An elderly man has died following a collision in Galway yesterday afternoon. The incident occurred on the Monivea Road near Carnmore at around 2pm. A 70-year-old man was fatally injured when his car was involved in the collision with a truck. He was pronounced dead at the scene and his body was taken to University [...]
The acting pair's relationship crumbled in 2016 after allegations of abuse levelled at Johnny Depp by his former partner - including throwing an iPhone at her face in May 2016 - but now Depp has claimed that his ex-wife punched him twice in a new court filing. Depp filed the documents in the UK, where [...]
A heavy wooden sliding gate was mechanically defective when it fell and crushed a five-year-old girl outside her home, an inquest has heard. Sienna Joyce died just weeks before her sixth birthday after the gate de-railed from its sliders and fell, trapping the child underneath. “She was my life, the air that I breathed. We [...]
The HSE and the Regional Hospital in Mullingar have apologised for the failings in the care of a grandmother who died at the hospital three days after turning up at A&E with abdominal pain. Grandmother of eight Angela Farrell it was claimed was suffering from a complication of a previous partial gastrectomy and it it [...]
The High Court has awarded €263,000 in damages to the husband of a woman who took her own life after being discharged from UHG for taking an overdose of pills. Angelo Cloonan sued the HSE and Dr. Kishan Browne for negligence, claiming that they had not properly assessed his wife Josephine’s suicide risk when they [...]
A solicitor can go ahead with administering the estate of a deceased man for the benefit of his estranged wife, who is aged in her nineties and has dementia, the Court of Appeal has ruled. While the husband left just €1,000 in his will to his estranged wife - a ward of court - she [...]
It seems salmonella contamination of food products is on the move in 2018. Ritz Cracker Products has issued a recall of Ritz Crackers and Ritz Bits, including Ritz Cheese Cracker Sandwiches and Ritz Bits Cheese. The products contain whey powder, which could contain salmonella, in the United States, the United States Virgin Islands, and Puerto [...]
Mixed martial arts fighter Conor McGregor is due back in court in New York today on charges of assault and criminal mischief. At his last court appearance in June, prosecutors said plea negotiations were under way. Mr McGregor is currently free on bail of $50,000 after being charged with assault and criminal mischief. He is accused [...]
A man who burned down his own business for the insurance payout has walked free from court, despite putting firefighters at risk. David Healy could have faced a life sentence for arson and attempted deception but walked away with a 10-year suspended sentence on the condition he pays €33,000 to the State. The judge said [...]
Katie Price has been forced to sell mansion in West Sussex to pay off debts ahead of her upcoming divorce to estranged husband of five years, Kieran Hayler. Kieran cheated on the former glamour model on more than one occasion which led to the breakdown of the relationship. Her former nanny, Nikki Brown, is also allegedly suing [...]