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Medical misadventure verdict at Aoife Johnston inquest |
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| A consultant at University Hospital Limerick has said the Emergency Department there was "like a death trap" on the weekend that Aoife Johnston presented at the facility. |
New York court overturns Weinstein sex crime conviction |
| Disgraced Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein's 2020 conviction for sexual assault and rape has been overturned by New York's highest court, reopening the landmark case that launched the #MeToo movement and highlighting the challenges of holding powerful men accountable. |
Over 25 Irish 'child abuse material victims' identified |
| Gardaí have identified more than 25 Irish children who have been victims of online child abuse material in the first three months of the year, a Policing Authority meeting has been told. |
Trial witness breaks down describing alleged rape |
| A witness in the trial of a man accused of 121 sex offences against young boys has broken down in tears as he described to a jury how he was allegedly raped when he was ten or 11 years old. |
Commissioner asks officers to revisit Stardust files |
| The Garda Commissioner has said he has asked officers to re-visit files regarding the Stardust disaster in which 48 people died. |
Robot uses AI to mimic human facial expressions |
| A robot capable of mimicking human facial expressions has been developed by engineers at Columbia University in the US. |
Legislation needed to 'fix' NI asylum situation - Harris |
| Taoiseach Simon Harris has said he believes legislation is necessary to "fix" the situation where people seek asylum in Ireland having previously been granted it in the UK. |
Three arrested over murder of Croatian man in Dublin |
| Three men have been arrested in connection with the murder of Josip Strok and a serious assault on another man in Dublin last month. |
'It takes over': Eating disorder patients struggle to find help |
| Lauren Gaffney developed an eating disorder in her early teens and was diagnosed with anorexia nervosa while in transition year. |
Man accused of having gun used in Blanchardstown attack |
| A man has appeared in court accused of taking possession of a submachine gun used in an attack at a west Dublin restaurant on Christmas Eve. |
Motorcyclist dies in suspected Carlow hit-and-run |
| A motorcyclist in his 30s has died in a suspected hit-and-run in Co Carlow. |
Teen guilty of manslaughter of 29-year-old man in Cork |
| A jury at the Central Criminal Court in Cork has found a teenager guilty of the manslaughter of a 29-year old man at a housing estate in Carrigaline three days after Christmas Day in 2022. |
Publisher feared alleged affair would hurt Trump campaign |
| Former National Enquirer publisher David Pecker testified at Donald Trump's criminal trial that he sought to silence a former Playboy model who said she had an affair with Mr Trump for fear it would hurt his 2016 presidential bid. |
Settlement reached over alleged misreported smear test |
| The family of a 41-year-old woman who died of cervical cancer has settled a High Court action over the alleged misreporting over a cervical smear test three years earlier. |
Dental recruitment embargo 'ludicrous' - Sinn Féin |
| Around 100,000 children are not getting the required dental treatment because of a "ludicrous" recruitment embargo imposed by the Government, according to Sinn Féin. |
Five dead in Rafah as ship comes under attack in Gulf |
| At least five people have been killed in Israeli airstrikes on the southern city of Rafah in Gaza, according to hospital officials, as a ship travelling in the Gulf of Aden came under attack. |
Date set for Burke defamation case against newspaper |
| Jailed teacher Enoch Burke's High Court defamation action over a newspaper report when he was in prison for contempt for the first time in 2022 is to be heard next week. |
US Supreme Court questions Trump immunity claim |
| US Supreme Court justices have questioned a lawyer for Donald Trump about the former president's claim of immunity from prosecution for his efforts to overturn his 2020 election defeat. |
Court declines 'troubled' boy's claim against Tusla |
| The High Court has declined to make a declaration that Tusla is in contempt of court by failing to provide a special care place for a "very troubled" 14-year-old boy. |
Jail term for man caught pouring cocaine down toilet |
| A 41-year-old man caught pouring cocaine down a toilet when gardaí raided his house has been jailed for three years at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court. |