Paschal Sheehy

Southern Editor

Helen McEntee said Ireland needed to step up its response to human trafficking

Hopes new law on trafficked victims enacted next week

It is hoped new legislation to give the HSE, Tusla, NGOs and charitable organisations the power to formally recognise victims of human trafficking will be enacted next week, according to Minister for Justice Helen McEntee.

Ireland • 26 Jun 24

Commissioner Drew Harris said anti-immigration sentiment is 'certainly' out there

Anti-immigrant sentiment 'a driver' in arson attack rise

Garda Commissioner Drew Harris has said he believes anti-immigration sentiment is partly responsible for an 11% increase in arson offences.

Ireland • 26 Jun 24

Veteran Green councillor and former TD Dan Boyle was elected to the position

Boyle to become first Green lord mayor of Cork city

Cork City Council has appointed its first Green Party lord mayor. Veteran councillor and former TD Dan Boyle was elected to the position and will serve for a year.

Munster • 21 Jun 24

Wife resumes evidence in Dooley murder trial

The wife of 42-year-old father-of-seven Thomas Dooley has resumed her evidence in the trial of six men charged with his murder.

Courts • 06 Jun 24

Siobhán Dooley told the court of the moment her husband Thomas was attacked

Wife describes fatal attack on husband at Kerry funeral

The wife of 42-year-old father-of-seven Thomas Dooley has described the moment her husband was attacked and fatally injured, as they attended a funeral in Co Kerry in October, 2022.

Courts • 07 Jun 24

Thomas Dooley died following an altercation at a funeral at Rath Cemetery in Tralee on 5 October 2022

Court told Dooley attacked with 'murderous ferocity'

A trial has begun at the Central Criminal Court in Co Cork in which the prosecution alleges that a 42-year-old father-of-seven was murdered by a group of six people who included his brother and three of his first cousins.

Courts • 07 Jun 24

A view of some of the Fermoy Tidy Towns volunteers

International volunteers boost Fermoy's Tidy Towns bid

As communities across the country prepare for judging in the coming weeks for the annual Tidy Towns awards, the committee in Fermoy in north Cork has received an unexpected boost.

Munster • 02 Jun 24

Marco Ptrassi getting a high five from his daughter Amelia at the Cork City Marathon

Record charity funding as thousands run Cork marathon

The Cork City Marathon has been won by Polish runner Pawel Kosek, while the first woman across the line was Aoife Cooke.

Munster • 02 Jun 24

Louise O'Keeffe and the IHREC appealed to the Permanent Representations of the Council of Europe to impose enhanced supervision on the Government (file image)

Government 'failed' to implement judgment in abuse case

Rights campaigner Louise O'Keeffe has said it is a matter of shame that successive governments have failed to fully implement the judgment of the ECHR in the case she won there more than a decade ago.

Ireland • 31 May 24

Six people arraigned before jury panel over Dooley murder

Six people have been arraigned at the Central Criminal Court in Co Cork, charged with the murder of a 42-year-old father of seven in Tralee, Co Kerry, a year and a half ago.

Courts • 29 May 24