More than 8,000 flights across the US have been cancelled over the weekend as a major storm bears down on the country, threatening to knock out power for days and snarl major roads. Roughly 140 million people are under a winter storm warning from New Mexico to New England. The US National Weather Service has warned of widespread heavy snow and a band of catastrophic ice stretching from east Texas to North Carolina. Forecasters say damage, especially in areas pounded by ice, could rival that of a hurricane. By Friday night, the edge of the storm sent freezing rain and sleet into parts of Texas while snow and sleet fell in Oklahoma. After sweeping through the South, the storm is expected to move into the north-east, dumping about a foot of snow from Washington through New York and Boston, the weather service predicted. Governors in more than a dozen states...

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Belfast’s Ormeau Park is being considered as a campsite for the Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann, the Irish News understands. The sprawling park in the south of the city is understood to be on a long-list of potential camping areas for the Fleadh, which is being held in Belfast for the first time this August. Read more: https://tinyurl.com/2tyzsdb9 Facebook

A fluffy Tufted duckling rests on its mother’s back on a summer’s day in Bushy Park in the leafy suburbs of south Dublin. Mum sits with pride as she floats along the pond in the park, as passersby stop to take photographs of the cute duo. This image “Tufty Duck” was captured on a Canon R7 with a zoom lens by Carol McCabe from nearby Rathfarnham who picked up her camera for the first time three years ago and began taking images of wildlife.  Today, she is the winner of the top prize for the reader’s photographer competition in the Irish Examiner. Carol McCabe, with her image of a tufted duck with baby on board that she took at Bushy Park in Dublin — the overall winner in the Irish Examiner Readers Photography Competition 2025. Picture: Moya Nolan “I spend a lot of time at the Dodder River down the road,”...

Newry’s Rachel Duffy has won the 2026 series of The Traitors along with Stephen Libby in a dramatic denouement. Rachel, who works in strategic communications, had previously said she would do “anything to win”. And she did just that, splitting a prize pot of £95,750 with Stephen, taking home £47,875 each. The two traitors remained faithful to each other in the endgame of the show, voting out all of the faithful players in turn to bag the prize pot. Rachel, from the city that straddles counties Down and Armagh, said: “It’s the best feeling in the world. I really thought it was such a big achievement to be the first female traitor to make it to the final. “And then to win. I think it will be a very long time until you get the smile off my face. “I’m really looking forward to not having to lie. “That’s a...

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Baches of infant formula manufactured by Danone in Ireland are being recalled due to a risk of contamination which can cause food poisoning. The Food Safety Authority of Ireland said on Friday that Danone is recalling specific batches of its infant formula and follow-on formula due to the potential presence of cereulide. The implicated products were manufactured in Ireland and exported to a number of EU countries, the UK, and third countries.  Danone said none of the implicated products have been distributed in Ireland. “The FSAI has notified the European Commission of this recall through its Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF) to ensure that all affected countries are notified,” a statement from the FSAI said. “This recall is associated with a contaminated raw ingredient which was also implicated in the recent recall of some batches of infant formula and follow-on formula by Nestlé. An ingredient, ARA oil,...

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After a decade-long closure, Cork’s iconic Savoy is set to reopen as a live music venue and cultural space, marking a new chapter in the building’s long entertainment history. The former Savoy Cinema first opened its doors to the public on May 12, 1932, ushering in a new era of entertainment for Corkonians. It was officially opened by the then Lord Mayor, Frank Daly, and was greeted with widespread excitement. The front page of The Echo the following day captured the mood of the city, declaring: “The whole proceedings were marked by wonderful enthusiasm, coupled with very apparent manifestations of civic pride in this latest acquisition to the city’s attributes.”  The Savoy, St Patrick Street, Cork. Picture: Larry Cummins 22.01.2026 At the height of its popularity, the 1930s-built Savoy seated up to 2,300 cinema-goers. It later became a cornerstone venue for the Cork Film Festival after the event was established...