A Limerick man who claimed he broke his ankle after slipping on a a wet floor at the Copper Face Jacks nightclub in Dublin has sued in the High Court. Bar manager, Colin McNamara, was in the nightclub after attending an Ireland football match at the Aviva Stadium. He said he was in a basement […]
They have staged some of the most comprehensive protests seen in France since 1968, but who are the people making up the “gilets jaunes” (yellow vest) movement? The protesters, thus named because they sport the distinctive yellow high-visibility jackets required to be carried in every vehicle by French law, initially came together to demonstrate against […]
Cambridge University has denounced a “campaign of denigration” aimed at implicating one of its lecturers in the murder of an Italian student in Egypt. The “concerted efforts” against Dr Maha Abdelrahman happen despite her efforts to co-operate with the investigation, Vice-Chancellor Stephen Toope said. He said the rumours were “inaccurate, damaging and potentially dangerous”. Giulio […]
GARDAI investigated the death of a premature baby after a pack of abortion pills was handed to paramedics, an inquest has heard. Baby Angel was born prematurely at 24 weeks on March 4 2017 and died two days later. The cause of death was complications due to extreme prematurity but the cause of prematurity was […]
THE teenage son of murdered Limerick businessman Jason Corbett (39) has posted an emotional musical tribute to his late father. Jack Corbett (14), who is a talented singer, musician and rugby player, posted his version of ‘Dancing in the Sky’ as a Christmas tribute to his father and in remembrance of his late mother, Margaret […]
GARDAÍ have seized a car suspected of being used by a prolific burglary gang in a series of break-ins across two counties. The west Dublin crime gang are being investigated for at least five burglaries in recent days between the capital and Kildare, and have been “highly active” in recent months. It is understood that […]
It is designed to show if an early diagnosis programme could be “achievable and affordable” on the NHS. Currently in England, people are offered screening for breast, bowel and cervical cancer but not lung cancer, despite it being Britain’s biggest cancer killer. The study by University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH) and UCL […]
KATOWICE, POLAND (AFP) – Governments must protect citizens from the killer effects of climate change, movie tough guy-turned-statesman Arnold Schwarzenegger told AFP, insisting the United States was committed to a greener future despite President Donald Trump reneging on the Paris agreement. In an interview on the sidelines of a UN climate summit in Poland this […]
A rapist who was sent to a priest to be “fixed” was sentenced to 10 years in jail for sex attacks on two sisters and a third woman over the course of 12 years. Stephanie Hickey (46) and her sister, Deirdre Fahy (52), waived their right to anonymity so their abuser and brother-in-law Bartholomew Prendergast […]
PARIS (NYTIMES) – Incited by an impending rise in the gas tax and other economic issues, protesters in Paris, known as Yellow Vests for the neon yellow road workers’ safety vests they wear, have been rioting, looting and setting cars on fire for the past three Saturdays. Here’s what travellers to Paris can expect as […]