Man awarded €7,500 after fall caused by disappearing bollard
A man who sat on a bollard during a shopping trip to Cork City only to find it disappear into the ground without warning, throwing him on to his back. Has been awarded €7500 in …
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Man goes on trial charged with killing boy who died in Tallaght hut fire
A Dublin man has gone on trial accused of the manslaughter of 12-year-old Stephen Hayes who died when the hut he was sleeping in was allegedly set on fire. Fifty-four-year-old Dermot Griffin denies killing the …
Water Charges Protestor Injured In Cork In Standoff
Water-Charges protestor, John O’Donovan was taken to Cork University Hospital for treatment after an incident in Ashbrook Heights in Togher in Cork at 11am this morning. An ambulance was called after some sort of altercation …
Clampers refused to remove clamp from a wheelchair bound woman’s car
A Dublin clamping company refused to remove a boot from a wheelchair-bound woman’s car for half an hour after her husband forgot to place a disabled parking permit in the windscreen. Declan and Maureen Fitzgerald …
Would-be Labour councillor Martina Genockey canvassing in Jobstown today literally runs from constituents questions
[youtube url=”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KyjZWO3BtNc” width=”560″ height=”315″] We have been sent this dramatic video, taken this afternoon in Jobstown, Dublin. It shows Martina Genockey who is running in the local elections for Labour, avoiding questions from constituents and …
Despicable Outrage – Drogheda Ambulance Breaks Down This Morning
TheLiberal.ie received this image of one of the emergency ambulances broken down just after departing from Our Lady Of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda this morning.7 The hospital which covers areas spanning from Co. Cavan down …
Saint John Paul II canonised, also Pope Francis to visit Ireland
Pope John Paul 2nd and Pope John 23rd have been canonised as Saints today. With up to 1 million people in St. Peter’s Square, Pope Francis presided over proceedings with dignitaries from across the globe. …
Tobacco companies behind e-cigarettes
Tobacco companies are acquiring ownership of electronic cigarette companies, according to Eoin Bradley of the Irish Cancer Society. The advocacy officer for the charity voiced his concern about the issue, “For years tobacco companies have …
Jill Meagher’s husband Tom Meagher had an emotional Late Late Show interview
The husband of the late Jill Meagher who was murdered in Melbourne in September 2012, appeared on The Late Late Show last night. He was steadfast in his disgust and hatred at Adrian Bailey, the …
A Mother of three living in her car has been told she will have to wait 9 years for social housing
A mother of three who is living in her car with her children aged five, three and 18 months has been told she would have to wait nine years for social housing. Sabrina McMahon who …
