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IRELAND'S Health Service Executive (HSE) has been fined €645,000 over data protection failings after paper records were found contaminated by animal droppings and destroyed by mould.  According to the Data Protection Commission (DPC), physical documents were also found stored in disused bathrooms and a shipping container inside a turf shed.  DPC Deputy Commissioner Graham Doyle … [Read more...] about HSE hit with €645,000 fine after documents found stored in bathrooms and destroyed by mould

A MAN who used his phone to record vehicles at a Co. Armagh police station has been jailed for terrorism-related offences.  Samuel McCaughey, 35, from Lurgan was handed an 18-month custodial sentence and will spend 12 months on licence following his release from prison.  McCaughey will also be subject to the Counter-Terrorism Registration for a period of 10 years.  On May 27, … [Read more...] about Man who recorded vehicles at police station is jailed for terrorism-related offences 

POLICE have named a man who died in a collision in Lisburn yesterday as 50-year-old James Bingham.  The two-vehicle collision, involving a white Citroen van and a white Mini, occurred in the Belfast Road area of the city at around 5.45am on Tuesday.  Mr Bingham, who was the driver of the Mini, was sadly pronounced deceased at the scene.  Local Sinn Féin councillor Declan Lynch … [Read more...] about ‘Another family devastated’: Man who died in Lisburn collision named 

A MAN who was left seriously injured following a brawl in Dublin over the weekend has died in hospital. Gardaí have confirmed that the man, who was aged in his 20s, died in hospital this afternoon as a result of his injuries. Officers were called to what they describe as an “incident of violent disorder” in a business park in the Leopardstown area of the city on August 29. “At … [Read more...] about Man seriously injured in Dublin brawl dies in hospital

NAMES which honour some of Ireland’s most significant historic meteorological figures have been selected among the new storm names for 2026 and 2027. Twenty-one new names have been issued for the new storm season which starts today. They include seven from Ireland as well as seven from the UK and seven from the Netherlands. The Irish contribution features names associated with … [Read more...] about Historic meteorological figures honoured in new Irish storm names