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Football legend Lionel Messi’s contract with Barcelona will not be renewed and will be leaving the Spanish club. According to a statement from FC Barcelona, a new contract agreement had been reached between the club and Messi, but…

WICKLOW: A seven-month-old Suffolk ram (a British breed of domestic sheep) sold for a record €44,000 in Wicklow. The record-breaking ram came from a farm in Ballybofey, Co Donegal. Farmer Richard Thompson described it as a "dream come…

DUBLIN: Home care services provider Home Instead has announced the creation of 1,000 new jobs across the country. The company currently employs about 4,000 people and serves nearly 7,000 clients across the country. It aims to care for…

TOKYO: Wrestler Ravi Kumar Dahiya won silver for India after losing in the final of the men's 57kg freestyle category against Russian two-time defending world champion Zavur Uguev on Thursday. The 23-year-old bagged India's second silver…

DUBLIN: While the entire country is on high alert for the COVID-19 pandemic, political leaders are partying by throwing public health guidelines "out the window." The gathering of friends and former colleagues, including Tánaiste Leo…

TOKYO: India's 41-year wait for an Olympic hockey medal came to an end on Thursday as they beat Germany to clinch the bronze medal at the Tokyo Olympics. The men in blue won their first medal since the 1980 Moscow Olympics, defeating…

DUBLIN: Parents are now spending more than the previous year to cover the cost of sending their children back to school, and many are going into debt as a result. A survey of more than a thousand parents found that the overall cost of…

Team India had a mixed bag of emotions at the ongoing Tokyo Olympics on Wednesday. Boxer Lovlina Borgohain took home a bronze medal after losing in the semi-finals of the women's welterweight (64-69kg). She was defeated by Busenaz…

DUBLIN: The National Meteorological Service has issued a nationwide Status Yellow thunderstorm warning for tomorrow (Thursday, August 5). The warning will take effect tomorrow 6 am and will remain until 7 pm. Met Éireann has…

Immigration specialists in India have recognised that, in an ever-changing world, the lives of overseas Indians may undergo significant changes in the future. Experts say new generations are opting new ‘pastures’ regardless of…