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Friday, Apr 26

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Death of Aoife Johnston: what does her inquest tell us about the state of University Hospital Limerick?

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The inquest into the 16-year-old’s death in December 2022 heard harrowing details of an emergency department that simply could not function

Israel mulls Gaza truce proposal for Hamas to release 20 hostages

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Egyptian plan would see Israel agree ceasefire of one day for each hostage released in move further delaying Israeli attack on city of Rafah

Taoiseach convenes private meeting about Mount Street ‘tented village’

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Meeting involving Ministers, gardaí and Dublin City Council agreed on new search for State land to house estimated 200 asylum seekers living in tents in city centre

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Man who raped girl in park after plying her with alcohol is jailed for five and a half years

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Victim aged 16 was socialising and drinking alcohol in a park with friends when Nicolas Horvath (28) joined them

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Staff at sanctions-hit Russian lessor awarded €31,738 by WRC

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Avia Capital Leasing, a subsidiary of the second-largest bank in Russia, unable to pay redundancy after EU bank accounts frozen following invasion of Ukraine

Do Peadar Tóibín and Aontú have their finger on the public pulse?

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The conservative one-TD party is riding high after being the only party to call for no-no votes in the family and care referendums so disastrously lost by the Government parties in March

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Four charged in court following disturbances at proposed international protection centre in Newtownmountkennedy

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Three men and a woman appeared at Bray District Court in relation to the events on Thursday night

16

Number of people in emergency accommodation reaches new high of 13,866, including over 4,000 children

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Latest data shows an increase of 25 people since February, not including people sleeping rough or homeless asylum seekers

Newtownmountkennedy protests: Taoiseach condemns ‘thuggery’ after violent clashes with gardaí at site earmarked for asylum seekers

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McEntee and Harris back Garda handling of protests at site intended for use as accommodation for IP applicants

Father who raped and sexually abused daughter from the age of 3 ‘stole’ her childhood, court hears

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Patrick Honan (69) of Lake View, Doonbeg, Co. Clare was found guilty of 48 sample counts including 25 of rape and 23 of indecent assault and was sentenced on Friday

15

Blinken expresses US concerns over Chinese supplies to Russian military

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US secretary of state meets Xi Jinping at the end of a three-day visit to China

08

Kidnapped: The extraordinary story of the six-year-old abducted by the Catholic Church

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Film director Marco Bellocchio on Edgardo Mortara, a ‘baptised’ Jewish boy taken from his family, and scandal that weakened power of pope

Justine McCarthy: Distorted view of media not helped by exodus of journalists into government pay

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When those who are supposed to be the watchdogs for the public interest become the guard-dogs at the gates of government, a country’s conversation may be guided by the dog that barks the loudest

07

Will consumers benefit from Aviva entering the Irish health insurance market?

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With the insurer clearly seeing a gap in the market, ‘aggressive competition is to be expected’

01

Six arrested after gardaí ‘attacked’ at site earmarked for asylum seekers in Wicklow

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Gardaí deployed use of force, including pepper spray, after fires were lit, while an axe was recovered at the scene

Thursday, Apr 25

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After a constructive start, Trump yawns, sits back and surrenders control

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If Mar-a-Lago represents one extremity of interior decor, the courtroom on the 15th floor represents the other for the former president

Harvey Weinstein’s 2020 rape conviction overturned by appeals court in New York

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Decision does not affect conviction on charges of rape and other sex crimes in California, for which film mogul was sentenced to 16 years

21

Family of woman who died of cervical cancer settles case over smear results

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Woman endured excruciating pain before her death nine years ago, court hears

20

‘More people are going to die in that hospital’: Aoife Johnston’s parents call for action after inquest verdict

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Verdict of medical misadventure recorded over death of 16-year-old at University Hospital Limerick

Spain’s prime minister threatens to quit amid poisonous political climate

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Pedro Sánchez’s decision on whether to resign awaited after ‘campaign of harassment’

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Poland’s foreign minister warns of Nato members who lack the courage to face down Putin

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Sikorski says new Donald Tusk government ready to ‘return to the group of countries creating Europe rather than defending themselves against Europe’

Greta Price-Martin ‘will live in the hearts and minds of her many family and friends’. Tributes for cyclist killed in Dún Laoghaire crash

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Dangerous junction in south Dublin where Greta Price-Martin was killed was due to be upgraded this year

Trump ‘hush money’ trial told of attempted deal to buy silence of ex-Playboy model

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Former US president has pleaded not guilty to 34 felony counts and denies affair with Karen McDougal

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Senior Hamas official says group will disarm if sovereign Palestinian state is established

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Khalil al-Hayya asserts Israel’s promised offensive in Rafah, where more than half of Gaza’s population of 2.3m has sought refuge, would not destroy Hamas

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Gardaí investigate if mother was moved into driver’s seat after fatal crash

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A woman (40s) has been arrested on suspicion of attempting to pervert the course of justice

Three men arrested over murder of Croatian man in Dublin

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Josip Strok (31) died after fatal assault and a friend was seriously injured in the incident in Clondalkin on March 30th

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Aoife Johnston inquest: Limerick hospital ‘like a death trap’ on weekend teen sought help

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16-year-old girl ‘had no chance’ when she presented at the hospital due to overcrowded and ‘dangerous’ conditions, says emergency medicine consultant

12

Motorcyclist (30s) killed in hit-and-run, with car involved found burnt out at the scene

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The occupants of the car failed to remain at the scene, gardaí say in an appeal for witnesses

09

Rats causing havoc on offshore islands, which provide an all-you-can-eat buffet for the invaders

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One study has described rats and other mammalian invaders as ‘the greatest threat to island biodiversity’, but there are causes for optimism

Churches asked to hand over building and land for asylum seekers under new plan

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Minister of State Joe O’Brien seeks help amid pressure to house 1,600 unaccommodated males