Plans for Edinburgh 'mega Aldi' as proposals to expand store submitted
Plans for Edinburgh 'mega Aldi' as proposals to expand store submittedThe store would be expanded by over 300 sqm. Aldi on Oxgangs Road North (Image: Google)Aldi is seeing plans for a large revamp of its Edinburgh Oxgangs Road North store, according to documents submitted to Edinburgh Council. It would be composed of seven disabled/accessible spaces including two with EV charging, eight parent and child spaces, and eight spaces with EV charging - four standard and four rapid. An additional 39 spaces inside the car park would be "future proofed" for EV charging with the installation of necessary infrastructure. Reports have found most customers access the Aldi via a junction on Oxgangs Road North.
Source:Daily Mirror
March 19, 2026 15:14 UTC
Pentagon asks White House for $200BILLION as Trump considers deployment of thousands of troops for next phase in war with Iran
The Pentagon has requested $200billion for the war in Iran as President Trump considers deploying thousands of more troops to the region. Multiple sources told The Washington Post that Pentagon has asked the White House to ask for the funding from Congress. The deployments could help provide Trump with additional options as he weighs expanding US operations, with the Iran war well into its third week. But securing the Strait could also mean deploying US troops to Iran's shoreline, said four sources, including two US officials. A senior White House official told Reuters that Trump has various options for acquiring Iran's nuclear material but has not decided how to proceed.
Source:Daily Mail
March 19, 2026 15:13 UTC
Would YOU install a timer in your shower? Woke environmental scientists want Brits to install meters to help close England's five billion-litre water gap
Woke environmental scientists want Brits to install shower meters to help close England's vast water gap. Now, a group of researchers say that everyone should be doing their bit to cut the deficit by installing water meters in their showers. In one study, installing shower timers reduced the amount of time people spent under the water by 26 per cent. Likewise, research conducted in university student halls of residence found that installing shower timers saved 25 litres of water per shower on average. However, despite acknowledging the 'looming existential crisis' of water shortages, the researchers aren't convinced that shower timers should be mandatory.
Source:Daily Mail
March 19, 2026 15:13 UTC
Noa Lang posts update from hospital bed after horror injury in Liverpool clash
Noa Lang posts update from hospital bed after horror injury in Liverpool clashGalatasaray star Noa Lang was stretchered off with a nasty injury during the Champions League last-16 clash against LiverpoolView 3 Images Noa Lang has confirmed his surgery went well after sustaining a freak injury during Galatasaray's Champions League clash against Liverpool (Image: Paul ELLIS / AFP via Getty Images)Noa Lang has issued an update from hospital after undergoing surgery on a horror injury during the Champions League clash between Galatasaray and Liverpool. The 26-year-old has now posted an update on Instagram from Whiston hospital in Liverpool. View 3 Images Noa Lang issued an update on his injury to Instagram (Image: Noa Lang Instagram)Head coach Okan Buruk said after the game. Galatasaray issue statement as Noa Lang remains in Liverpool for surgery after injury READ MORE :A club statement on both players followed that in the early hours of Thursday morning. For Liverpool, it was a night to remember as they sealed qualification to the Champions League quarter-finals with a 4-0 second leg victory at Anfield.
Source:Daily Mirror
March 19, 2026 15:13 UTC
West Lothian 'beast' removed from home by police as protesters swarm house
West Lothian 'beast' removed from home by police as protesters swarm houseRaging protesters turned up outside his propertyHooded James Neill is led into the back of a police van (Image: Awareness Protection Group)A West Lothian grandfather dubbed the 'Beast of Boghall' was removed from his home by police after protesters turned up outside his house following his conviction for abusing young girls. James Neill, 82, was found guilty of abusing five school girls at Livingston Sheriff Court on Tuesday, March 17. Raging protesters turned up outside his property on Tuesday night after finding out Neill had been released back into the community. Footage shows a member of the group confronting him at the door of his house, with the beast seen brandishing a weapon. After Neill pleaded not guilty the victims bravely gave evidence in court and described the catalogue of abuse he subjected them too.
Source:Daily Mirror
March 19, 2026 15:13 UTC
Experience of being born in mother and baby home informed TD’s decision to oppose Bessborough development
Photograph: Alan BetsonPeople Before Profit TD Richard Boyd-Barrett said his personal experience of having been born in a mother and baby home informed his decision to oppose a proposed housing development at Bessborough, Co Cork. The protest was organised by Social Democrats’ Dublin city councillor Noelle Brown, a survivor of Bessborough, and a long-time campaigner on the issue of mother and baby homes. Campaigners stated that records show 923 children died in Bessborough between 1924 and 1994, but the graves of only 64 children are accounted for. Brown said the grounds of Bessborough amounted to a burial site and would be a “violation of those children’s rights to a respectful burial”. He said the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Bay Homes carried out a cartographic and landscape assessment of possible unrecorded burial arrangements in Bessborough and a site survey.
Source:The Irish Times
March 19, 2026 15:12 UTC
Michail Antonio opens up on new life in the Middle East - and the 'terrifying' moment he saw bombs raining down in Qatar - after joining new club just TWO days after Iran war
Michail Antonio has revealed he was left 'terrified' on his debut day for new club Al Sailiya due to bombings, as tensions continue to rise across the Middle East. His switch to Al Sailiya is a short-term deal, arranged after fellow Jamaica international Mason Holgate persuaded him to sign until the end of the season. The match between Al Sailiya and Al Shahaniya resumed shortly afterwards, with Antonio's side going on to clinch a 3-2 victory. Potter was later sacked a month after Antonio left West Ham, in September last year. He described how he had to 'swallow his ego' in an interview with BBC last year as he attempted to find a club after West Ham opted to let him leave.
Source:Daily Mail
March 19, 2026 15:11 UTC
Eviction notices: 20,000 tenants told to leave their homes in 2025
A big overhaul of the State’s private rental rules came into force at the beginning of this month. Photograph: iStockEviction notices increased by a fifth last year, with 20,033 tenants told to leave their homes, new data from the national rental oversight body shows. Steen said eviction notices, though rising, represent a “small figure” in the overall context of the rental market, which grew last year by 2.5 per cent. “A small cohort of the small landlord group have decided they wish to exit [the market]. “The sector is changing,” he said, adding that a rise in private landlord tenancies can be attributed in part to new large landlord stock coming on stream in Dublin.
Source:The Irish Times
March 19, 2026 15:11 UTC
Welsh club ward off French giants to keep hold of rising star in major boost
The news comes as a major boost to the Blue and Blacks, with the 19-year-old having been linked with a move to French giants La Rochelle. He also dotted down twice for Wales U20s in their recent Six Nations campaign. Speaking about his new senior contract, Bowen said: “I’m really grateful to be able to re-sign with my home club. I have enjoyed every moment so far and I’m looking forward to what the future brings at Cardiff. He is a young, exciting player who is a big part of our future," said Cardiff coach Corniel van Zyl.
Source:Daily Mirror
March 19, 2026 15:09 UTC
St Patrick’s role in setting the date for Easter in Ireland
In one form or another, the Alexandrian Easter reckoning, endorsed by Cyril, Bishop of Alexandria in AD 418, was to play a dominant role. By the tenth century, after many twists and turns, the Alexandrian Easter table had been adopted throughout the western world. Around AD 457, the Roman church changed from their 84-year table, the Romana Supputatio, to the 532-year Easter table devised by Victorius of Aquitaine. Thus, far from being behind Rome, Patrick’s disciples in Ireland were far ahead, using a table that determined the Easter date in agreement with the Alexandrian table later adopted by the universal church. This conclusion is consistent with the assertion of the Venerable Bede, that the monks of southern Ireland had “long before learned to observe Easter according to canonical custom”.
Source:The Irish Times
March 19, 2026 15:08 UTC
Retrofitting: Not the right fit for everyone
Sir, - Alan Burns’s letter on retrofitting and overheating was timely and to the point (“Those who can afford to retrofit can also afford to overheat their homes,” Letters, March 17th). In fact, it points to a two-tier society among those of us who are lucky enough to own our houses. The first group have vans outside their homes, scaffolding around the walls and busy workers fitting insulating material. Then there are those of us, pensioners, who retired over 20 years ago. We haven’t a hope in hell of getting a loan for home retrofitting, regardless of the available grants.
Source:The Irish Times
March 19, 2026 15:03 UTC
‘A Daffodil angel, as I called her, walked into a house full of very sad people’
“As a night nurse, I care predominantly for people at the end of their life,” says Rebecca Canty. “It is an extremely sad time of life and I provide nursing care for both the person who is dying and their family. “Nursing care is multidimensional ... so the goal of care is to support the personalised care and wishes of patients and families. “That time came on Friday, April 11th when the Daffodil angel, as I called her, walked into a house full of very sad people as we knew time was near and we would have to say our final goodbyes,” she says. “But we were reassured straight away – it was really special and meaningful when she came into the house in her navy jacket with a daffodil on it.
Source:The Irish Times
March 19, 2026 15:03 UTC
What to make of Collison-commissioned research on Irish economy
Photograph: Conor McCabeThere is a lot of hand-wringing about the Irish economy these days, be it infrastructure, housing or a perceived over-reliance on giant firms from overseas who could pull the plug whenever it suits them. John and Patrick Collison, whose payments firm Stripe is now valued at about $159 billion (€135 billion), have become more vocal about what they think the Irish economy needs. The research paper they commissioned from University of Galway’s Alan Ahearne, published on Thursday, is credible and urgent. That means tax incentives to attract more overseas workers here and boosting “entrepreneurial activity”. That would get more start-ups here and hopefully build big Irish companies as well as attracting the US giants of the day.
Source:The Irish Times
March 19, 2026 15:00 UTC
High-speed trains and cost
Sir, – Your correspondent David Traynor said that the money from Apple should be used to build a high-speed rail connection from Belfast via Dublin to Cork – an admirable idea but I fear he will be well out in the cost (March 17th). He thinks the €14 billion will complete the work, but that’s where I feel the scheme proposed falls down. Here in the UK the original HS2 was priced at £37.5 billion from London to both Manchester and Leeds. It is now reckoned that to Birmingham alone it will cost between £49 billion and £67 billion for a distance of 225km – half the length of his proposed scheme. He should return to the drawing board – particularly about the cost – and also take in the environmental assessments and their added costs.
Source:The Irish Times
March 19, 2026 15:00 UTC
Owners await demolition of Meath home built more than 20 years ago without permission
Chris and Rose Murray built the 588sq m (6,220sq ft) house at Faughan Hill, Bohermeen, Navan, in 2006 despite being refused planning permission by Meath County Council. On Monday, Meath County Council took possession of the home. Crowds gathered on Wednesday night outside the house in anticipation that Meath County Council, through a private contractor, will begin demolition works. [ Gardaí unable to locate couple whose Meath home was built without permission, judge toldOpens in new window ]“We have had enough. I have a family of three and they are in bits.”Meath County Council first took legal action against the couple in 2007.
Source:The Irish Times
March 19, 2026 15:00 UTC