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Friday 27 November 2020
Lucy Letby is alleged to have murdered the eight babies while working at the Countess of Chester Hospital.
Gary Murtagh appeared before Dublin District Court today.
His body was discovered at his home in Cork in 2007.
Philip Dunbar had pleaded not guilty to the murder of Adam Muldoon at Butler Park in Tallaght in June 2018.
The 12 jurors found Sean Nolan guilty of murder by a majority verdict of 10-2.
Garreth Kelly, 39, died following an incident in Kingswood, Co Dublin, on 25 February last.
The 21-year-old went missing 25 years ago.
Glen Osbourne was stabbed to death in Ballybough, Dublin, earlier this year.
Patrick O’Connor was just 24-years-old when he died.
The PSNI has appealed for anyone with information to come forward.
Robbie Lawlor was shot dead in Belfast in April of this year.
The panel of 11 men and one woman rejected Mark Crawford’s defence that he was acting in self-defence.
He said the accused, who is also a minor, didn’t know about the knife until he saw the witness with it in the park.
The man has been arrested on suspicion of murder and seven counts of attempted murder.
Mark Crawford is charged with murdering Patrick ‘Pa’ O’Connor in Limerick city over two years ago.
The trial is expected to finish tomorrow.
The man is accused of stabbing another man to death in a Limerick bar.
Brenton Harrison Tarrant had pleaded guilty to murder, attempted murder and terrorism.
The woman died at her home on Windermere Road in Belfast yesterday.
The judge described a video shared on social media as a ‘deliberate’ attempt to intimidate witnesses.
Prosecutors argued in the trial that the man deliberately strangled Millane to death.
Patrycja died at her home in Drumalane Park, Newry on Sunday morning.
Patrycja died at her home in Drumalane Park, Newry yesterday morning.
McCarthy was shot dead at 11am yesterday morning.
Patrick McDonagh is accused of murdering Peter McDonald in the early hours of Saturday morning.
A criminal linked to the Drogheda feud is suspected of ordering the murders.
Inga Maria Hauser disappeared shortly after arriving in Northern Ireland via a ferry from Scotland in April 1988.
The 60-year-old also faces a charge of producing a samurai sword.
The incident happened this afternoon.
Her husband Gus reported her missing despite knowing she was dead.
The bar tender today told the jury that Aaron Brady ‘ranted’ about having shot a garda.
Kieran Greene was found guilty in February by a Central Criminal Court jury.
The incident happened on 11 January 2014.
However, drug and fraud offences increased.
The Atlanta District Attorney said the police officer had no justification for shooting Rayshard Brooks as he fled.
The assailants killed 28 shoppers and wounded hundreds more in attacks on supermarket car parks.
Douglas, 33, was fatally wounded while working at a shoe shop on Bridgefoot Street, Dublin.
The prison term will be reviewed in 2032.
The sentencing hearing was due to take place today.
The 36-year-old was shot dead outside a house in Belfast at around 11.50am on Saturday 4 April.
THE GREYHOUND RACING industry has been put in the spotlight again this week, the Social Democrats put forward a motion proposing to end State funding of the sector.
Writing for TheJournal.ie this week, TD Holly Cairns explained that greyhound racing in Ireland will receive €19.2m in public funding next year – an increase of €2.4m on 2020.
Last year, an RTÉ investigation claimed that almost 6,000 greyhounds were killed for not racing fast enough in 2017.
But advocates for the sector have claimed it supports thousands of jobs and that annual Government funding represents an economic investment.
So, today we’re asking: Should the Government stop funding greyhound racing?
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