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Friday 18 September 2020
Paul McIntyre aged 51, and Christopher Gillen aged 38, were refused bail today at Derry Magistrates’ Court.
In 2015 he was accused of encouraging 400 followers to undergo castration at his ashram so they could get closer to god.
Offices were ransacked and 30 people were injured as a demonstration turned violent.
Police arrested 35 demonstrators at a protest against the shooting yesterday in Paris.
She gave him some wallop.
The US Attorney General has asked for a second autopsy on the body of Michael Brown.
The violence began following a Loyalist protest to Republican anti-internment march.
We look back on that notorious match where English fans rioted at Lansdowne Road.
Featuring no less than 25 Ireland-related pics…
The most powerful images of the London riots of August 2011.
Petrol bombs were thrown and shots fired amid disturbances after the Twelfth of July marches.
Most of those who joined the violence and looting were from Britain’s most deprived areas, suggesting that poverty could be at the root of problems.
A spokeswoman for the Home Office said there was “no suggestion” that the sites would be closed down.
Police were sent to areas at high risk of rioting and looting after detectives checked through the messages of handsets taken from people allegedly involved in the violence.
Greg Martin’s MacBook Pro was stolen during the London riots last week – but tracking software helped him photograph the alleged thief as they used it.
5 minutes, 5 stories, 5 o’clock.
Three men, two of whom were brothers, were struck by a car and killed during last week’s riots.
Speaking in the Commons today, the British prime minister said the army would not be drafted in to help deal with unrest, but said police would be given extra powers.
Several courts sat through the night to deal with the number of arrests over the nights of rioting and looting across several English cities.
Videos and photographs of last night’s violence have emerged, showing the full scale of the disorder.
Nine things to know this morning…
Ballistic tests indicate that a handgun found at the scene of Duggan’s death had NOT been fired.
BlackBerry’s manufacturer said it would allow police to access BlackBerry Messenger posts – and got hacked in return.
Meanwhile, social media campaigns have been launched to target those who have been rioting and looting.
Hundreds of people have been arrested as rioting and looting spread to Liverpool, Birmingham and Bristol.
Nine things to know this morning…
There were 100 arrested in Birmingham overnight, while the number of arrests in London stands at 334.
Looting and violence has now spread to Hackney in east London. At least 160 people have been arrested since trouble erupted on Saturday night.
Nine things to know this morning…
Police blame “copycat criminal activity” as over 100 are arrested following violence in Enfield, Brixton and Walthamstow.
Riot police are reported to be heading for Tottenham amid fears of a repeat of last night’s disturbances.
Loyalists of all ages take part in Orange Order parades; Nationalist youths later turn on police. Our gallery.
Nine things to know this morning…
Violence flared in parts of Belfast, Derry and Antrim last night as violence erupted before and after Orange Order parades.
In today’s 9 at 9: Rioting in Belfast, a crackdown for legal highs on the way, Anonymous reveals its latest attack, and good news for Ireland’s interest rate?
At least five people reported injured after masked men entered the Short Strand area.
MORE THAN THREE-quarters of people would support the government looking into the prospect of a four-day work week, according to a new survey.
This means doing the same job for the same salary, but over four days rather than five.
There have been calls for this idea to be explored already and the Four Day Week Ireland campaign today released details on its public attitude survey conducted last month.
Two out of three respondents said a four-day work week is “realistic and achievable” in the medium term.
67% of employers said they support the idea and 46% said it would be “feasible” to trial in their workplace.
“The four-day week, with no loss of pay, offers the potential of a genuinely better future for workers and employers alike,” said Joe O’Connor, director of campaigning with Fórsa trade union.
What may once have seemed like a radical concept is now, for many, a reasonable and rational ambition. The Covid-19 pandemic has further disrupted societal and workplace norms, while illustrating the potential for very different models of work.
So today we’re asking: Would you support a four-day work week?
Poll Results:
Share your story: voices@thejournal.ie
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