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A PUBLIC inquiry into the Creeslough explosion has not been ruled out, the Irish Government has confirmed after meeting with families of the victims. The devastating incident at the Applegreen station in the Donegal town on October 7, 2022, killed 10 people – aged between five and 59 years old. Families impacted by the 2022 Creeslough explosion met with ministers at Government … [Read more...] about Government has ‘not ruled out’ public inquiry after meeting with Creeslough victims’ families

TAOISEACH Simon Harris has pledged to consider extending the inquiry into clerical sex abuse at institutions across Ireland to include corporal punishment. Mr Harris made the statement last night following the broadcast of the RTÉ documentary Leathered: Violence in Irish Schools. The programme featured survivors of corporal punishment in Ireland, which was common practice until … [Read more...] about ‘Harrowing viewing’: Taoiseach makes statement after survivors of violence in Irish schools speak out

PRESIDENT Michael D Higgins has granted posthumous presidential pardons to two men wrongly convicted of murder in 1882. Yesterday, President Higgins signed pardons for Sylvester Poff and James Barrett, who were executed in Tralee Gaol in January 1883 following wrongful convictions for the murder of Thomas Browne. The signing ceremony took place at Áras an Uachtaráin in the … [Read more...] about President Higgins signs pardons for two men wrongly convicted of murder in 1882

DRUGS, cash and illegal fireworks have been seized following a search on a property in Co. Derry. PSNI officers searched the house in Ballygroll Road yesterday (October 30). They found suspected class A,B and C drugs worth £34k as well as a large sum of cash and a stash of illegal fireworks. A 31-year-old man was arrested at the scene. “A search was conducted by members of the … [Read more...] about Drugs, cash and illegal fireworks seized at house in Derry

With less than a week to go before polling day, an extraordinary US Presidential election is screeching to a close. I use the word ‘screeching’ advisedly because the rhetorical exchanges between the two camps have grown into verbal fusillades. The Harris campaign has turned up the volume of its attacks on what it sees as Trump’s unfitness to serve in the White House again, … [Read more...] about Countdown to the White House