Experts are predicting a rate cut to 4.5 – but signs of rising inflation leave the Bank walking ‘a tightrope’ for future reductions this year.

Jailing him for 28 years, with an extended licence period of eight years, Judge Sarah Johnston told the defendant: “These were no relationships – you manipulated and groomed these young girls, ...

A Hertfordshire County Council review designed to cut costs by £16m has resulted in 80 staff being made redundant, councillors have been told.

The Irish government was “missing in action” during the clean-up to damage caused by Storm Eowyn, a Social Democrats TD has said. Wicklow TD Jennifer Whitmore said the government can no longer “wash ...