office for National ...

Fri, 18 Jun, 2021

Coroners consider holding inquests into nursing home Covid-19 deaths
Coroners consider holding inquests into nursing home Covid-19 deaths
Coroners in Cork and Louth are investigating concerns raised by relatives of loved ones who died in nursing homes

Tue, 13 Apr, 2021

Mortality rates
Excess deaths in UK among highest levels in Europe for under-65s last year
Deaths for this age group were 7.7% higher than the equivalent average figure for the years 2015 to 2019

Fri, 19 Mar, 2021

Coronavirus - Wed May 6, 2020
22 further Covid-related deaths reported in Northern Ireland
Provisional data indicates no care home residents died with Covid-19 in this most recent week covered

Fri, 12 Mar, 2021

Special report: Death and despair on Ireland's streets
Special report: Death and despair on Ireland's streets
It's been just over a year since a general election that was run on the twin issues of housing and homelessness. In that year, an unprecedented global pandemic has utterly changed Irish life. With people confined to their houses, those without homes are dying in unprecedented numbers. More people known to homeless services are dying — and everyone wants to know why, and how to stop it, writes Noel Baker

Mon, 15 Feb, 2021

Michael Clifford: To die on the streets is an unthinkable way for a life to end
Michael Clifford: To die on the streets is an unthinkable way for a life to end
A new report from the Dublin Regional Homeless Executive says a total of 79 people categorised as homeless died in 2020 in the capital

Thu, 04 Feb, 2021

Coronavirus - Wed May 6, 2020
Northern Ireland records 150 more deaths with Covid-19
It was the second-highest weekly toll since the pandemic began.

Fri, 29 Jan, 2021

Coronavirus - Mon Apr 20, 2020
Why the UK’s Covid death toll has passed 100,000 a second time
Since the early weeks of the coronavirus pandemic in the UK, there have been two ways of measuring deaths.

Tue, 26 Jan, 2021

Coronavirus - Wed Jan 13, 2021
UK records highest number of daily Covid-19 deaths since outbreak began
Public Health England said the figure was of those who had died within 28 days of testing positive for Covid-19 as of Tuesday, bringing the UK total to 91,470

Tue, 19 Jan, 2021

Coronavirus - Mon Apr 20, 2020
UK’s wider Covid-19 death toll passes 100,000
More than 100,000 deaths involving coronavirus have occurred in the UK, according to the latest figures.

Wed, 13 Jan, 2021

Coronavirus – Thu Aug 13, 2020
More deaths in England and Wales in 2020 ‘than any year since 1918’
1918 was the year of the “Spanish flu”, when 611,861 deaths were registered

Tue, 12 Jan, 2021

Homelessness Stock
Men found dead in Waterford homeless hostel named locally
Two men found dead in a Waterford hostel last night have been named locally as Paul Crotty and Mark Lyons - both in their mid-forties and from County Waterford.

Fri, 04 Dec, 2020

Coronavirus - Sat Apr 18, 2020
UK’s official Covid-19 death toll passes 60,000
The British Government said on Thursday that a further 414 people had died with 28 days of testing positive for the virus.

Thu, 03 Dec, 2020

Coronavirus - Tue Nov 24, 2020
10-year-old boy becomes one of UK’s youngest Covid-19 victims
The parents of a 10-year-old boy, who is thought to be one of the youngest victims of Covid-19 in the UK, have spoken of their “indescribable” pain following his death.

Tue, 24 Nov, 2020

Coronavirus - Sat Nov 7, 2020
Deaths involving Covid-19 in the UK pass 70,000
Figures published on Friday by the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency show 1,227 deaths involving Covid-19 had occurred in Northern Ireland.

Fri, 20 Nov, 2020

Coronavirus - Wed Oct 14, 2020
Another 78 Covid-19 deaths in Northern Ireland
The overall toll has reached 1,141, Nisra data covering the week from October 31 to November 6 said

Fri, 13 Nov, 2020

Coronavirus - Tue Nov 3, 2020
UK coronavirus death toll passes 50,000
More than 50,000 people have died after testing positive for coronavirus in the UK, new figures show.

Wed, 11 Nov, 2020

Coronavirus - Sat Nov 7, 2020
UK deaths involving Covid-19 pass 65,000
Just over 65,000 deaths involving Covid-19 have now occurred in the UK, according to the latest available figures.

Mon, 09 Nov, 2020

Irish Examiner view: A violent week’s harsh lessons
Irish Examiner view: A violent week’s harsh lessons
Violent, family tragedies are writ all too large across this week

Fri, 30 Oct, 2020

Bodies found in Dublin
Gardaí investigate 'unexplained' deaths of mother and two children in Dublin
Gardaí got a call to the Llewellyn estate in Ballinteer where they discovered three fatalities, an adult female and two children aged 11 and six years of age

Wed, 28 Oct, 2020

Coronavirus - Tue Oct 13, 2020
‘Concerning’ rise in Covid-19 fatalities as UK sees highest daily deaths since June
Public Health England (PHE) has warned the rise in Covid-19 deaths is “hugely concerning” as the UK sees the highest daily figure in four months.

Tue, 13 Oct, 2020

Coronavirus - Wed Jun 10, 2020
887 people in total have died from Covid-19 in Northern Ireland
Eight deaths involving Covid-19 occurred in the week ending September 11 in Northern Ireland. The overall toll stands at 887. Half took place in hospital and 40% in care homes.

Fri, 18 Sep, 2020

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