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Judge accuses man involved in Swords, Dublin crash of leading court on a ‘merry dance’ By Ray Managh, 17th February 2022 A woman, who was six months pregnant when her car was rear-ended by two other vehicles, has been awarded just under €30,000 damages by a court for neck and back injuries sustained in the […]

By Tim Healy 25 February 2022 https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/courts/facebook-apologises-to-miriam-ocallaghan-as-it-agrees-to-new-reporting-tool-after-scam-ads-used-broadcasters-image-41384719.html Broadcaster Miriam O’Callaghan has received an unreserved apology from Facebook as part of the settlement of her High Court action over several defamatory and untrue adverts that were posted on the social media platform. Included in the settlement agreement, Meta Platforms Ireland, formerly known as Facebook Ireland, has

By Robin Schiller, 25 February 2022 https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/courts/senior-barrister-53-charged-with-murder-of-dad-of-four-keith-conlon-in-tallaght-41384118.html A senior barrister has appeared in court charged with the murder of father-of-four Keith Conlon in Tallaght. Diarmuid Phelan (53) appeared before a sitting of Tallaght District Court this morning in relation to the fatal shooting. The accused is charged with the murder of Mr Conlon at Hazel

https://www.irishlegal.com/articles/and-finally-wisdom-tooth 25th February 2022 A student has been caught with a Bluetooth device surgically implanted in his ear to enable him to cheat in a medical exam. The Indian man used the device during his last attempt at passing a test. It was linked to a phone in a hidden pocket of his trousers. The

Tell Me About It: ‘I don’t want to rip my family apart to get answers that won’t be enough’ By Trish Murphy https://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/health-family/i-ve-discovered-through-dna-testing-my-father-isn-t-my-biological-dad-1.4801963 Question: I just found out through DNA testing that my father isn’t my biological dad, and my real father died many years ago. No one else knows this except my husband and

By Declan Brennan and Brion Hoban, 23 February 2022 https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/courts/driver-22-who-drove-through-red-light-and-knocked-down-man-avoids-jail-over-death-41376980.html A young driver who drove through a red light and knocked down a pedestrian who died has received a fully suspended sentence. Lawyers for Letitia Barry (22) told Dublin Circuit Criminal Court that there were unusual features at the pedestrian crossing at Whitestown Road, in

Judge sentences Declan Haughney to six months over separate theft incidents By Charlie Keegan, 23 February 2022 https://www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/courts/district-court/man-40-remanded-over-alleged-attempt-to-collect-pension-at-carlow-post-office-1.4810068 A 40-year-old who is accused of bringing a dead man into a post office in Carlow town in an attempt to collect his pension has been further remanded in custody with consent to bail. Declan Haughney, of

By Declan Brennan, February 22 2022 https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/courts/jury-acquits-former-garda-of-raping-his-wife-at-their-family-home-41373772.html A jury has acquitted a former garda of raping his wife at their family home nearly four years ago. The 60-year-old man has pleaded not guilty to raping his wife in her bedroom at their family home in Leinster on a date in July 2018. Neither the defendant

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/technology/dad-takes-down-towns-internet-by-mistake-to-get-his-kids-offline/ Lawrence Abrams, 17 February 2022 A French dad faces jail time and a hefty fine after using a signal jammer to prevent his kids from going online and taking the rest of a nearby town down with them. Starting at midnight and until 3 AM every day of the week, the French town of

Thomas Röggla adds Ballymascanlon House Hotel to portfolio of four and five star venues https://www.irishtimes.com/business/commercial-property/austrian-investor-pays-15m-for-famed-dundalk-hotel-1.4809198 Ronald Quinlan 22nd February 2022 The well-known Ballymascanlon House Hotel in Dundalk, Co Louth, has been acquired by Davy Real Estate for the TMR Hotel Collection, the portfolio of four- and five-star hotels assembled by Austrian investor, Thomas Röggla. The