Author: News Desk

At the Paris Fire Brigade’s brand new training facilities outside Paris, new recruits are excited to join the ranks of one of the emergency services to be deployed during the Olympic Games next year. Launching a hiring drive to find an extra 300 recruits, aiming to hire a total 1,200 for 2024, the brigade is competing with police, the army and private security companies to employ young people.

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Man given whole life sentence for Ashling Murphy murder Jozef Puska, 33, has been convicted of murdering schoolteacher Ashling Murphy has been handed a whole life sentence.  Puska, from Lynally Grove in Mucklagh, County Offaly, was found guilty at a court in Dublin last week. He attacked 23-year-old Ashling Murphy as she jogged on the banks of the Grand Canal near Tullamore, County Offaly, on 12 January 2022. Murphy was stabbed 11 times in the neck. Her murder caused widespread shock and horror and saw vigils pop up across Ireland and the UK. The court heard the two did not…

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