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Monday 27 March 2023 Dublin: 5°C

# Donaghmede

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# Classrooms
Parents express 'horror' at prefab conditions at North Dublin secondary school
Photographs from inside prefabs at Gaelscholáiste Reachrann in Donaghmede show damaged walls and ceilings.
# Donaghmede
Gardaí investigating 'shocking' attack on City Bin Co worker
The attack occurred this morning.
# Donaghmede
Man (30) shot a number of times in north Dublin
The man is in a serious condition in Beaumont Hospital.
# Shooting
Gardaí investigating after shots fired outside Donaghmede Shopping Centre
It is believed that the shots were fired at a male.
# Dublin
Man acquitted of Warren O’Connor's murder
The former soldier died from a single stab wound to the neck in 2010.
# Dublin
Nurse tells murder trial man had knife 'embedded' in chest with handle 'snapped off'
Gary Watson is charged with murdering former soldier Warren O’Connor nine years ago.
# High Court
Teacher who lost €75,000 case against McDonald's after teenagers insulted him appeals decision
Christian Morris had previously brought a defamation suit against McDonald’s Donaghmede after a group of teenagers called him ‘a paedophile and a faggot’ and stole his phone.
# Courts
Dublin school teacher loses €75,000 case against McDonald's after teenagers insulted him in restaurant
Christian Morris brought a defamation suit against the north Dublin fast food restaurant after a group of teenagers called him ‘a paedophile and a faggot’ and stole his phone.
# Dublin
An 'exceptionally drunk burglar' fell asleep in the kitchen of a house he was raiding
Mark O’Mahony has 86 previous convictions and was jailed for two years.
# sean macdermott street
Four units attend as Dublin Fire Brigade battles blaze in north inner city
Dublin Fire Brigade also managed to save two family members as it fought a blaze in Donaghmede early this morning.
# Donaghmede
Two men arrested after two bags of coins stolen from delivery van
The suspects became involved in an altercation with gardaí.
# Donaghmede
Woman (69) struck by car on Thursday dies from her injuries
Gardaí are appealing for witnesses to the crash, which happened on the Grange Road in Donaghmede.
# serious condition
Pensioner in her 70s seriously injured in road crash
The woman is being treated in Beaumont Hospital.
# New Priory
Council says first phase of Priory Hall apartments have been fully refurbished
It was confirmed earlier this week that the council would be asking councillors for the go-ahead to sell the first phase of the apartments.
# Donaghmede
'I'm totally lost without you, I'm broken': Vincent Ryan funeral hears of girlfriend's heartbreak
Kelly Smyth told mourners they were supposed to get married, but that happy future has been taken from her now.
# Funeral
Murdered Vincent Ryan was a devoted new dad who died "suddenly and violently"
He was shot dead last week.
# Dublin
Two men due in court after massive drugs bust worth €2.1 million
The men are aged 25 and 52.
# Donaghmede
Massive north Dublin drug bust seizes €2.1 million stash
The raid was carried out by gardaí shortly after 7.30pm last night.
# Arrest
Man arrested in connection with 2011 stabbing of woman
The 44-year-old woman received serious stab wounds.
# fresh start
Refurbishment works to begin on Priory Hall - and there are hopes for a name change
The works are expected to take two years to complete.
# raheny says no
From a trickle... Water protests now springing up all over Dublin 5
Residents and activists have been turning out at a number of estates in the Raheny/Donaghmede/Edenmore/Kilbarrack area.
# Creche Shooting
Man shot in the face outside creche dies
The man was shot once outside a Donaghmede creche.
# Explosion
Pipe bomb explodes in Dublin garden of elderly woman
Gardaí said nobody was injured in the explosion.
# Priory Hall
'No ill will': Stephanie Meehan's classy response to McFeely suicide comment
In a new interview, Priory Hall developer Tom McFeely said he couldn’t be held responsible in any way for the death of Fiachra Daly.
# No Apologies
I don't think Priory Hall is a shoddy building --- Tom McFeely
“I don’t think it is any different than most of the other buildings in Dublin.”
# Priory Hall
Stephanie Meehan says decision to give her McFeely cash a “very thoughtful gesture”
€5,000 of the €200,000 found at the developer’s old home in September was released to the house’s new owners, and they’ve decided to pass it on to the former Priory Hall resident.
# Priory Hall
"Our citizens were failed": President welcomes Priory Hall residents to Áras
President Michael D Higgins said he hoped they could look forward to a new year in which they could “move out of the shadows of anxiety, hurt and disappointment and look forward to new possibilities”.
# Priory Hall
Hogan hopes Priory Hall proposals will be seen as 'balanced, equitable and fair'
The government has put forward proposals to resolve the long-running plight of the former residents of the derelict and dilapidated Donaghmede apartment complex.
# Priory Hall
“Breakthrough” as Priory Hall residents are offered a deal
The Environment Minister has said that a deal will reflect the circumstances of what he called “one of the worst examples of the failures of the Celtic Tiger”.
# Priory Hall
Announcement on Priory Hall expected as 21 day deadline ends
Minister Phil Hogan’s self-imposed three week deadline to find a solution ends today. Talks with residents and other stakeholders have been ongoing.
# work bxxch
Meet the Irish woman who co-wrote Britney Spears' new single
She’s in her twenties, from Donaghmede, and got her start as a kid on the Late Late Toy Show.
# stephanie meehan
Priory Hall resident whose partner died by suicide welcomes 21 day timeline for solution
Minister Phil Hogan has tasked Department of Environment officials with the job of talking to all the stakeholders at the Donaghmede complex and proposing a solution within the next three weeks.
# Priory Hall
Taoiseach: ‘I don’t have any objection to meeting the Priory Hall residents’
Kenny was speaking at a press conference to launch Fine Gael’s referenda campaigns today when he was asked about the situation at the uninhabitable apartment complex in north Dublin.
# Priory Hall
Hogan still expecting report on Priory Hall, despite reports mediation has collapsed
The former residents believe that the process has fallen apart, with bank bosses indicating last week they would seek their own solutions for mortgage-holders.
# Finance committee
Bankers' answers on Priory Hall prompt "massive worry" among residents
AIB boss David Duffy said this week the bank would pull out of a process aimed at reaching a solution for all of the residents, and try and reach deals with just its own customers.
# Priory Hall
Bank of Ireland and Ulster Bank accused of having no solutions on Priory Hall
CEOs Richie Boucher and Jim Brown came under pressure from TDs today to explain what they were doing to help former residents of the abandoned Donaghmede apartment complex.
# Priory Hall
Explainer: What is happening with Priory Hall?
What’s it costing us? Why isn’t it sorted? Was there no insurance? Where is the builder? All your questions, answered.
# Priory Hall
AIB promises to engage over Priory Hall as Minister says it may be demolished
The environment minister says that he cannot give a time frame on when action will be taken on Priory Hall, for fear of “giving false hope” to displaced residents.
# balgriffin
'Concern' amongst locals as Real IRA prepares to mark Alan Ryan death
The Real IRA crime boss was shot dead a year ago this week. Dissidents are planning a march at his graveside on Saturday.
# Priory Hall
Priory Hall resident writes to Taoiseach after partner takes his own life
Stephanie Meehan’s partner of 17 years, Fiachra Daly, took his own life in July. Now, Meehan is calling on the Taoiseach to intervene in Priory Hall.