A jury has been sworn in for the trial of five men accused of the murder of a council worker shot dead at her home. Ashley Dale, 28, an environmental health worker, was found with a gunshot wound in the back garden of her house in Old Swan, Liverpool, on […]
THE GENERAL SECRETARY of a military officers’ group has launched a stinging attack on “dismissive” and “frustrating” on civil servants in the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (DPER). Lieutenant Colonel Conor King of the Representative Association of Commissioned Officers (RACO) made the comments in opening remarks before the Joint […]
A woman who stabbed her husband with a kitchen knife during an argument while cooking their tea has been sentenced to life with a minimum term of nine years. Teresa Hanson fatally wounded construction manager Paul Hanson in the kitchen of their home in West Cowick, East Yorkshire, three days […]
A 16-year-old boy who was stabbed to death near his home has been named by police. Taye Faik died after he was injured just before 11.30pm on Sunday in Kendal Gardens, Edmonton, north London. The Evening Standard reported that he was attacked by a pair of masked men. Detective Chief […]
A 13-year-old boy has admitted killing a grandmother by driving over her in her own car. Marcia Grant, 60, died outside her home in the Greenhill area of Sheffield on April 5. The youngster, who was 12 at the time of the incident and cannot be named, was due to […]
HEALTH MINISTER STEPHEN Donnelly will this morning present Cabinet with draft legislation that would see pharmacists allowed to prescribe some medications, in a move that will help alleviate pressure on GPs. Donnelly will today seek Cabinet approval to publish a general scheme and draft of the Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill. […]
Met Éireann said it would be willing to drop its choice of Ciarán from a list of storm names after colleagues in the Netherlands queried how they were supposed to pronounce it. In discussions, the Met said it was with its choice of ‘Fergus’ as one of the Irish names […]
Sir Billy Connolly’s wife Pamela Stephenson has said that the comic had “a couple of serious falls” after they noticed his balance was deteriorating. Scottish comedian Sir Billy, 80, was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease 10 years ago on the same day he found out he had prostate cancer, which he […]
When Mary Lou McDonald recovered from a medical procedure recently, she reintroduced herself to the public by underlining Sinn Féin’s priorities over the coming months. “Housing, housing, housing,” said the Sinn Féin leader. McDonald intimated that she had spent some time away engaging with people — hospital personnel, nursing staff […]
A NURSE WORKING at a CAMHS inpatient unit caring for children with eating disorders has said that “constant” errors with his pay over two and a half years have made him consider moving to the private sector, while also making applying for a mortgage difficult. Anthony Corbett is a Dublin-based […]
