Your Wednesday lunchtime catch-up
IRELAND
It is reported that two Irish men have died in an incident in Perth.
A double stabbing has occurred in the foyer of the Galway Courthouse this morning. The incident occurred at around 11am.
The bank inquiry has agreed to drastically cut the size of its crisis-hit report by ignoring any issues which do not relate to the 2008 guarantee or 2010 bailout in a bid to save the year-long investigation.
Taoiseach Enda Kenny has warned nurses that an imminent strike over Ireland’s ongoing hospital trolley crisis “will not help anyone” as he insisted the problem is being addressed and “the numbers speak for themselves”.
A 25-year old man has been charged with the murder of his mother in Cork city earlier this week. Paul Horgan of the same address appeared in court this morning. Garda Mark Durkan told the court he was arrested at Murmont Avenue last Monday morning and taken to Mayfield Garda Station.
The widow of a 37-year-old man who jumped off the Cliffs of Moher on the ninth anniversary of the death of their two-day-old baby girl has told an inquest that her husband was “an amazing father who adored our three boys and myself”.
WORLD
A teenage boy has died of ebola in Liberia, the first fatality since July in one of the three west African countries hit hardest by the worst-ever outbreak of the disease.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is believed to have demoted one of his top officials and sent him to a rural collective farm for reeducation, South Korea’s spy agency told lawmakers.
SPORT
Six-time All-Ireland winning Cork camogie goalkeeper Aoife Murray has expressed frustration at how female sports, and its participants, are treated in Ireland.
Louis van Gaal has given Luke Shaw permission to stay away from Manchester United’s match against PSV in case he feels it will reopen the psychological wounds of his leg break in Eindhoven.
BUSINESS
Cpl Resources Plc, Ireland’s largest indigenous recruitment and outsourcing firm today announced the creation of 200 skilled, operational roles across the Group’s extensive branch network in the next two years.
Greencore expects to see a significant step-up in profits in its US operations over the next couple of years after seeing its ‘food-to-go’ policy generate impressive growth on both sides of the Atlantic over the past 12 months.
ANALYSIS
Further laws against ‘hate speech’ to enforce a common ‘decency’ are more about muzzling freedom of expression than protecting the vulnerable, writes .
LIFESTYLE
Irene O’Brien is behind all the best vintage fashion shoots. So imagine how excited was when Irene took her vintage shopping?
VIDEO
Facebook has four giant data centres in the US. The construction of Swedish data halls is in response to the huge amounts of electronic data being generated around the world.
VIRAL
An Australian woman took to Facebook to fight against body shaming after a personal trainer suggested that the new mum get back to her pre-baby weight.
As the saying goes: ’Pele good, Maradona better, George Best’. Today marks 10 years since his passing and social media is remembering the man who made Pele bow down and admit that Georgie, the Belfast boy, was indeed, the best of his time.
TECHNOW
Fitbit has released an update to some of their major products which makes it easier to track exercise than ever before.
Daddy’s Home is an hilarious-looking new comedy starring Mark Wahlberg and Will Ferrell and the two superstars are bringing the film to Ireland!
It’s a busy time of the year for online shopping but Amazon has been forced to reset a number of passwords after a security concern was raised.
SHOWBIZ
Armed Garda detectives are patrolling the 3Arena this week during U2’s four homecoming gigs.
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The widow of a 37-year-old man who jumped off the Cliffs of Moher on the ninth anniversary of the death of their two-day-old baby girl has told an inquest that her husband was “an amazing father who adored our three boys and myself”.
