A mum-of-three has told a murder trial how her partner was shot to death at the front door of their home by a “young boy” in dark clothes. Michelle Usher told prosecuting counsel Shane Costelloe SC that she thought it was a joke until she heard a third shot and her partner Alan O’Neill screamed […]
A man who attacked his pregnant wife for burning a pizza, a day after she had gotten a job, has lost an appeal against the severity of his three-year prison sentence. Afghan national Muhammed Tajik (28), of no fixed abode, pleaded guilty to assault causing harm to Susan Wombsley at a flat on Lower Rathmines […]
A man has been remanded in custody after appearing in court in relation to an incident that sparked a nationwide CRI alert yesterday. The 30-year-old was brought before a sitting of Wexford district court shortly before 11am this morning. The Wexford man was charged with false imprisonment under Section 15 of the Non-Fatal Offences Against […]
French President Emmanuel Macron acknowledges widespread anger over fuel prices, but says won’t ‘change course’. French President Emmanuel Macron has proposed reviewing the tax rate on diesel and petrol every three months to take into account shifts in global prices. The plan outlined in a long-awaited speech on energy strategy on Tuesday came amid nationwide […]
A terminally-ill motor neurone disease sufferer has been refused permission for a challenge over the law on assisted dying at the UK’s highest court. The UK Supreme Court justices rejected a bid by Noel Conway to appeal against an earlier ruling in his fight over current legislation which prevents him from being helped to die. […]
Serial sex offender Patrick Nevin has been jailed for five and a half years for attacking a Brazilian student he met on Tinder. Nevin (37) was convicted last December of sexually assaulting the woman whom he had met for a first date, after they contacted each other via Tinder in July 2014. Last June he […]
Ireland can expect widespread rain and gales to hit ahead of the tail-end of Storm Diana this coming weekend. There are currently two weather warnings in place nationwide. A status yellow rainfall warning is in place for Munster, Dublin, Carlow, Kilkenny, Wexford, Wicklow, Galway and Mayo until 2pm today, with up to 30mm of rain […]
LONDON (REUTERS) – Former British Defence Minister Michael Fallon said on Tuesday (Nov 27) that it may be in Britain’s interests to delay leaving the European Union so negotiators can agree a better divorce deal. “This is not a good deal and we need a better deal,” Mr Fallon told BBC radio in an interview. […]
BRUSSELS (REUTERS) – Consumer agencies in the Netherlands, Poland and five other European Union countries asked privacy regulators on Tuesday (Nov 27) to take action against Google for allegedly tracking the movements of millions of users in breach of the bloc’s new privacy law. Google is already facing a lawsuit in the United States for […]
The family of a Kerry farmer killed by a neighbour when he drove a teleporter into him have said he was “physically torn apart that day” and then his character was “shredded” during the trial process. Tillage farmer John Anthony O’Mahony was described as a “decent and honest man” who was “good, kind and giving”. […]