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Creche worker who said she was not rostered due to needing step at changing table loses case
30+ min ago (586+ words) A 1.47m creche worker who said her employer stopped rostering her because she needed a step to reach the nappy changing table has lost a workplace safety case. Fulguera Tenorio, a Bolivian national on a student visa, worked at the Dublin…...
Dentist who defrauded HSE over 17 years is jailed and ordered to pay €100,000
39+ min ago (516+ words) A Tipperary dentist who "brought utter ruination on himself" by defrauding the HSE of "58,000 over a 17-year period has been jailed for a year and ordered to pay "100,000. Jerome Kiely (47) of Acraboy House, Monard, Co Tipperary, pleaded guilty last November…...
Irish citizens advised against all travel to Mexican state of Jalisco
1+ hour, 13+ min ago (456+ words) The Department of Foreign Affairs is advising Irish citizens against all travel to the Mexican state of Jalisco, following the killing of one of the world's most wanted drug traffickers. Mexico's defence ministry confirmed the cartel boss, known as "El…...
‘El Mencho’ profile: The former cop who became a Mexico crime boss
1+ hour, 24+ min ago (751+ words) Mexican drug lord Nemesio Oseguera, commonly known as "El Mencho" and infamous for the trail of bodies he left behind in battles with government forces and rival gangs, died in a "military raid on Sunday. The operation set off a…...
MMA fighter and chef charged over ‘ferocious’ Temple Bar attack are refused bail
1+ hour, 51+ min ago (711+ words) A MMA fighter and a chef have been refused bail after appearing in court charged with a "ferocious" unprovoked attack in Dublin's Temple Bar last week that left a man fighting for his life. The injured male, who remains in…...
Murder of Natalie McNally was ‘planned, calculated, premeditated’, trial hears
2+ hour, 28+ min ago (390+ words) The murder of a pregnant woman in Co Armagh a week before Christmas in 2022 has been described in court as "planned, calculated, premeditated. Natalie McNally (32) was 15 weeks" pregnant when she was attacked and died in her home in Lurgan. Stephen…...
Judge to consider whether Enoch Burke family members were in contempt of court
4+ hour, 33+ min ago (296+ words) The High Court will consider if members of Enoch Burke's family were in contempt of court when a judge temporarily suspended a hearing last week due to their behaviour. Judge Brian Cregan temporarily suspended the proceedings relating to Burke's challenge…...
Grandmother responsible for spilling hot drink on child in damages claim, Ryanair alleges
4+ hour, 35+ min ago (392+ words) Ryanair, which faces a "60,000 damages claim on behalf of a child scalded on a flight from Shannon to Wroclaw in Poland, has alleged his grandmother was responsible for spilling a hot drink on him. County registrar Patricia Hickey was asked…...
Hutch family member jailed for six additional years over pipe bomb possession
4+ hour, 55+ min ago (568+ words) A member of the Hutch family who is "not a gangland Hutch" has been jailed for a further six years for possession of an improvised pipe bomb two years ago. Sammy Hutch (50) is currently serving a six-and-a half year sentence…...
Fund’s application in relation to estate of dead Dublin solicitor adjourned by High Court
5+ hour, 12+ min ago (464+ words) An application in relation to the estate of deceased Dublin solicitor and property developer Ivor Fitzpatrick has been adjourned for a week by the High Court. A grant of probate has yet to be extracted in the estate of the…...