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TAOISEACH Simon Harris has thanked the “amazing” athletes who represented Ireland at the Paris 2024 Paralympics . Team Ireland produced many stunning performances over the course of the competition, which ended with a spectacular closing ceremony held at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis on Sunday, September 8. Ellen Keane and Michael Murphy carried the flag for Team Ireland … [Read more...] about ‘The pride of our nation’: Taoiseach’s praise for Ireland’s Paralympians

A TAXI driver who sexually assaulted a teenage girl in his cab has been sentenced. Paul Bryan, of Newtowncunningham in County Donegal, was sentenced at Derry Crown Court after pleading guilty to sexual assault by penetration and sexual assault of an 18-year-old woman. The court heard that the 63-year-old targeted the young woman, who had been separated from her friends on a … [Read more...] about Taxi driver sentenced for sexually assaulting teenager in his cab

THREE young boys have been charged in relation to a fire at a church and church hall in Co. Antrim. The boys, two aged 11 and one aged 10, have been charged with arson in relation to last week's blaze at the Church of the Holy Name in Greenisland. The PSNI has said they are not treating the incident at the Church of Ireland site as a racially-motivated hate crime. Fire crews … [Read more...] about Three young boys charged over fire at church in Co. Antrim

A WOMAN remains in a serious condition in hospital following a reported assault in Dublin in the early hours of Saturday. Shortly before 12.30am, gardaí and emergency services responded to reports of a serious assault at a residential property in Clonshaugh, Dublin 17. A woman, aged in her 30s, was found with serious injuries and was taken to Beaumont Hospital, where she … [Read more...] about Woman in serious condition after Dublin assault

A NEW five-part BBC radio drama based on long-forgotten diaries sheds light on the lives of gay people living in Belfast in the 1930s. Hidden Belfast, Forbidden Love is the latest offering from the BBC's Storytellers series and was released on BBC Sounds this weekend. It is based on the diaries of linen merchant David Strain, which were painstakingly transcribed by historian Dr … [Read more...] about New BBC radio drama based on forgotten diaries sheds light on lives of gay people in 1930s Belfast