Breivik will challenge any ruling that declares him insane
The confessed mass killer says won’t appeal if he’s sentenced to prison – as long as he is declared sane.
View ArticleVerdict in Breivik trial due at 9am this morning
The trial of the man who has admitted killing 77 people in two separate attacks in Norway last year will hear a verdict from the judges this morning.
View ArticleAnders Behring Breivik found to be sane, sentenced to 21 years
The verdict was delivered at a court in Norway this morning.
View Article21-year-sentence does not mean Breivik will walk free in 2033. Here's why:
There is actually no limit to the number of times the court can extend the sentence.
View ArticleBreivik says he won't appeal 21-year jail term over killings
The man behind the Oslo and Utoya Island attacks says he rejects the court’s legitimacy and therefore can’t appeal.
View ArticleColumn: Breivik's victims have been largely forgotten during his trial
The 22 July 2011 attacks could have happened here, writes Ciara Galvin, and could still happen.
View ArticleNobel Prize season kicks off with medicine award
This week, some of the world’s top scholars will look to Stockholm and Oslo as the 2012 Nobel Prizes are announced.
View ArticleFrench and American scientists win Nobel Physics Prize
“I was walking with my wife [and] when I saw the Swedish area code, I realised,” said one of this year’s winners.
View ArticleAnders Behring Breivik complains about “sadistic” Norwegian prison conditions
Complaints range from not having a personal light and TV switch, censored phone calls, “screaming” prison mates and cold coffee.
View ArticleCCTV footage shows Anders Breivik parking van at explosion scene
The video footage also shows the damage done by the bomb which killed eight people.
View ArticleEnda Kenny to accept Nobel Peace Prize today
The Taoiseach will be present at the prize-giving ceremony in Oslo.
View ArticlePics: European Union collects the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo
Taoiseach Enda Kenny was among the great and the good at a ceremony in the Norwegian capital today to mark the awarding of the prize to the bloc.
View ArticlePFAI names squad for Norway tournament
The annual FIFPro tournament for out-of-contract footballers takes place in Oslo on Thursday.
View ArticleBreivik gives up his inheritance - to stop Norway giving it to his victims
Anders Behring Breivik would have inherited money from his late mother, but doesn’t want it to go towards his victims.
View ArticleConcern about right wing websites with Irish contributions
Online hate speech accounts for about 10 per cent of all cases of racism reported to the Immigrant Council of Ireland.
View ArticleOslo university snubs killer Breivik's application to study
The man who killed 77 people in July 2011 attacks wanted to study political science by distance learning.
View ArticleOPCW wins Nobel Peace Prize for work in eliminating chemical weapons
The organisation was named ahead of Pakistan activist Malala Youafzai.
View ArticleThree killed after man armed with knife hijacks bus in Norway
The identity of the suspect, who was himself injured according to Norwegian media, as well as the motives for the attack were not immediately clear.
View ArticleNorway's memorial to Utoya island massacre is stunning
The winning entry from Jonas Dahlberg shows part of a nearby promontory cleaved in two.
View ArticleNorway police try to identify man with no memory (but who speaks five...
The man speaks five languages and doesn’t know anything about how he turned up in Oslo.
View ArticleThe Winter Olympics are going to either Oslo, Beijing or Almaty in 2022
Bring a good warm coat.
View ArticleTutu calls on Norwegians to forgive mass murderer Breivik
The retired Archbishop said that not forgiving Anders Behring Breivik could be “corrosive”.
View ArticleMuslims form 'human shield' around Oslo synagogue
After prayers, the symbolic ring was formed outside the building.
View ArticleThese are the 10 most expensive cities in the world
You really want to be earning top dollar to live in any of these places.
View ArticleSex traffickers 'controlled victims using voodoo'
They resorted to “traditional Juju voodoo practices, including animal sacrifices” to control their victims.
View ArticlePilot who drank two bottles of whiskey and beer with crew before flight jailed
The 38-year-old was almost seven times the legal limit.
View ArticleMass murderer Anders Breivik taking case against state over prison conditions
He killed 77 people in a bombing and shooting rampage in 2011.
View ArticleNorway to appeal mass killer's human rights prison verdict
The court found that the right-wing extremist was subjected to “inhuman” and “degrading” treatment.
View ArticleRyanair flight from Norway evacuated after bomb scare
Police in Norway said that an earlier alert in Manchester made them take the threat seriously.
View ArticleMan gets stuck in public toilet trying to rescue a lost phone
He was overcome by nausea and vomiting.
View ArticleNorwegian mass killer Breivik loses case against his solitary confinement
The appeals court noted that Breivik was still trying to spread his extreme rightwing ideology.
View ArticleBars and restaurants evacuated after Norwegian police find bomb near subway...
The police Twitter account said it had been defused or neutralised.
View ArticleBarr claims second by narrowest margin in Oslo to maintain fine Diamond...
The Waterford man set a season’s best time to finish behind Norwegian world champion, Karsten Warholm.
View ArticleGunman armed with multiple weapons injures one before being arrested at...
The shooting occurred at the al-Noor Islamic centre in the town of Baerum.
View ArticleNorway mosque shooting being treated as 'attempted act of terror'
Only three people were inside the mosque at the time of the attack.
View ArticleArmed man arrested after stealing ambulance and driving into bystanders in Oslo
A child who was in a pram was injured in the incident.
View ArticleNorwegian man appears in court accused of mosque terror attack
Philip Manshaus is suspected of killing his stepsister and then storming an Oslo mosque with firearms last year.
View Article51-year-old passenger arrested after bomb threat made against Ryanair flight
It is the second similar threat against a Ryanair flight in a week.
View Article
