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A man who “betrayed” his adult daughter, who has an intellectual disability, by engaging in a sexual act with her, has been jailed for eight years https://tinyurl.com/7naebzvc
A woman who spent five years on death row in the United States is one of the victims of the fire in Connemara which killed two people https://tinyurl.com/mpamp993
*Carlow Shooting:* Evan Fitzgerald, who opened fire and took his own life at a Carlow shopping centre over the weekend, had no previous convictions or known involvement in serious crimes that made him a candidate for being denied bail when he was charged with firearms and explosives offences last year, Garda sources said. https://tinyurl.com/59zkvtnr
A man seeking to overturn a double murder conviction must have his appeal reheard after an appeal court judge forgot he oversaw the original trial https://tinyurl.com/3d2w2ns4
Connacht Rugby has confirmed Stuart Lancaster as the province’s new head coach. https://tinyurl.com/4jde4dx9
*Children’s Health Ireland:* A consultant working at Children’s Health Ireland (CHI) who was at the centre of an internal review for allegedly referring patients to a weekend clinic did not fulfil his on-call hours for more than three years due to “health issues”, a confidential report has found. https://tinyurl.com/y4kee4au
Richard Satchwell, who was found guilty last week of the murder of his wife Tina Satchwell, has been sentenced to life in prison. https://tinyurl.com/ycxb72az
Brace yourselves for some heavy duty name dropping. I promise it will be worth it. The other week I went to London for a party held in honour of my writer friend Dolly Alderton. Dolly has been writing in the Sunday Times Style magazine for a decade now. To mark this milestone the newspaper threw her a fabulous shindig. https://tinyurl.com/3kf9u79y
The mother of an Irish soldier killed in Lebanon has been given permission by the High Court to sue the United Nations in the Irish courts. https://tinyurl.com/5yma9u39
Two people have died following a house fire in Co Galway. The fire broke out at a property near Casla, a village between Inverin and Carraroe, at about 6am. https://tinyurl.com/t8z4443c