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[16:56] HSE sorry over man's death after 'appalling' treatment

An inquest into the care of a 76-year-old man who died from sepsis, days after being discharged from University Hospital Limerick, has returned a verdict of medical misadventure.

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#76_year_old #days #UniversityHospitalLimerick






[16:06] Man awarded €11,500 in religious discrimination case

A man has settled a religious discrimination case against a Belfast hotel for £10,000 (€11,500) after he said a job offer was revoked due to him not being able to work certain hours.

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#Belfast #10,000 #11,500



[16:08] Man guilty of murdering man who took him and mother in

A 23-year-old man has been found guilty of the murder of a 65-year-old who had taken his mother into his home after learning she was sleeping in her car.

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#23_year_old #65_year_old





[15:38] Schools express concern over opening of special classes

A total of 390 new special classes have been sanctioned to open in schools for next September according to the latest National Council for Special Education figures.

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#390 #nextSeptember #NationalCouncilforSpecialEducation






[14:50] The Irish Neutrality League hits out at Triple Lock plans

Opposition TDs and Senators have come together calling on the public to oppose the dilution of the Triple Lock.

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#theTripleLock



[14:46] Dáil told woman must go to Romania for endometriosis care

The Dáil has heard harrowing details of the daily life of a young woman who is suffering from endometriosis.

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#Dáil #daily




[14:19] RTÉ redundancy scheme to open with €300,000 cap

RTÉ plans to open its Voluntary Exit programme after Easter, according to the broadcaster's HR Director, with a cap of €300,000 on payments.

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#RTÉ #VoluntaryExit #Easter #300,000



[14:20] Two-year wait for appeal in rape case 'too long'

The Minister for Justice Jim O'Callaghan has said that a recent appeal of a rape case which took almost two years to complete was, in his view, too long.

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#JimO'Callaghan #almosttwoyears



daily #CalvinAndHobbes comic:
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[13:39] Northern Ireland in 'unique' position regarding tariffs

The UK and Irish governments have been pressed to keep in mind Northern Ireland's unique circumstances in their response to US president Donald Trump's tariffs.

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#UK #Irish #NorthernIreland's #US #DonaldTrump's











[13:00] Work to begin on setting up Oireachtas committees

Work to establish 28 Oireachtas committees will begin at Leinster House more than four months after the general election.

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#28 #Oireachtas #LeinsterHouse #morethanfourmonths



[12:36] Teacher's 'GAA catfish' case against school resolved

The High Court has been told the case taken by a school teacher, who claims she was wrongly identified as the 'GAA catfish', to prevent her employer taking disciplinary action against her has been resolved and can be struck out.

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#TheHighCourt #GAA



[12:00] Irish mortgage rates fifth most expensive in euro zone

The interest rate on new mortgages offered by banks are half a percentage point lower than they were a year ago, according to new data from the Central Bank.

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#half #ayearago #theCentralBank



[12:17] European police dismantle child abuse image network

Polish police have announced the dismantling of a vast online network for images of child sexual abuse, an operation carried out in cooperation with 11 other European countries.

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#Polish #11 #European



[12:19] Gaza medics say 26 killed in Israeli strike on house

An Israeli airstrike killed at least 26 people, including children, in a house in Shejaia in Gaza City, local health authorities have said.

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#Israeli #atleast26 #Shejaia #GazaCity


in reply to BeyondMachines

Weird how the more they fix, they more they break.

There is something wrong in Redmond.






[11:53] CHI to keep families informed about hip surgery audit

Children's Health Ireland has said it will ensure parents, and their families are kept informed through the process of an ongoing audit of a certain type of hip surgery across its children's hospital sites and the National Orthopaedic Hospital Cappagh.

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#Children's #HealthIreland #theNationalOrthopaedicHospitalCappagh