Exemptions for studying Irish to Leaving Cert due to learning difficulties have risen by just over 16pc in the past school year. The rise has coincided with the introduction of a new system which was intended to make exemptions “rare and exceptional”.
Germany's highest financial court has ruled that people go to Berlin's techno clubs primarily to appreciate the music rather than for the clubs' notorious cocktail of alcohol, dancing and anonymous sex.
President Donald Trump appeared to acknowledge losing the US election yesterday but then backtracked and said he conceded “nothing”.
Carrie Symonds will not be given any formal role or taxpayer funded office, Downing Street sources insisted last night as they applied the brakes to her expanding influence.
A Belgian racing pigeon called New Kim has been purchased for a record-breaking €1.6m at auction.
Belarusian police detained hundreds of people who took to the streets in mass demonstrations yesterday chanting “I'm going out”, the last known written words of an anti-government protester who died last week.
SpaceX's second crew has two military officers who played college football, a former space shuttle flight controller, and the first person in decades to launch aboard three kinds of rocketships. … Click to Continue »
