Murder accused’s son also asked to identify people in stills of CCTV footage, jury hears

The Graham Dwyer trial has heard that gardaí showed his adult son CCTV stills from Elaine O’Hara’s apartment block to see whether he could identify anyone in the footage.

Tramore crowned a remarkable week for Munster golf clubs at the AIG Cups and Shields national finals when they claimed the Senior Cup at Carton House.

Lisselan, the picturesque little nine-hole club just outside of Clonakilty, savoured a little piece of national success in 2010 when they reached the final of the Irish Mixed Foursomes Championship at Castlerock.

Budget cutbacks could provide a challenge in keeping Ireland's perinatal mortality rate relatively low, an expert warned today.

The devastating report by the Independent Child Death Review Group, published last week, presented details on 196 children who died while in contact with state services between 2000 and 2010.

Suicide levels among young people in contact with the State’s child protection services are almost 10 times the rate of those who are not.

MORE than 450 people have each been admitted to hospital at least 10 times due to deliberate self-harm in a seven-year period, a conference on mental health heard yesterday.

THERE was a striking increase in the number of young adults engaging in self-harm last year, with the recession and alcohol consumption largely being blamed.

AN organisation working to prevent suicide and self harm is concerned at the increasing number of children who see suicide as a viable option during the economic downturn.

SUICIDE researchers have warned in the current climate of rapidly increasing unemployment, suicide rates could rise as in previous recessions.

HEAVYWEIGHTS Eamonn Higgins (UCC) and Martin Donovan (OLOL) claim top billing on Friday night when Cork County Board host a charity boxing show in aid of the Alzheimer’s Association at Neptune Stadium (7pm).

ONE in every 160 teenage girls was treated for deliberate self-harm in hospital last year, according to the latest figures from the National Parasuicide Registry.

ALMOST 3,000 people under the age of 25 were treated in hospital last year for attempted suicide or deliberate self-harm.

A brother of Brian Meehan, the man serving life imprisonment for the murder of Veronica Guerin, has been jailed for six years for committing a series of robberies armed with knives after relapsing into heroin addiction.

CHILDREN as young as 12, particularly girls, are attempting suicide and inflicting deliberate self harm, new figures from the National Parasuicide Registry show.

AROUND 50% more people attempted suicide in Limerick city, per capita, than in either Cork or Waterford last year, according to the National Suicide Research Foundation.

UP to 12,000 Irish people receive hospital treatment after attempting suicide each year, a Government-funded report shows.