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Irish Independent publisher to cut 10% of staff

Mediahuis Ireland, the company that owns newspaper titles including the Irish Independent, Sunday Independent, Sunday World and Belfast Telegraph, has announced another voluntary redundancy programme. It follows a previous round of job cuts in March 2023. The company employs around 549 staff in its publishing division on the island of …

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Grace died trying to save her friend, says brother

A 19-year-old victim of last year’s Nottingham attack has been branded a “hero” by her brother. Grace O’Malley-Kumar was stabbed to death by Valdo Calocane, alongside fellow Nottingham University student Barnaby Webber, as they returned from a night out. Calocane also stabbed to death school caretaker Ian Coates and this …

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Hospitals apologise over care failings of Cork boy

Two hospitals have apologised for the failings in care to a young Cork boy whose brain tumour grew and went undetected for over 12 years. Jack Doran, Carrigaline, Co Cork was only 15 years of age when he died two days after the 10cm brain tumour was finally discovered after …

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Expert unable to determine where Stardust fire started

A fire expert has told the Stardust inquests that he is unable to determine with any certainty the exact location where the fire started. Dr Will Hutchinson was giving evidence for a second day at Dublin District Coroner’s Court at the hearings into the deaths of the 48 people who …

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Cillian Murphy, Poor Things among Oscar nominees

Cillian Murphy has been nominated for the Oscar for Best Actor for his performance in Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer, with the Irish production Poor Things receiving multiple nominations. Poor Things, produced by Ed Guiney and Andrew Lowe of Dublin-based Element Pictures, along with director Yorgos Lanthimos and star Emma Stone, has …

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Medical Council has no ‘position’ on assisted dying

The Medical Council has defended the removal of an instruction not to deliberately kill a patient from its latest guide. Its president, Dr Suzanne Crowe, confirmed to the Joint Committee on Assisted Dying that a sentence stating: “You must not take part in the deliberate killing of a patient” had …

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Watch: The 2024 Oscar nominations

Watch the Oscar nominations live from the US. The Oscar nominations will be announced at 1.30pm. They will be revealed by Atlanta star Zazie Beetz and The Boys actor Jack Quaid. Cillian Murphy is among the stars tipped to land an Oscar nomination today. Murphy has been widely acclaimed for …

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Irish Independent publisher to cut 10% of staff

Mediahuis Ireland, the company that owns newspaper titles including the Irish Independent, Sunday Independent, Sunday World and Belfast Telegraph, has announced another voluntary redundancy programme. It follows a previous round of job cuts in March 2023. The company employs around 549 staff in its publishing division on the island of …

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Growing pressure on Israeli govt over war in Gaza

The daughter of a peace activist held hostage by Hamas has called for a diplomatic solution to the ongoing war in Gaza. Artist and Filmmaker Dr Sharone Lifschitz, whose 83-year-old father Oded Lifschitz, remains in Gaza said Israel’s military action had not brought hostages home. Speaking on RTÉ’s Morning Ireland, …

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Ceann Comhairle must explain extreme left comment

People Before Profit is demanding that the Ceann Comhairle of the Dáil, Seán Ó Fearghaíl, explain why he said that the extreme right and left in Irish politics are responsible for an increase in hate speech and intolerance in Ireland. The Ceann Comhairle made the comment yesterday at a meeting …

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