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Explained: What you need to know about Amazon.ie launching next year

Explained: What you need to know about Amazon.ie launching next year

Mon, 29 Jul, 2024

With the news that Amazon.ie will launch a new dedicated site for users next year, the days of tracking packages across Europe will be a thing of the past.
Residents launch court challenge to Tipperary hotel housing asylum seekers

Residents launch court challenge to Tipperary hotel housing asylum seekers

Mon, 29 Jul, 2024

The group of about thirty people were in the Four Courts as they came before the court giving notice of an intention to seek injunctions and mount a legal challenge against a provision of the Planning and Development Regulations
Five year directorship disqualification for owner of fruit and veg wholesaler

Five year directorship disqualification for owner of fruit and veg wholesaler

Mon, 29 Jul, 2024

John Swan (60), of Meadow Bank, Palatine, Co Carlow, main shareholder and MD of Swan Fruit Ltd (in voluntary liquidation), consented to the disqualification following settlement of proceedings under the Companies Act brought by liquidator PJ Lynch
Repeat Christian Brother child abuser given another jail term for indecent assault

Repeat Christian Brother child abuser given another jail term for indecent assault

Mon, 29 Jul, 2024

The 72-year-old man is already serving a sentence for the historic indecent assault of a number of boys at a primary school in Co Kilkenny.
Valerie French 'savagely slaughtered' by 'remorseless' husband James Kilroy

Valerie French 'savagely slaughtered' by 'remorseless' husband James Kilroy

Mon, 29 Jul, 2024

Mr Justice Tony Hunt sentenced Mr Kilroy on Monday afternoon to the mandatory term of life imprisonment.
Man jailed for raping homeless woman in Limerick alley

Man jailed for raping homeless woman in Limerick alley

Mon, 29 Jul, 2024

The court heard the woman, who cannot be named to protect her identity, was 31 and living in homeless accommodation at the time of the incident.
Taoiseach issues road safety plea after five deaths

Taoiseach issues road safety plea after five deaths

Mon, 29 Jul, 2024

Simon Harris urged drivers to slow down ahead of the bank holiday weekend.
Woman who stabbed partner to death and claimed she would have been 'battered' is jailed

Woman who stabbed partner to death and claimed she would have been 'battered' is jailed

Mon, 29 Jul, 2024

At the Central Criminal Court on Monday, Ms Justice Caroline Biggs said Sandra Sandaraite’s relationship with Zbigniew Czech had been a “toxic” one, with alcohol a factor that made it “volatile and violent”.
Students challenge their expulsions from Dundalk Institute of Technology

Students challenge their expulsions from Dundalk Institute of Technology

Mon, 29 Jul, 2024

Amongst the allegations are that the three were involved in an alleged aggressive physical altercation with each other.
Mother jailed for 'vile' sexual abuse of toddler after suspended sentence ruled unduly lenient

Mother jailed for 'vile' sexual abuse of toddler after suspended sentence ruled unduly lenient

Mon, 29 Jul, 2024

A mother has been jailed for the neglect and “vile” sexual abuse of her own toddler son after the Court of Appeal ruled that a fully suspended sentence was unduly lenient
Irish Army horse fails drug test at showjumping event

Irish Army horse fails drug test at showjumping event

Mon, 29 Jul, 2024

The Defence Forces said the sedative had ‘no beneficial performance-enhancing effect’ for the horse.
Man claiming he missed out on autism specific education settles case for €125,000

Man claiming he missed out on autism specific education settles case for €125,000

Mon, 29 Jul, 2024

The settlement is the end of a long legal road for the family of Keith Callaghan who first initiated proceedings over 10 years ago
Humphreys defends delay over means testing asylum allowance

Humphreys defends delay over means testing asylum allowance

Mon, 29 Jul, 2024

The State has had the power to bring in means testing for the allowance since 2018.
Evidence of suspected 'cock fighting' discovered alongside 15 dead roosters in Co Monaghan

Evidence of suspected 'cock fighting' discovered alongside 15 dead roosters in Co Monaghan

Mon, 29 Jul, 2024

A further 70 roosters were also seized following the receipt of a report of a suspected illegal 'cock fighting' event taking place at a private residence in Emyvale, Co Monaghan on Saturday morning, 27th July
Dublin landlord ordered to pay €17,500 to tenant over refusal to sign rent supplement forms

Dublin landlord ordered to pay €17,500 to tenant over refusal to sign rent supplement forms

Mon, 29 Jul, 2024

The Workplace Relations Commission ruled that the landlord had discriminated against his tenant by treating him less favourably than a tenant not in receipt of a social welfare payment
Man jailed for raping woman after dropping her home

Man jailed for raping woman after dropping her home

Mon, 29 Jul, 2024

The Central Criminal Court heard that Matthew Fadeyi (34) raped the woman, who was an acquaintance and significantly younger than him, after dropping her home in August 2018
Two jailed over bid to stop witnesses testifying in Garda Adrian Donohoe murder trial

Two jailed over bid to stop witnesses testifying in Garda Adrian Donohoe murder trial

Mon, 29 Jul, 2024

Aaron Brady is already serving a life sentence for murdering Det Garda Adrian Donohoe
Edna O’Brien remembered as ‘brave writer’

Edna O’Brien remembered as ‘brave writer’

Mon, 29 Jul, 2024

The author died peacefully on Saturday following a long illness, a statement from her agent and publishing house said.
Gardaí appeal for witnesses following fire in Longford on Sunday

Gardaí appeal for witnesses following fire in Longford on Sunday

Mon, 29 Jul, 2024

Shortly before 1.30am on Sunday, gardaí and emergency services were alerted to the fire
INMO trolley watch: 427 people waiting for beds across Irish hospitals

INMO trolley watch: 427 people waiting for beds across Irish hospitals

Mon, 29 Jul, 2024

According to figures from the Irish Nurses and Midwvies Association (INMO), the hospital with the worst overcrowding this morning in University Hospital Limerick with 92 people without beds.

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