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Pauline Finlay was last seen on a Wexford beach in 1994

Exhumation approved over case of missing Irish woman

A Welsh coroner has approved the exhumation of remains to establish if they are those of Irish woman Pauline Finlay who disappeared in Co Wexford 23 years ago.

UK • 05 Dec 17

Emergency services at the scene in rural Wales

Father and five children believed dead in Welsh fire

A father and five young children are believed to have died in a fire at a farmhouse in rural Wales.

News • 31 Oct 17

Men aged 30 and 48 were detained during a raid by counter-terrorism officers at a home in Newport

Two further arrests in Wales over London tube attack

Two more men have been arrested in connection with the Parsons Green bombing, taking the total to five, Scotland Yard said.

UK • 20 Sep 17

The victims' bodies were found with the wreckage of the helicopter in the Rhinog mountains near Trawsfynydd yesterday (Pic: North Wales Police)

All five bodies recovered after Wales helicopter crash

The bodies of all five people who died when their helicopter crashed in Snowdonia in Wales earlier this week have been recovered.

News • 31 Mar 17

Two of the victims have been named locally as Kevin and Ruth Burke

Welsh helicopter crash victims members of same family

Police have said the victims of yesterday's helicopter crash in Wales are all adults and part of the same extended family from the Milton Keynes area.

News • 31 Mar 17

The British govt is appealing against a ruling that Prime Minister Theresa May must seek MPs' approval to trigger Brexit

Scotland, Wales allowed to join Brexit court case

Both the Scottish and Welsh Governments are to be allowed to intervene in a court battle over how the Brexit process should be formally triggered, the Supreme Court has announced.

News • 18 Nov 16

Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has pledged to explore all options to keep Scotland in the EU

Reverse Greenland plan could keep the North in EU

A proposal which could allow England and Wales to withdraw from the European Union and allow Northern Ireland and Scotland to retain its membership has been hailed by Nicola Sturgeon.

News • 13 Aug 16

Theresa May will be appointed the UK's prime minister on Wednesday

Theresa May: 'Brexit means Brexit'

Theresa May has promised to lead the UK out of the European Union as prime minister, rejecting proposals to ignore the referendum result.

News • 11 Jul 16

Copies of the London daily newspaper the Evening Standard ran the Brexit story on its front page today

UK votes to leave the EU in historic move

People in Britain - and around the world - reacted with shock today to the United Kingdom's decision to leave the European Union.

News • 25 Jun 16

52% of people in the UK voted to Leave the EU

Graphics: Breakdown of EU referendum results

While the UK voted to Leave the EU, not all regions backed a Brexit.

News • 24 Jun 16

President Higgins addresses the Ireland-Wales Programme at Swansea University

President Higgins thanks people for support

President Michael D Higgins has thanked the Irish people for "the sheer warmth of support" they have shown him in his three years in office.

News • 28 Oct 14

This evening President Higgins read from the unfinished Dylan Thomas poem "Elegy"

Higgins pays tribute to poet Dylan Thomas in Wales

President Michael D Higgins has paid tribute to Dylan Thomas, calling him "one of the great giants of poetry" as Wales celebrates the centenary of the birth of one of its most celebrated literary figures.

News • 27 Oct 14