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GARDAÍ are questioning a man following the death of a woman in Co. Cork. Emergency services were called to a domestic residence in Midleton at around 4.15pm on Friday. A woman was found at the scene with serious injuries and received emergency medical treatment but was pronounced deceased a short time later. She has since been named locally as 27-year-old mother-of-two, Daena … [Read more...] about Man arrested as gardaí investigate death of woman in Co. Cork

A MAN has been charged after a van was rammed into the gates of several State buildings in Dublin earlier this week. The incident occurred in the early hours of Friday morning, during which entrances to buildings including Áras an Uachtaráin and the Houses of the Oireachtas were damaged. RTÉ News reports that David O'Callaghan, from Woodbrook Glen, Bray, Co. Wicklow appeared in … [Read more...] about Man charged after van rams gates of State buildings in Dublin

TWO passengers on a ferry in Co. Down were robbed at knifepoint after accepting a lift from two people they had meet on board. The Strangford Lough ferry foot passengers, a man and woman aged in their 20s, boarded the vessel at Portaferry bound for Strangford at around 8.45pm on Friday, August 2. While onboard, they were approached by a woman aged in her 30s, who offered them a … [Read more...] about Co. Down ferry passengers robbed at knifepoint after accepting life from strangers

AN IRISH author's debut novel has been longlisted for the 2024 Booker Prize literary award. Colin Barrett's Wild Houses is one of 13 novels up for the prestigious accolade, with judges describing the work as 'a slow-burn study of character and fate that's also an edge-of-your-seat thriller'. Co. Mayo native Barrett, who has previously released two collections of short stories, … [Read more...] about Irish author’s debut novel longlisted for prestigious Booker Prize

PARENTS in Ireland can avail of up to nine week’s paid leave in the first two years of their child’s life as of today. Ireland’s Department of Social Protection has extended the standard parental leave allowance from seven to nine weeks from August 1, in a bid to give families more time together in the early years. “Time spent with a newborn child in the early months of their … [Read more...] about Paid parental leave extended from seven to nine weeks in Ireland from today