As Limerick CivicTrust launches its annual series of lectures, chief executive David O’Brien tells Pádraig Hoare about its work forging business and community partnerships.

The Garda Commissioner’s use of her private email account has highlighted the issue of cyber security. Acclaimed author and investigative journalist Luke Harding tells Joyce Fegan why he certainly does not consider email to be private messaging.

USA: A New York man is building his own sovereign nation called Zaqistan on a remote piece of land in Utah.

Conor Kane takes advantage of the new Waterford-London route and enjoys a day trip in the city.

Britain fell silent yesterday in tribute to victims of terrorism for the second time in less than a week as the July 7 bombings were remembered.

ONCE again, it’s that time of the year when I make a ton of New Year resolutions that despite all the evidence to the contrary I’m totally sure I will keep.

Simon Fisher Turner has put music to the 1924 film of a doomed attempt to climb Everest , writes Richard Fitzpatrick.

The memorial commemorating the victims of the July 7 bombings on London has been defaced just hours before survivors and bereaved families gather to commemorate the ninth anniversary of the attacks.

The news that Interpol has issued a “Red Notice” for terror suspect Samantha Lewthwaite cements her status as the most wanted woman in the world.

Newcastle have said they are “embarrassed and appalled” by the violent scenes that erupted after Sunday’s derby defeat by Sunderland, as police warned that more needs to be done to tackle disorder in English football.

Twenty four hours after winning an Olympic gold medal life has already begun to change for boxer Katie Taylor.

Up to 700 people were last night evacuated from New Zealand’s Olympics hospitality house after a fire.

The Olympic Council of Ireland chief executive Stephen Martin is counting down the days to the London Games. Want a flavour of his July?

OK, DAVID BAILEY, a little surprise quiz for you, because who doesn’t like a surprise quiz?

BRITISH Police patrolled transport hubs across London yesterday amid growing fears of a terrorist attack.

London ambulance crews “sat watching” the 7/7 atrocity unfold on TV for more than an hour before they were dispatched to one of the bomb sites, an inquest heard today.

Severely injured 7/7 survivors were trapped for more than an hour awaiting medical treatment because safety rules delayed firefighters from going down to a bombed train, an inquest heard today.

TWO of the 7/7 bombers posed as characters from the A-Team in joke text messages on the eve of their suicide attacks, it was revealed yesterday.

Inquests into the deaths of the 52 innocent people killed in the 7/7 bombings will begin today.

THE family of a woman killed in the July 7 attacksin London questioned whether the emergency services could have saved her after learning she survived for 45 minutes after the blast.

A 16-year-old girl whose body was found in a derelict yard in north London was probably strangled, according to the results of a post-mortem released today.

BRITISH MPs launched a major new inquiry into the July 7 bombings on the anniversary of the attacks yesterday.

A memorial commemorating the 52 victims of the July 7, 2005 terrorist bombings in London was to be unveiled today on the fourth anniversary of the attacks.

Detectives are investigating the theft of jewellery worth £250,000 (€296,137) which went missing after a photoshoot with Hollywood star Lindsay Lohan, it was revealed today.

Shane Meadows’s new film is a companion piece to the superb 'This Is England', crafting another coming of age tale, this time set against the backdrop of the titular area of central London buffered by Euston and King’s Cross mainline railway stations.

Commuters and survivors stood shoulder to shoulder with the families of victims today to mark the third anniversary of the London bombings.

THE discovery of a car bomb in central London comes just under two years since devastating suicide attacks rocked the capital.

AL-QAIDA’S trademark is meticulously planned, simultaneous terror attacks on multiple targets that are timed to cause maximum effect.

ARRIVING at Liverpool Street Tube station at 8.50am it was impossible not to remember that a year ago at that exact time three bombs exploded on the London Underground within 50 seconds of each other.

Millions will fall silent today for two minutes to mark the first anniversary of the July 7 London bombings.

Survivors of the UK's July 7 bombings said tonight that they are hopeful that some form of public inquiry will be held.

FAMILIES of the victims of the July 7 London bombings were joined by political and religious leaders for a memorial service in the historic setting of St Paul’s Cathedral.

Crimes motivated by religious hatred have jumped by nearly 600% in London since the July 7 bombings.

Police were today investigating the cause of a fire on a bus in central London.

A suspected would-be suicide bomber was captured in a dramatic armed raid by British police and MI5 today.

A suspected would-be suicide bomber was captured in a dramatic armed raid by British police and MI5 today.

The London bombers left a stash of 16 unexploded bombs in a car, some packed with nails, it was revealed today.

The July 7 plot in which four suicide bombers killed 52 people on the London transport network may have been much larger than previously thought, it was revealed today.

YESTERDAY’S second wave of attacks on London bear striking similarities with the devastating July 7 atrocities.

The death toll from last week’s London suicide bombings stands at 55 today after another victim lost his fight for survival and his girlfriend was formally identified.

Police in Jamaica have interviewed the father of 19-year-old London suicide bomb suspect Germaine Lindsay, the British High Commission said today.

Police have tonight released the first picture of all four suicide bombers together in a bid to find out more about their final movements.

The death toll from last week’s suicide bombings in London rose to 55 today after another victim lost his fight for survival.