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Waterford murders: A vigil has been held in Waterford for the English family | Newstalk
Gardaí have carried out a series of searches in Waterford as the investigation continues into the firebomb attack that killed four members of the English family. Speaking to Anton this morning was Irish Examiner reporter Neil Michael.
Drugs: Reports of drug-related intimidation up by over 30% in the past five years, say gardaí
Reports of drug-related intimidation have increased by more than 30% in the past five years, according to gardaí.Latest figures released to the Irish Examiner also show the number of arson attacks have surged, with threats to kill or cause serious harm up just over 12%.Senior drugs squad officers say 96% of victims do not make formal complaints.Detective superintendent with the Garda National Drugs and Organised Crime Bureau, Shane McCormack said: “We would like more people to come in and let u...
Travellers: Racism behind dire state of Cork halting site, advocate tells committee
A leading Traveller advocate has said racism is the reason why an overcrowded halting site in Cork City is in a dire state.Traveller Visibility Group Cork director of advocacy Breda O’Donoghue told members of an Oireachtas committee she had no other way of explaining why there has been insufficient development and improvements at the Spring Lane halting site.
The site was the scene of violent clashes between rival families in August that saw multiple people injured, including one man wh...
The site was the scene of violent clashes between rival families in August that saw multiple people injured, including one man wh...
Waterford murders: The Deirdre O'Shaughnessy Podcast: Gardaí raid two homes after Waterford arson attack
Gardaí have raided two homes in the Waterford area as part of their investigation into the arson attack on a family home in the Birchwood estate on Tuesday morning.
Philip and Kim English and their sons, 12-year-old Callum and eight-year-old Jayden, were killed in the fire, while their two other children remain in critical condition in hospital.
Philip and Kim English and their sons, 12-year-old Callum and eight-year-old Jayden, were killed in the fire, while their two other children remain in critical condition in hospital.
Waterford murders: 'I will never forget it': Neighbours describe horror of Waterford arson attack as children named
"Throw the kids down, throw the kids down".These were the heart-wrenching and desperate appeals that some on Birchwood woke up to around 5am on Tuesday, as a fatal fire took hold in a house on the estate in Waterford. Couple Kim and Philip English and two of their children died in the blaze.The children were named locally as Callum, who was 12, and Jayden, who was 8.Tears streaming down her face, one woman who did not want to be named could barely speak.“I’ll never forget it,” she told the Irish...
Before We Die Campaign: 'It's been my biggest fear: What happens to him when something happens to me?'
When Micheál Lynch asked three years ago what would happen if neither he or his wife could look after their disabled son Tomás, it was a wake-up call.He was told the 20-year-old non-verbal wheelchair user would be placed in emergency accommodation in . . . Waterford. Given that he lives with his parents in Castlegregory, Co Kerry, some 230km away, both Micheál and his wife Carol were shocked.Their son has Rubinstein-Taybi Syndrome (RTS), which is a rare genetic disorder that can occur randomly w...
Before We Die Campaign: 'I would love if Yvonne died before me so I could not be full of fear of what is going to happen to her'
There is a moment when tears well up in Mags Condon’s eyes.It’s when she says she hopes her daughter dies before her.“It’s not what any parent should ever say, or even think,” the 66-year-old mother-of-two says, her voice faltering as she wipes her eyes.“But I don’t know what will happen to Yvonne if anything happens to me, or my husband Jimmy, and I am worried.“I am worried what will happen to her when I die.”As far as she has been told, Mags’ daughter is Ireland’s only known sufferer of a debi...
Before We Die Campaign: 'I was quite angry with my husband for dying... it was our worst fear — how would either of us cope on our own'
On the evening of Tuesday, May 10, Mick Roche turned to his wife Caroline at their home in Raheny and suggested they both look into what would happen to their daughter Helena if one or both of them died.Their daughter, who is now 31, has Down syndrome, autism, epilepsy and mobility issues. She also has a number of challenging behavioural issues.As a cancer survivor who had also survived a stroke, it was perhaps understandable the 62-year-old electrician should start the conversation.But much to...
Before We Die Campaign: 'There is a very real possibility that she could be put out to tender after we die'
Gerard Hennessy from Midleton sees joining Before We Die as a good way to put pressure on the Government to finance a plan for the future of residential care for adults with intellectual disabilities, like his daughter Kelly.It also gives him a sense of solidarity with thousands of other parents like him around the country who worry what will happen to their children after they die.But the 72-year-old retired teacher, and blood cancer survivor, admits there is a downside.“As carers, we can be ac...
Flooding: East Cork residents accuse minister of spinning flood relief delays as 'development milestones'
Minister of state with responsibilty for the OPW, Kevin 'Boxer' Moran, has been accused of “spinning delays” to East Cork flood defence measures as “development milestones” by Midleton resident representatives.Caroline Leahy, of the Midleton and East Cork Flood Protection Group, said residents want the completion of work that should have been done by now.She said: “We are in the storm season, yet measures to help protect us from floods are still beset with delays.“We are just sick and tired of t...
Before We Die Campaign: Disability campaign group plans election push after ‘betrayal’ over Budget 2027 funding
The founder of the Before We Die campaign said he is now looking at targeting politicians and ministers in the next general election.Tony Murray, who founded the group to pressure the Government to put more funding into residential care for adults with intellectual disabilities, said this is necessary due to a “derisory” funding allocation in this year’s Budget.He said: “We will continue to lobby ministers and TDs in the build-up to each budget but I think we also have to concentrate on where it...
Defence Forces Tribunal: Former officer accused of altering medical records
A former Defence Forces officer is accused of “knowingly or wrongfully” altering electronic medical records in a way that resulted in a female former captain being de-selected for overseas service.It is alleged the changes led to her operational status being downgraded between July and December 2020.Defence Forces Tribunal lawyers have ordered the Defence Forces to hand over documents relating to a complaint subsequently made by the former captain about the alleged conduct of the officer.The la...
Health: Inquiry into spina bifida and scoliosis care could begin within six months
An inquiry into the State’s care of children with spina bifida and scoliosis could be up and running within six months, according to Labour TD Marie Sherlock.However, the party’s health spokesperson has warned it could take “years” before families find out what went wrong and why.Ms Sherlock was speaking after she and a number of other TDs, including Fine Gael’s Colm Burke and Social Democrats TD Padraig Rice, were briefed on Saturday evening on a 136-page report by Remy Farrell SC into the pote...
Irishman, 64, dies after getting into difficulty in water at Portugal beach
An Irishman is believed to have died after getting into difficulty in the water at a beach in Portugal.The incident happened at Prainha beach in Alvor, Portimão, according to Portuguese newspaper Jornal de Notícias (JN).The man is reported to be 64 years old and, according to a statement to JN from the National Maritime Authority (AMN), he “got into difficulty in the water” in an unsupervised area of the beach.The alert was raised at 10.40am, with members of the SeaWatch project, INEM (Nationa...
Disability: Cork family faces €3,000-a-month transport bill to get daughter to HSE-funded disability training
Teresa O’Sullivan has every reason to be grateful for her daughter’s placement at a facility where she can receive training to help her do basic things.Megan is one of the only a few hundred people in medical history ever recorded to have a faulty TUBB2B gene that affects the development of a person’s brain. She needs help to do things like make a sandwich or count money.While outwardly, the 19-year-old may appear like any other teenager, she suffers from an extremely rare neurological disorder...
Artificial intelligence: State to fund research on AI voice 'companion' for the elderly
The Government is funding the development of an AI voice “companion” that can check up on the elderly in their homes.The €100,000 from Enterprise Ireland will be used by Amethyst Care to develop its device that is being designed to help older adults stay independent for longer.Operated remotely, it will use a combination of AI voice technology with remote health monitoring to provide a service that will do anything from providing medication reminders to checking up on the user’s wellbeing.Founde...
Requirement for e-scooters to be registered could be brought in via 'emergency legislation'
The requirement for owners of e-scooters to register them could be brought in via “emergency legislation”, according to Minister of State with responsibility for Road Safety, Seán Canney.Speaking at the start of informal meetings among EU transport ministers, the Mr Canney said that he is pressing ahead with moves to classify e-scooters as mechanically propelled vehicles, which would then require them to be registered.Speaking in Dunlin Castle on Monday morning, he said: “We’re looking at redef...
Road safety minister says rising death toll on Irish roads is a 'failure of everybody'
The rising death toll on Irish roads is down to the “failure of everybody”, the Minister of State with responsibility for road safety, Seán Canney, has said.His comment came after a weekend in which four people were killed in separate road crashes in Limerick, Meath, Waterford and Wexford.At the start of Monday morning’s informal meeting of EU transport ministers, he was asked by reporters how he will be able to stand over his record as Minister of State with responsibility for road safety with...
Government may stall carbon tax rise due in October, minister hints
Minister of state at the Department of Transport Seán Canney has hinted the Government could “stall” the forthcoming carbon tax rise.The Galway East independent TD, who is the leader in cabinet for the independent ministers, was asked what independents aligned with the Government would want from the forthcoming budget.While he said he did not want to speculate, he said the Government wanted to “do the best for our citizens”.This could include stalling carbon tax increases that could see a €4.86...
Ploughing 2026
Some random shots from the Wednesday of this year's Ploughing Championships.
Trump in Doonbeg: 'I wish the protests weren't here' says local resident
"I wish the protests weren’t here. We’d have enjoyed the golf better."Doonbeg resident Michael Neenan, whose house was a few doors down from the anti-Trump protests on the village’s main street, said he had mixed feelings about the atmosphere surrounding the visit of the US president.In sentiments echoed by many fellow residents, he said he welcomed what golf was doing for the entire county, but he was “no fan of Trump”. The 80-year-old said: “I don't agree with any of his policies. He’s very di...
Donald Trump, Shannon Airport, 2026.
Random shots from Donald Trump's arrival at Shannon Airport, 2026.
Residential care services will have to declare where CCTV is being used and why
A new code is coming into effect next year which will see all residential care services having to declare exactly where CCTV is being used in which bedrooms and bathrooms and why.All approved services that offer residential-based settings will also be expected to undertake a digital monitoring technology impact assessment before introducing any additional monitoring technology.All technologies already in use will also have to be reviewed, according to the new Mental Health Commission (MHC) code...
Less than 5% chance of Naval Service applicants being accepted for cadet training
People applying to be a Naval Service officer had less than a 5% chance of being accepted for basic cadet training, according to Defence Forces records.In 2019, just eight of 192 people (4.1%) who applied to be a Naval Services officer were accepted for the three-month long cadet induction.This rate dropped to 2.9% by 2023, when just five of the 172 National Service cadet applications led to inductions.The figures, released under the Freedom of Information Act, cover a five-year period as the n...
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