The captain of a dive boat that caught fire and sank off the California coast in 2019, killing 34 people in one of the state’s deadliest maritime disasters, has been sentenced to four years in prison for his conviction on a federal charge of seaman’s manslaughter. Jerry Boylan, 70, was …
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Labour has won the Blackpool South parliamentary by-election and made gains in council contests to increase pressure on UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak. In the contest prompted by the resignation of former Tory MP Scott Benton following a lobbying scandal, Labour’s Chris Webb secured 10,825 votes, a majority of 7,607. …
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RTÉ broadcaster Bryan Dobson retires today after 37 years in the newsroom. Mr Dobson says farewell after many remarkable years presenting flagship RTÉ news and current affairs programmes. Today sees the culmination of an impressive journalistic career having covered some “extraordinary stories”. Mr Dobson, who is 64, said he has …
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Autism charity AsIAm has paused an application from the National College of Art and Design for accreditation as an autism-friendly institution pending the outcome of a review into practices around psychological assessments for students and consent. Last month RTÉ News revealed that students’ names had been typed on to sensitive …
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A new unannounced inspection of the Emergency Department at University Hospital Limerick has found that the risks of harm to patients are not being fully managed. It also found that the Emergency Medicine Early Warning System (EMEWS) had not been implemented at the time of the inspection. It said this …
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A 35-year-old man has been jailed for six years after he was found guilty of dangerous driving causing the death of GAA broadcaster Paudie Palmer in West Cork in December 2022. Bohdan Bezverkhyi, a Ukrainian national, of Rigsdale House, Rigsdale, Ballinhassig, Co Cork, was also disqualified from driving for ten …
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The Editor of the Sunday Independent has told the High Court he believes it was “eminently and manifestly possible” that Enoch Burke was annoying other inmates in Mountjoy Prison in Dublin. Alan English said he did not believe there was anything defamatory in an article about Mr Burke published in …
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The lawyer who negotiated a hush money payment from Donald Trump to an adult film star has been grilled by the former US president’s defence attorney, who suggested his activities bordered on “extortion”. Mr Trump, 77, is accused of falsifying business records to reimburse his lawyer, Michael Cohen, for a …
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Campaigners for George Nkencho, who was shot dead by an armed garda outside his home in Clonee, Co Dublin three-and-a-half years ago, have demonstrated outside the Department of Justice. They protested against the decision by the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) not to prosecute the officers involved in the fatal …
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There are plans to rebuild a bridge that collapsed in the US state of Maryland in just over four years at an estimated cost of up to $1.9 billion (€1.77bn), a transportation official has said. The state plans to build a new structure in Baltimore by autumn of 2028, said …
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