Former finance minister Michael McGrath faced three hours of questioning in the European Parliament in his bid to become commissioner for democracy, justice and rule of law. Mr McGrath required a two-thirds majority of a voting committee of MEPs to be approved as commissioner. While some nominees have been rejected during this process in the past, Mr McGrath is understood to have been successful and will be officially confirmed on November 21. Mr McGrath said measures would be developed to address the addictive design of many online platforms. Mr McGrath said people had been "devastated by the defective concrete block issue” and that it was important they received “full remediation”.

Two Offaly farms finalists in FBD Better Farming AwardsTwo Offaly farms have made it to the final of the FBD Better Farming Awards taking place on Thursday, November 7 in the Heritage Hotel, Killenard, Co. Laois. Fox Covert Partnership and Egan Family Farms are finalists in the prestigious FBD Better Farming Awards. Fox Covert Partnership are finalists in the Small Sustainable Food Producer of the Year category and Egan Family Farm are finalists in the Herdwatch Environmental Farmer of the Year category. Fox Covert Partnership are nominated in the category of Small Sustainable Food Producer of the year (under 20 employees). Egan family farm have been nominated in the category of Environmental Farmer of the year.

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Wes Streeting said the hospitality industry has “taken a real battering in recent years” and it is not “the right time” to ban smoking outside pubs, as was reported earlier this year. He said, however, that smoking and vaping could be banned in other public places in England under the Tobacco and Vapes Bill, being introduced to Parliament on Tuesday. Health Secretary Wes Streeting outlined plans to limit vaping (Lucy North/PA)Mr Streeting told LBC Radio the Bill will help “clamp down on the scourge of youth vaping”. He said: “We’re also proposing to regulate vapes – vaping outside schools and playgrounds – as part of a wider package to clamp down on the scourge of youth vaping, which will include licensing for retailers, enforcement and also clamping down on the marketing and vaping and advertising and packaging and flavours of vapes to kids. He said the “concentrations of toxic chemicals” from tobacco could be high even when outside or in covered outdoor areas.

Sir Chris Hoy feels ‘lucky’ to have time with family after cancer diagnosisBy PA Sport staffSir Chris Hoy admits his cancer diagnosis has put the pressure of his cycling career into perspective and insists he feels “lucky” to have time to spend with his family. During a BBC documentary titled ‘Sir Chris Hoy: Finding Hope’ to be broadcast on Tuesday, Hoy urged men – especially those with a family history of prostate cancer – to ask their GP for a free prostate-specific antigen (PSA) test. “When you hear terminal illness, terminal cancer, you just have this image in your head of what it is, what it’s going to be like. Sir Chris Hoy with the two gold medals he won at the London 2012 Olympics (Tim Ireland/PA) Photo by Tim Ireland“I can bring those images back like that. It felt like life and death in the moment when you were battling it out for an Olympic gold medal, but the stakes have changed dramatically and it is life and death.

She most likely has a mutation that she is something kinda inbetween. There are 3 different genetic mutations that can cause a female to have a Y chromosome and produce non functioning non visible internal testes and have higher testosterone. Also possible that her family or her country doesn't have access to these types of doctors and they never really knew what was going on. She isn't the only person to compete that has had these types of genetic mutations, the first was many years ago, like in the 40s or 50s. That is completely different than Will Thomas swimming against Rhiley Gaines.

DMG Ventures has launched two new £25million funds, targeting fast-growing start-ups across Europe and the US. And the Scale fund has already handed investment to CBD-infused mindful drinks group TRIP and cacao brand Blue Stripes. New York-based Blue Stripes, which has products in more than 1,500 US stores, is tackling waste in the chocolate industry by upcycling discarded cacao fruit into new products, such as drinks, snacks and granola. Rachel Muzyczka, partner at DMG Ventures, said TRIP and Blue Stripes represent ‘two of the best emerging food and beverage brands globally’. She added: ‘TRIP is among the most outstanding start-ups we have seen, while Blue Stripes’ team is team is second to none.

Joe McCarthy – Ireland have earned right to ‘feel confident’ facing New ZealandBy Ed Elliot, PALock Joe McCarthy believes Ireland have “earned the right” to feel confident of taking on the All Blacks as they attempt to banish bitter memories of last year’s agonising Rugby World Cup exit. Joe McCarthy was part of the Ireland team beaten by New Zealand at last year’s Rugby World Cup. “We’ve had a good track record the last few years, we’ve earned the right to have a bit of confidence going into games. Leinster second-row McCarthy has become a key man for his country, starting each of their seven matches in 2024. “But the beast keeps rolling on in rugby, you keep going on to the next thing and don’t look too far back.

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There are currently more than 400,000 English people living and working in Scotland and around 800,000 of us operating south of the Border. Neither we nor our ancestors earned our existence on one of the most affluent and climatically beneficent places on God’s earth. Our nation’s achievements are no more or less exceptional than those of many other small nations. Instead, we eventually allowed them a sort of twilight independence after signing the secret Sykes-Picot agreement with France that effectively carved up the region between the two European nations. Of course, if Scotland were to become independent we delude ourselves that we would establish a much more enlightened immigration policy than England’s and that “refugees are welcome here”.

One in five workers are struggling with illegal substance use, according to the latest Laya healthcare Workplace Wellbeing Index. The 2024 Index shows that 16pc of employees are addicted to or have an unhealthy relationship with Class A or illicit drugs. Overall, two in five Irish workers report addiction to or an unhealthy relationship with at least one substance, nicotine (29pc) and alcohol (21pc) being the most prevalent. The data shows that men, those aged 24 and under, and those with a disability or health condition are more likely to struggle with addiction. And senior managers are also more likely to report unhealthy relationships with substances compared to those in more junior roles.

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Cause for beatification of Sister Clare Crockett openedThe congregation of Sister Clare Crockett, a young nun who died in 2016 during an earthquake in Ecuador, announced the beginning of her cause for beatification. Nov 05, 2024Sister Clare Crockett is the subject of the documentary “All or Nothing.” | Credit: Photo courtesy of the Servant Sisters of the Home of the MotherBy Walter Sánchez SilvaThe congregation of Sister Clare Crockett, a young nun who died in 2016 during an earthquake in Ecuador, announced the beginning of her cause for beatification. The Servant Sisters of the Home of the Mother announced that the opening ceremony of Crockett’s cause will take place on Sunday, Jan. 12, 2025, at the Cathedral of Alcalá de Henares in Spain. Who was Sister Clare Crockett? On April 16, 2016, a magnitude-7.8 earthquake struck the Ecuadorian province of Manabí, killing at least 673 people, including Crockett.

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Speaking in the Northern Ireland Assembly on Tuesday morning, Matthew O’Toole said the world is focused on the outcome of the election. That’s been very difficult for those of us who believe that the US can play a positive role in the world. “These institutions, our agreement, would not exist as they currently exist without a positive active role by the United States, by successive administrations. We may not have returned last year to do our job had there not been positive, active engagement by the President Biden administration. “I want to acknowledge the enormously important and positive transformational role that an active US administration can play and has played here in Northern Ireland and on the island of Ireland, and to that end, the outcome of this election matters.”