A tourist helicopter has crashed into the Hudson River in New York City, killing all six people on board. The victims, the pilot and five passengers, are believed to include the parents and young children of a family from Spain.
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The US President admitted there are "transition costs" as a result of his tariffs. Global stockmarkets have slumped again after a short-lived bounce when the US announced it was pausing the trade taxes for 90 days.
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Uisce Eireann is investing €4m into the Atlantic pond pumping station after 2 days of flooding in January. Clean up costs after the flooding on Centre Park Road and Mongaghan Road cost €100,000.
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Cork city has been identified as the second noisiest city in Ireland Dublin took the top spot narrowly beating Cork and Galway which ranked second and third respectively in a Specsavers survey.