The scene of a rear-ending collision on a minor Co Limerick road resembled a scene from “an emergency Isis attack” with three fire tenders, two ambulances, and gardaí called out, a judge said.

Terror in Paris and California is stoking the increasingly apocalyptic rhetoric of prospective US presidential candidates ahead of both parties’ debates this week, writes Bette Browne

The decision by the Irish government to recognize the state of Palestine is a welcome development, writes former president of Turkey Abdullah Gül.