Saturday 19 June, 2021
Several hundred people gathered at the Christchurch Arena for a remembrance service that was also livestreamed.
A minute’s silence was observed across the country at 2.46 pm local time, the precise moment a 9.0 magnitude quake hit.
Today marks the 40th anniversary of the fire at the Stardust nightclub in Dublin where 48 young people died.
It was the last laundry in the State to close in 1996 and has become a focal point for potential memorialisation.
A digital broadcast from the Mansion House heard from Ireland’s last two Holocaust survivors, Tomi Reichental and Suzi Diamond.
A memorial for the 27-year-old was held near his home in west Dublin.
The three-shot victory was the Spaniard’s fourth on the PGA Tour.
Detective Garda Colm Horkan (49) was shot dead on Wednesday night in the town of Castlerea.
Civil rights activists and politicians gathered at the memorial for George Floyd, whose death has sparked protests across the US.
Shaquille O’Neal also spoke while Beyonce performed at a memorial event held at the Staples Centre.
Emma was diagnosed with cervical cancer in 2016.
Survivors and family members of the dead babies gathered at the site today.
Ulster Unionist Councillor of Newry David Taylor said that it was “another disgusting attack” on the memorial.
The 27-year-old’s bogey-free effort was the best final round by a winner in the history of the Jack Nicklaus-hosted tournament.
The family called off the search for Seamus Lawless yesterday evening.
Red paint was thrown over the tomb of the 19th century philosopher.
The Memorial Service for the 51 people who died will be held at St Finbarr’s Church at 11am today.
Similar memorials are in place elsewhere around the globe in Toronto, New York City and Durban, South Africa.
The World War I sculpture, which was on temporary display in Stephen’s Green, was vandalised last week.
Shepard was lured away from a bar in October 1998 by two young men pretending to be gay.
Barack Obama and George W Bush are among those speaking about the senator during today’s service.
John McCain’s remains will lie in state in the US Capitol tomorrow, followed by a funeral service on Saturday.
A private ceremony will be held this morning at the Arizona State Capitol Museum rotunda, where McCain will lie in state.
Galway County Council received 799 written submissions on what to do with the Tuam site where a mass grave was found.
Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald argues work should begin on a memorial on the site of the Sean McDermott St Laundry.
It features stones imported from all 32 counties.
The site on Sean McDermott Street is expected to be sold to a Japanese hotel chain.
Mandela died on 5 December 2013 aged 95.
Poppy wreaths were placed in Rosses Point ahead of Remembrance Day next weekend.
The Irish oak tree was planted to remember the 1.5 million Jewish children who died in the Holocaust.
President Higgins is on the third day of his week-long State visit to Australia.
Critics called it a “profoundly obvious omission”.
Someone call Neil Buchanan! There’s been an Art Attack.
Shaun Cunniffe said that the plaque should be removed to a museum so that people can discuss the issues around it.
Hundreds gathered for a memorial of Heather Heyer, who was killed after a white supremacist rammed a car into protesters.
A local councillor said family members of the victims have only recently moved into their new accommodation, which is near the site of the tragedy.
The shooting dead of the two young officers shocked the nation at the time.
A man shouted anti-Muslim slurs at two girls, then stabbed the two men who intervened to death.
A memorial plaque will be unveiled for Rescue 116′s Paul Ormsby in his home town of Ballyfermot.
