A jobless welder, who tripped in a bus and seriously hurt himself while pushing past an elderly man on a Zimmer frame, has lost a €60,000 damages claim against Dublin Bus. Barrister Jeri Ward, counsel for the bus company, told the Circuit Civil Court that James Thomson had tripped on the old man’s walking aid […]
The man was filmed waiting near the Thai Embassy in London before taking the item when the street had emptied. The Sun reports that the shirt was left with a note dedicated to Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, who died alongside his assistants Kavenporn Punpare and Nusara Suknamai, pilot Eric Swaffer and his partner and co-pilot Izabela Lechowicz […]
A POLISH father of two died from horrific stab injuries after being attacked by a machete-wielding gang at his home in front of his terrified wife and children. The revelation came as the inquest into the death of gardener Mikolaj Wilk (35) was adjourned on the application of Gardaí as their murder investigation remains ongoing. […]
Leo Durrington was struck by a stolen white Ford Transit Connect van in Leigh, Greater Manchester, on Tuesday morning. The vehicle was being chased by police at the time. After providing first aid to the youngster while waiting for paramedics and an air to ambulance arrive, officers tracked down the van to Abram in Wigan […]
Dublin Fire Brigade was called out to more than 900 incidents overnight as people across the city celebrated Halloween. The vast majority of the calls related to illegal bonfires. “We received 904 ‘999’ calls into our control centre, 368 of these were Dublin fire calls (230 Halloween related) and 365 were Dublin ambulance calls,” the […]
An Irish woman was suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) when she killed her fiancé in Australia, a court has heard. Christina Cahill (27), known as ‘Tina’ and originally from Wexford, had been charged with the murder of David Walsh in their Sydney home. Mr Walsh (29) died after suffering a catastrophic injury to his […]
The numbers reveal a huge shift towards plant-based eating in the UK, with one in eight people now identifying as vegetarian or vegan. The release also comes days after the editor of Waitrose Food magazine, William Sitwell, resigned over an email in which he joked about “killing vegans”. The supermarket’s statistics show that 9.5% of […]
More than a third of the schools checked for structural problems will need work following on-site inspections. Assessments of all 42 schools built by Western Building Systems (WBS) have now been completed, with 17 requiring intervention, while inspection reports from a further 13 school buildings continue to be analysed. Ardgillan Community College in Dublin remains […]
She was born into wealth, and amassed a personal fortune of her own through both luck and canny investments. But never in her 93 years did Elizabeth O’Kelly think she was entitled to a cent of it. The quiet and unassuming heiress left her entire €30m estate to five charities and those close to her […]
Bus and rail drivers may pull services in anti-social hotspots following the latest serious assault on the Dart. The leader of a major transport union has warned Transport Minister Shane Ross and Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan of possible service disruption after the stabbing of a teenager on Dublin’s northside on Tuesday night. A man was […]