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Jobstown trial suspended after juror is discharged
The sole member of the jury will now be replaced at a fresh selection tomorrow morning.
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The sole member of the jury will now be replaced at a fresh selection tomorrow morning.
Over 100 potential jurors were called in a random ballot and a jury of five women and seven men were selected.
The water committee is meeting again today to vote on its final report, but there are fears we’re on the brink of an election.
The Policing Authority is to examine the full facts of how and why two massive garda admin errors occurred.
The Dáil Committee on Procedure is set to discuss the matter of a Dáil dress code in private session this evening.
Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael are at loggerheads over water charges… again.
Ahead of the trial of a number of Jobstown protesters, activists have urged members of the public to stand up for their right to demonstrate.
Fianna Fáil’s Barry Cowen made the claim this week, and the AAA-PBP’s Paul Murphy accused him of “mischief making”. FactCheck steps in.
The Dáil was told: “He had multiple intimate relationships with women using his false identity.”
Ibrahim Halawa has been in an Egyptian jail for three-and-a-half years.
First All-Ireland defeat will be motivation for 2017, insists Kilkenny All-Star Paul Murphy.
Paul Murphy was one of eight TDs who visited Ibrahim Halawa in Egypt during the week.
The AAA-PBP says almost three quarters of Irish Water customers refused to pay during the most recent billing cycle. Is that true?
The minister also said that people who paid their charges “did the right thing and we are not going to make a fool of them”.
A report leaked to RTÉ has suggested that some form of water charges must be imposed for Ireland to satisfy its EU obligations.
It is summed up by the fact that while TDs will benefit by more than €50 a week, young unemployed people will get a miserly €2.70, writes AAA-PBP TD Paul Murphy.
The date was set in court this morning.
The former Labour leader and Tánaiste gave evidence today at a trial of a 17-year-old boy charged in connection with the Jobstown water charges protest in November 2014.
A total of 20 people have come before the courts over the 2014 protest. .
The trial, due to begin next Monday, is the first relating to charges of false imprisonment in connection with the Jobstown protest which saw then-Tánaiste Joan Burton confined to her car for two hours in November 2014.
Kilkenny defender Paul Murphy reckons that the heavy Allianz Hurling League semi-final defeat to Clare was a blessing in disguise.
Paul Murphy describes his late assist for Conor Fogarty’s equalising point.
Paddy Barnes, Paul Murphy, Cristiano Ronaldo and Carl Frampton also make the cut this week.
In a media interview Joe O’Toole expressed his support for the charges.
FactCheck looks in depth at an AAA-PBP claim with big implications.
The march was organised by the National Homeless and Housing Coalition.
They had previously asked that they go on trial together. The trials will most likely be broken up into blocks.
A teen sentenced over the Jobstown protest, post mortem results for the Bray baby and arrests at a funeral had everyone talking…
As a TD, Murphy is entitled to an annual salary of €87,258 before tax.
TD Paul Murphy has been granted legal aid to defend his case on charges of falsely imprisoning Joan Burton.
Today the case was adjourned to the 3 May.
The attacker grabbed a brace as the south-east side recorded their first ever top-flight win.
Paul Murphy started shadowing Tipperary hurlers from a young age.
The cases of the Jobstown 18 have been put back to April. Meanwhile, another water protest is planned for this Thursday.
The Anti-Austerity Alliance – People Before Profit alliance launched a common principles document today.
Now one TD says they owe “hundreds of thousands of people” an apology.
Kelly met with two representatives from the company, but says he did not know they would be there.
This comes after the utility released information as part of an freedom of information request.
Deputy Paul Murphy says “serious irregularities occurred” around a meeting involving Alan Kelly and another Labour TD.
The party was refused a permit because the money might be used to ‘encourage an unlawful act’.