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A veteran community worker of 27 years who was accused of theft and sacked for taking a pair of knitted socks she said she thought were going to be dumped has been awarded €15,000 for unfair dismissal. The Workplace Relations Commission made the award in a decision published today on …

A man who sexually assaulted a woman and followed her on to a train has been jailed for 21 months. 58-year-old Abderrahmane El Aaour, who is living in hostel accommodation, pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to sexual assault of the then 20- year-old woman in a suburb of …

Scotland’s First Minister Humza Yousaf has resigned, further opening the door to the UK opposition Labour Party to regain ground in its former Scottish heartlands in a national election expected later this year. Mr Yousaf quit as head of the pro-independence Scottish National Party (SNP) after a week of chaos …

A man abused by a former judge with significant disabilities, who was also a former secondary school teacher, has described his abuser as an extremely egotistical, conniving man who knew exactly what he was doing. 59-year-old Gerard O’Brien, a former Circuit Court judge and former teacher at CBC Monkstown in …

A man has admitted killing an elderly Irishman who was on his mobility scooter in a “motiveless” knife attack in London five days after being released from prison. Lee Byer stabbed 87-year-old Thomas O’Halloran in the neck and chest in Greenford, west London, in August 2022. The 45-year-old, of no …

A claim by Minister for Justice Helen McEntee that 80% of asylum seekers are coming into Ireland from Northern Ireland is not based on data, evidence or statistics, Tánaiste Micheál Martin has said. He made the remarks after Ms McEntee claimed last week that the number of asylum seekers crossing …

A 40-year-old man with Down syndrome who wants to live independently has brought a High Court challenge aimed at compelling Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council to assess his suitability for social housing. The action has been brought by David Johnstone, who resides at his family’s home in Cabinteely in Dublin 18 …

A verdict of unlawful death has been returned at the inquest into the deaths of Michael and Thelma Dennany in at the Coroner’s Court, Mullingar, Co Westmeath. Following conclusions by the State Pathologist, the court heard Dr Sally Ann Collis testify that the cause of death was complications of vehicle …

A man accused of causing the death of a grandmother who died after a collision with an e-scooter in Dublin has been sent forward for trial. Mary Bernie, who was in her 80s and from Dublin, was seriously injured at around 3pm on 20 June last year and died some …

A man has admitted killing an elderly Irishman who was on his mobility scooter in a “motiveless” knife attack in London five days after being released from prison. Lee Byer stabbed 87-year-old Thomas O’Halloran in the neck and chest in Greenford, west London, in August 2022. The 45-year-old, of no …