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Irish actor debuts as 'father of atomic bomb' Oppenheimer in first teaser

Cillian Murphy has been pictured for the first time playing J Robert Oppenheimer, the man credited with the creation of the atomic bomb. The Peaky Blinders star, 46, takes on the role for Christopher Nolan’s forthcoming film about the Manhattan ...

29 Jul 2022 at 11:57

National News

Elderly Ukrainian man who survived four Nazi concentration camps killed by Russian blast

A 96-year-old man who survived four separate Nazi concentration camps during the Second World War (WWII) has been killed in the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv. The death of Borys Romanchenko was confirmed by the country's Minister of Foreign ...

22 Mar 2022 at 16:45

National News

Four crewmen killed while four were rescued after World War II bomber crashed into the sea off Irish coast

On this day back in 1942, four people lost their lives after a RAF World War II bomber crashed off the Donegal coast. The Liberator LV341 aircraft sunk as it plunged into the Atlantic Ocean following an explosion board. The aircraft ...

13 Aug 2021 at 14:37

National News

Second World War map sparks hunt for Nazi-looted treasure

A hand-drawn map with a red letter X purportedly showing the location of a buried stash of precious jewellery looted by Nazis from a blown-up bank vault has sparked a modern-day treasure hunt in a tiny Dutch village. Armed with ...

24 Jan 2023 at 15:59

National News

'The abyss of humanity' - Auschwitz survivors commemorate 78th anniversary

Survivors of Auschwitz-Birkenau have commemorated the 78th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi German death camp in the final months of the Second World War, with some expressing horror that war has again shattered peace ...

27 Jan 2023 at 14:42

National News

Army technicians safely secure World War 2 bomb found in Mourne Mountains

A Second World War mortar has been made safe at a natural beauty spot in Co Down. Police said a member of the public found the device, which is thought to have been buried in the ground for some time. Army technical officers ...

11 Apr 2023 at 16:38

Events & Listings

Laois TD to give oration at World War I memorial in Portlaoise

People who died in World War One and other conflicts around the world will be remembered at events in Laois in November. A remembrance ceremony for those who died in World War One and in subsequent conflicts across the ...

12 Nov 2023 at 08:52

Portlaoise

World War I Armisticee centenary marked at the 11th hour in Portlaoise

Corporal John Conroy was killed in World War I at the Battle of the Somme in August 1916. He was just 21. Last Sunday, November 11, young Steven Conroy recited a poem during the annual Armistice Day commemoration ...

14 Nov 2018 at 16:51

Local News

World War I memorial unveiled in Mountrath Peace Garden on Armistice centenary

Mountrath was among the towns around Laois that mark the 100th anniversary of the end of World War I on the centenary of Armistice Day on Sunday, November 11. The Mountrath Historical Society organised ...

14 Nov 2018 at 16:40

Mountmellick

Mountmellick marks World War I Armistice centenary with series of events

Mountmellick was among the towns around Laois that marked the 100th anniversary of the end of World War I. The town's World War I Research & Commemoration committee organised a fundraising event to ...

14 Nov 2018 at 16:19

Portarlington

Portarlington remembers its World War I fallen on Armistice centenary

Towns around Laois marked the 100th anniversary of the end of World War I. In Portarlington an Armistice Day ecumenical service of remembrance will take place on Friday November 9 at 8pm in St ...

14 Nov 2018 at 16:03

Events & Listings

World War I Armistice Day centenary events in Laois

Towns around Laois will mark the 100th anniversary of the end of World War I on Sunday November 11. Portlaoise will commemorate the local soldiers who died between 1914 and 1918 with a wreath ...

10 Nov 2018 at 23:33

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