News from Limerick

A four-day working week, pay, remote working and artificial intelligence (AI) will be among the topics debated at the biennial conference of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions (ICTU) which begins in Belfast today.

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The Government is due consider a number of memos on housing and planning being brought to Cabinet today by Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage James Browne.

30 June 2025

A man and a woman in their 80s have been found dead at a house in Co Cork.

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A woman has denied a suggestion that her mother was not present during a holiday in which she is alleged to have sexually assaulted her when she was four.

30 June 2025

A 38-year-old man has been charged with the unlawful killing of his 82-year-old maternal grandmother in February of this year at her home in Carrigaline, Co Cork.

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A garda who impersonated a female colleague online and encouraged strangers to come to her house to rape her and her young daughters, will be sentenced next month.

30 June 2025

The jury in Sean "Diddy" Combs' sex trafficking trial has begun its deliberations, after hearing dueling narratives from prosecutors and defence lawyers last week about whether the music mogul forced his former girlfriends to take part in drug-fueled sexual performances.

30 June 2025

A driver in the Defence Forces has appeared before a military court over his alleged repeated failure to stop a coach to allow troops to go to the toilet on a trip between Finner Camp in Co Donegal and Dublin six years ago.

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A Norwegian lottery company has apologised to 47,000 people who were mistakenly told they had won huge sums in a lottery, with the firm blaming a currency conversion error.

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A GP practice in Co Clare has avoided closure after a doctor agreed not to retire and to take over the service in Lisdoonvarna.

30 June 2025

A 25-year-old man has been jailed for six years and three months for the manslaughter of Dylan McCarthy who died after he was assaulted outside a Co Kildare pub nearly three years ago.

30 June 2025

Stena Line is withdrawing its three-day Rosslare to Cherbourg ferry service from the end of September.

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Intel has informed the Government that up to 195 staff could face compulsory redundancy at its plant in Leixlip, Co Kildare.

30 June 2025

The son of an Irish man will make his debut at Wimbledon tomorrow, describing it as "every player's dream".

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Tánaiste Simon Harris has said this year's budget can still be used to help students and their families, but that there will be no cost-of-living package in advance of Christmas.

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British police have launched a criminal investigation into Belfast rap trio Kneecap and Bob Vylan's performances at Glastonbury music festival over the weekend.

30 June 2025

Israeli forces killed at least 67 people in Gaza with airstrikes that left 30 dead at a seaside café and gunfire that left 22 others dead as Palestinians tried to get desperately needed food aid, witnesses, hospital and health officials said.

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A punishing heatwave has gripped southern Europe, prompting authorities to issue health and wildfire warnings as temperatures are expected to soar again.

30 June 2025

Police investigating the murder of a pregnant woman in Co Down have arrested a second person.

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