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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Taoiseach Simon Harris will pay his first official visit to Northern Ireland today for a series of events. The Fine Gael leader’s first stop will be Stormont Castle, where he will meet First and deputy First Ministers, Michelle O’Neill and Emma Little-Pengelly. The visit comes at a time when the …
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Trinity College has fined its students’ union €214,000 for financial losses incurred as a result of disruptive protests held by the union throughout this academic year. The president of TCD’s Students’ Union has confirmed to RTÉ News that the body received an email this morning informing it of the fine. …
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A crisis-hit new music venue is being “monitored closely” as contractors continue work to complete the £365 million (€426m) Co-op Live arena in Manchester. The biggest indoor arena in the UK postponed its opening show for the third time as fans queued outside just minutes before doors opened on Wednesday …
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