Ireland News API

Supported Countries - 165

Afghanistan

Albania

Algeria

Angola

Argentina

Australia

Austria

Azerbaijan

Bahamas

Bahrain

Bangladesh

Barbados

Belarus

Belgium

Belize

Bermuda

Bhutan

Bolivia

Bosnia And Herzegovina

Botswana

Brazil

Brunei

Bulgaria

Cambodia

Cameroon

Canada

Cape Verde

Cayman Islands

Central African Republic

Chile

China

Colombia

Comoros

Congo

Costa Rica

Croatia

Cuba

Cyprus

Czech Republic

DR Congo

Denmark

Djibouti

Dominica

Dominican Republic

Ecuador

Egypt

El Salvador

Estonia

Ethiopia

Fiji

Finland

France

French Polynesia

Gabon

Georgia

Germany

Ghana

Greece

Guatemala

Guinea

Haiti

Honduras

Hong Kong

Hungary

Iceland

India

Indonesia

Iran

Iraq

Ireland

Israel

Italy

Ivory Coast

Jamaica

Japan

Jordan

Kazakhstan

Kenya

Kuwait

Kyrgyzstan

Laos

Latvia

Lebanon

Libya

Lithuania

Luxembourg

Macedonia

Madagascar

Malawi

Malaysia

Maldives

Mali

Malta

Marshall Islands

Mauritania

Mauritius

Mexico

Moldova

Monaco

Mongolia

Montenegro

Morocco

Mozambique

Myanmar

Namibia

Nepal

Netherland

New Zealand

Niger

Nigeria

North Korea

Norway

Oman

Pakistan

Palestine

Panama

Papua New Guinea

Paraguay

Peru

Philippines

Poland

Portugal

Puerto Rico

Qatar

Romania

Russia

Rwanda

Samoa

Saudi Arabia

Senegal

Serbia

Singapore

Slovakia

Slovenia

Solomon Islands

Somalia

South Africa

South Korea

Spain

Sri Lanka

Sudan

Sweden

Switzerland

Syria

Taiwan

Tajikistan

Tanzania

Thailand

Tonga

Tunisia

Turkey

Turkmenistan

Uganda

Ukraine

United Arab Emirates

United Kingdom

United States Of America

Uruguay

Uzbekistan

Vanuatu

Venezuela

Vietnam

Yemen

Zambia

Zimbabwe

Get headlines from Ireland with our JSON API.

🔑 Get API key for the Ireland News API

Country Parameter

The country paramter for the Ireland is IE.

Some example queries:

Below is the search query to fetch random 100 news-sources of Ireland.

https://newsdata.io/api/1/sources?country=ie&apikey=YOUR_API_KEY

Some of the well known sources

Live Example

This example demonstrates the HTTP request to make, and the JSON response you will receive, when you use the News API to get headlines from Ireland.

Headlines from Ireland

https://newsdata.io/api/1/latest?country=ie&apikey=YOUR_API_KEY

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      • "title": "Garda withdraws damages claim after court hears he climbed Ireland’s highest mountains after incident",
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      • "description": "Garda Sean Daly had been suing Garda Commissioner and others for €60,000",
      • "content": "Immediately after Judge Sarah Berkeley heard in the Circuit Civil Court that Garda Sean Daly, of Curkish, Bailieborough, Co Cavan, had achieved the impressive climbs in a single weekend, she rose to allow his legal team to discuss the future of his €60,000 damages claim with defence barrister Shane English. Mr Daly (42), who claimed he had been injured while participating in a Garda driving programme, sued Garda Commissioner Drew Harris, his colleague who had been driving an unmarked garda car, the Minister for Justice Jim O’Callaghan and Hyundai Cars Ireland, the manufacturer of the vehicle that struck and skidded 100 metres along a ditch in Co Tipperary seven years ago. When the court resumed on Thursday after the brief adjournment and talks between the parties, Mr Daly’s barrister told Judge Berkeley he had received instructions from his client to withdraw his claim. Mr Daly’s claim collapsed during cross-examination by Mr English, who, with Hayley Tarmey of Ennis Solicitors, was representing all four defendants. Mr Daly told Mr English he had been struggling to get back to soccer, running, walking and gym work for months after the crash. He said he had not attended his doctor until February 9th 2018, a year and five months after the October 2016 crash and had difficulty remembering if he had attended his solicitor before or on the same day he had gone to his doctor. Mr English reminded him he had signed an Injuries Board claim form and attended his doctor on the same day. Approaching the closure of his cross-examination, Mr English asked Mr Daly if he had engaged in any other physical activities shortly after his crash and when he told several times he had not, counsel asked him to think carefully and reminded him he was giving his evidence on oath. When Mr Daly finally stated he had not participated in any other activities, Mr English asked him again if there was anything else that might be escaping his memory as to what he may or may not have done and when Mr Daly said not that he could think of anything, Mr English asked him: “Have you heard of the Four Peaks?” Mr Daly agreed he knew of them and also agreed the climbs lasted between four and seven hours. He had done the climbs but could not remember when. “And you climbed all four of them in the one weekend did you not?” Mr English asked. Mr Daly agreed but disagreed with counsel that one would have to be “pretty fit” to walk the four highest peaks in Ireland in one weekend. “And you climbed them in May 2017, seven months after this accident and before you went to your doctor,” Mr English said. “Why would you tell this court ‘I can’t do this and that and I’m trying to get back to doing this and that’ without telling the court that you had climbed four of the highest peaks in Ireland?” When Mr Daly told the court he had not remembered when he had climbed the four highest peaks, Mr English said: “It is not credible and I am surprised, to say the least, that you hold a very responsible role and I think you should have told us that.” Judge Berkeley rose and went to her chambers while the two parties talked outside court. Mr Daly pulled his case within minutes.",
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      • "title": "Prevost deu primeira missa na Capela Sistina e apelou à união",
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      • "description": "Na manhã de sexta-feira, o Papa Leão XIV celebrou a \"Missa Pro Ecclesia\" ao Romano Pontífice na Capela Sistina.",
      • "content": "Leão XIV presidiu à sua primeira Celebração Eucarística como Papa, com os Cardeais eleitores, como é tradição após a eleição de um novo Papa . A missa teve início às 11 horas da manhã de sexta-feira - 10h em Portugal continental - na Capela Sistina. Sapatos pretos e uma cruz pastoral feita para Bento XVI, usada também pelo Papa Francisco : foi assim que Prevost se apresentou no dia seguinte ao fim do Conclave que o elegeu, na sua primeira missa como Papa. \"Chamaste-me para carregar uma cruz\" , foram estas as primeiras palavras, ditas em inglês, por Robert Prevost, na homilia que delineia o seu Pontificado. \"Começarei com algumas palavras em inglês, o resto farei em italiano\", começou por dizer. \"Estou feliz por estar aqui convosco, queridos irmãos, para que a bênção do Senhor continue sobre nós\". \"Chamastes-me a carregar uma cruz e a ser abençoado para esta missão e quero que também vós caminheis comigo\", acrescentou antes de continuar a sua homilia em italiano. Papa Leão XIV: \"Somos chamados a testemunhar uma fé alegre em Jesus Salvador\" Na sua primeira homilia, o Papa referiu o “ateísmo prático” que marca a sociedade e que por isso, a Igreja deve procurar chegar às pessoas. \"Ainda hoje não são poucos os contextos em que a fé cristã é considerada uma coisa absurda, para pessoas fracas e pouco inteligentes. Contextos em que outras seguranças são preferidas a ela, como a tecnologia, o dinheiro, o sucesso, o poder, o prazer\", diz. Responder à pergunta sobre quem é Cristo para cada pessoa \"não é uma questão trivial\", disse. \"Há um mundo que considera Jesus uma pessoa totalmente sem importância, no máximo uma personagem curiosa, que pode suscitar admiração pelo seu modo invulgar de falar e de agir. E assim, quando a sua presença se torna incómoda por causa das exigências de honestidade e das exigências morais que faz, este 'mundo' não hesitará em rejeitá-lo e eliminá-lo\", continua o Papa Leão. Na sua homilia em italiano, Prevost voltou a citar o Papa Francisco, referindo-se ao mundo que Bergoglio nos confiou, \"no qual, como ele nos ensinou tantas vezes, somos chamados a testemunhar a fé alegre em Jesus Salvador\". Concluindo a homilia da missa, concelebrada com os cardeais na Capela Sistina, Leão XIV assinalou \"um compromisso inalienável para quem, na Igreja, exerce um ministério de autoridade: desaparecer para que Cristo permaneça, fazer-se pequeno para que Ele seja conhecido e glorificado (cf. Jo 3, 30), gastar-se ao máximo para que a ninguém falte a oportunidade de O conhecer e amar.\"",
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      • "title": "Emma Willis looks amazing on the red carpet as she makes first public appearance after heart surgery",
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      • "title": "Droits de douane : les États-Unis et le Royaume-Uni concluent un accord commercial dans plusieurs secteurs",
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      • "description": "Cet accord concerne, notamment, le secteur automobile et l'agriculture. Donald Trump et Keir Starmer se sont félicités : il s'agit du premier accord conclu depuis l'entrée en vigueur des droits de douane, début avril.",
      • "content": "Donald Trump a réussi à faire plier Keir Starmer. Jeudi 8 mai, ils ont annoncé la signature d'un accord commercial , le premier depuis que l'administration Trump a décidé d'une série de droits de douane sur l'ensemble de produits étrangers, au début du mois d'avril. \"Les derniers détails sont en train d'être rédigés\" , a déclaré le président américain Donald Trump, assurant que cet accord pourrait être signé \" dans les semaines à venir\" . À l'annonce de cet accord, Donald Trump et Keir Starmer ont tous deux souligné la solidité des relations entre leurs deux pays, liées pas des valeurs, une culture et une langue commune. \"Le moment ne pouvait pas être mieux choisi, car cela fait 80 ans que l'Europe a remporté la Seconde Guerre mondiale. Mais ce jour-là, les États-Unis et le Royaume-Uni se sont unis en tant qu'alliés les plus proches\", a déclaré le Premier ministre britannique. \"Avec cet accord, le Royaume-Uni se joint aux États-Unis pour affirmer que la réciprocité et l'équité sont des principes essentiels et vitaux pour le commerce international\" , a, de son côté, affirmé le président américain, qualifiant le Royaume-Uni de \"véritable allié\" . Cependant, si Donald Trump a assuré que cet accord était \"complet\" et \"global\" , les experts soulignent qu'il exagère la portée de ce pacte, qui se concentre plutôt sur des secteurs spécifiques, assouplissant les barrières sur les produits agricoles, l'automobile, l'aluminium et l'acier. Aluminium et acier L'une des concessions des États-Unis est la suppression d'une taxe de 25 % sur l'acier et l'aluminium en provenance du Royaume-Uni, que Donald Trump avait imposé pour l'ensemble des importations. Si Londres envoie peu d'acier et d'aluminium outre-Atlantique, le Royaume-Uni exporte de nombreux produits contenant ces métaux et qui sont, eux aussi, concernés par la taxe. Le marché américain achète 9 % des exportations britanniques d'acier en valeur et 7 % en volume, selon UK Steel. En 2024, le Royaume-Uni a exporté 180 000 tonnes d'acier semi-fini et fini vers les États-Unis, pour une valeur de 370 millions de livres sterling (436,5 millions d'euros). Bœuf et éthanol Le président Donald Trump a également déclaré que les États-Unis augmenteraient leurs exportations de bœuf et d'éthanol vers le Royaume-Uni, qui bénéficieront d'un traitement douanier particulier. \"L'accord comprend des milliards de dollars d'exportations américaines, en particulier dans le domaine de l'agriculture, pour le bœuf américain, l'éthanol et quasiment tous les produits que produisent nos chers agriculteurs\" , a également assuré le président républicain. Ces importations ont toujours été limitées en raison des inquiétudes liées à l'ajout d'hormones de croissance. Voitures La taxe sur les voitures britanniques entrant aux États-Unis sera également réduite pour les constructeurs britanniques, passant de 27,5 % à 10 %. Une baisse \"extrêmement importante\" pour Keir Starmer. Selon l'Office des statistiques nationales, les exportations de voitures britanniques vers les États-Unis se sont élevées à environ 9 milliards de livres sterling (10,6 milliards d'euros) l'année dernière, ce qui représente 27,4 % du total des exportations de voitures du pays. Les constructeurs automobiles tels que Jaguar et Aston Martin étaient donc particulièrement impactés par les droits de douane imposés par Donald Trump. Cet accord sauvera des milliers \"d'emplois vraiment importants, qualifiés et bien rémunérés\" en Grande-Bretagne, a indiqué le Premier ministre. En ce qui concerne les voitures américaines, les véhicules arrivant au Royaume-Uni sont actuellement soumis à une taxe de 10 %, qui a été ramenée à 2,5 %. Relations commerciales La guerre tarifaire de Donald Trump a été motivée par les déficits commerciaux, les États-Unis important plus de produits qu'ils n'en vendent à l'étranger. Bien que cela soit en partie lié à la force de l'économie américaine et du dollar, Donald Trump en a conclu que les partenaires internationaux exploitaient les États-Unis, en omettant souvent de mentionner que les États-Unis ont un excédent en matière de services. La balance commerciale entre le Royaume-Uni et les États-Unis n'est pas facile à interpréter, car il existe des irrégularités dans les chiffres des deux côtés de l'Atlantique. Les données américaines suggèrent que les États-Unis bénéficient d'un excédent commercial de biens avec le Royaume-Uni, ce qui signifie que les Britanniques achètent plus aux États-Unis qu'ils n'exportent. Selon le gouvernement américain, les exportations américaines de biens vers le Royaume-Uni s'élevaient à 79,9 milliards de dollars (70,7 milliards d'euros) en 2024. Il note également que les importations de biens américains en provenance du Royaume-Uni ont atteint 68,1 milliards de dollars (60,3 milliards d'euros) au cours de la même période. Les données de l'Office britannique des statistiques nationales (ONS) brossent un tableau différent, suggérant que le Royaume-Uni envoie plus de marchandises aux États-Unis qu'il n'en importe. En 2024, le Royaume-Uni a importé pour 57,1 milliards de livres (67,4 milliards d'euros) de biens en provenance des États-Unis en termes de valeur, selon l'ONS. En revanche, la valeur des marchandises envoyées du Royaume-Uni vers les États-Unis s'élevait à 59,3 milliards de livres (70 milliards d'euros).",
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      • "title": "Call for citywide dog fouling campaign in Limerick",
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      • "content": "SOCIAL Democrats councillor Shane Hickey-O’Mara has called on Limerick City and County Council to run a citywide public health campaign on dog fouling.The City North representative also proposed at the April Metropolitan District meeting that standardised signage be posted across the city with information on fines for dog fouling and contact details to report it.Cllr Hickey-O’Mara told Council members that at the recent Team Limerick Clean-Up the most common thing he picked up were dog waste bags.“I got eight bags in the section of Greystones Park that borders the Gaelic Grounds, a location overlooked by a large dog-fouling sign urging people to ‘protect public health’ and ‘scoop the poop’ or receive a maximum fine of €4,000. There’s also a phone number that brings you to Limerick Council’s Litter Line,” he explained.The issue that has been raised with Cllr Hickey-O’Mara most often on the doors over the past few months is dog fouling.“I’ve also received numerous contacts about it over the phone from all over Limerick City North, I imagine all councillors are in the same boat,” he said.“In Ashbrook, for example, residents have contacted me asking about reporting dog fouling and requesting more signage.“They recently received increased signage from the Council— the ‘Bag it, Bin it’ variation. This new signage has minuscule writing but if you get up really close you can just about read the contact details for Limerick Council’s customer service team.“Alongside these new signs there are little ‘protect public health/ scoop the poop’ signs that don’t have any contact details and are sprinkled throughout the Northside from Greystones to Caherdavin Park, etc.,” he commented.The Social Democrat councillor’s motion calls for dog fouling signage to be standardised with the same contact information for reporting fouling on each sign.He also believes that clarity is needed around fines, “with one poster saying there’s an on the spot fine of €150 whilst another says €4,000”.“What we need in Limerick are creative solutions akin to Galway Council’s ‘Clean it up you dirty pup’ campaign, which led to a 60 per cent reduction in dog-fouling,” he suggested.“We need a public health campaign that informs people about the public health risks of fouling and how it negatively affects those with decreased mobility and visual impairments as well as people pushing buggies/prams. We also know that dog waste can lead to disease such as toxocariasis, caused by eggs of the roundworm toxocara found in dog faeces, but we need to communicate this with residents.”“If signage confuses people, has differing information, or is unreadable, then it’s not fit for purpose and is, in a way, litter itself,” he concluded.In response, the Council said that a new dog fouling image and signage with standardised information has been procured and is being erected in communities as requests are submitted.The post Call for citywide dog fouling campaign in Limerick appeared first on Limerick Post Newspaper.",
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      • "title": "Newcastle United to CHANGE badge as owners claim current crest ‘doesn’t translate well’ and give fans three options",
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Its main purpose is to see how important the castle, lion, flag and ribbon is to supporters.The first two ‘Rs’ are understood to be the preference of club chiefs.Though they are open to any wider concerns or further add-ons suggested and are determined to keep fans at the heart of the process and will remain in thorough and deep consultation process with them.Fans will have a week to respond to today’s survey and give their feedback while the club will host fan workshops both online and in person to provide more info and get more feedback.SunSport understands it won’t be a rushed process and that the current badge will remain for at least next season.A host of clubs have changed crests, to very different responses, over recent years to a more minimalist look.That has followed a trend by fashion designers such as Burberry – although they and even the likes of Ajax in the football world have since gone back to a more intricate look.Newcastle statementUPDATING our crest. Together.As our club grows on the global stage, the symbol that represents us needs to be able to keep pace. It needs to show up clearly and confidently across everything –from kits to screens to merchandise.So, we’ve been asking ourselves: how well does our current crest represent the club today? And how well will it serve us tomorrow?It’s time to update our crestThis isn’t a decision we take lightly. We love our crest. It’s iconic and has stood us through unforgettable triumphs and testing times.But it was created in a different era. Its intricate design doesn’t always translate well in today’s digital world. And it’s difficult to reproduce it clearly and consistently.As football and the world changes, so too must the symbol that unites us.That’s why we’re coming to youThis isn’t about walking away from our past. It’s about carrying it forward with pride.The crest is part of our story. It’s on our shirts and inked in our skin. 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      • "description": "Leinster’s Champions Cup exit has led to mob-like criticism of the team and their coach",
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As the boss, the buck stops with Cullen. It’s a responsibility which he has never shied away from. However, coaches receive far too much praise in victory and too much criticism in defeat. Despite all the massive changes over the past few decades of professionalism, rugby remains a players’ game. This means that coaches do not make the split-second decisions that so often define the outcome of matches. These are made by players. When Joe McCarthy was sinbinned for pulling the jersey of Thomas Ramos in the Six Nations match against France in March, it probably cost Ireland the match. None of the coaches shouldered the blame. Together, players and coaches design match plans. However, the responsibility for implementing the actions of those plans rests squarely on the players’ shoulders. We can see no greater example of this than in last season’s Champions Cup decider, when Ciarán Frawley narrowly missed a match-winning drop goal that would have delivered the trophy to Leinster. When Leinster then lost to Toulouse in extra-time, the knives came out for Cullen. A few weeks later, playing for Ireland in the second Test against South Africa , Frawley once again took a match-defining attempt at drop goal. As it sailed between the posts, Andy Farrell was lauded for the success. Neither Cullen nor Farrell was responsible for the drop goals that defined the outcome of those matches. Those who pay good money to watch their team are more than entitled to their opinions (although opinions are like backsides: everyone’s got one). But it is imperative to remember that the commitment of supporters is next to nothing when compared to the almost pathological dedication of those in the team. With that in mind, consider the extent of pain in the hearts of the Leinster players and coaches as they watched another opportunity drift past them. This does not mean we cannot strongly critique Leinster’s performance, but simply to blame the coach is superficial and unfair. In the Round of 16 and in the quarter-finals, Leinster’s defence did not concede a single point. Yet against Northampton, Leinster’s defensive systems and tackling were well below standard. The key statistic for Leinster is that they made only 97 tackles compared to Northampton’s 153. Yet they missed a staggering 41, giving them a horrible success rate of only 58 per cent. You don’t win big knock-out games with defensive numbers like that. If players miss tackles, no defensive system can work. For some reason, Leinster lacked the urgency to organise and the aggression to hit. Henry Pollock’s try was the greatest example of the lack of energy inside Leinster’s defensive system. In the lead up to his try, Northampton took possession from a Leinster kick. The chasing line from Leinster was a disorganised and disconnected dog-leg. It was so low on urgency that even after a tackle had been made, on the very next play, Leinster’s defensive line had not yet fully organised itself. This allowed Pollock to run into a gaping hole just one pass from a ruck. While an ugly sense of entitlement has seeped into Irish fan culture, we should really be applauding Northampton’s attacking masterclass on how to deconstruct Jacques Nienaber ‘s rushing defensive system. To achieve this requires attacking teams using footwork before contact and a short passing game that can combine with exceptional ball movement skills to get the attack into the wide channels where there are no defenders. Northampton designed an exceptional attacking game plan based on skill and bravery that ultimately dismantled Leinster’s defence. As the attacking wave washed over Leinster, sadly the many mental scars that the team has accumulated over the past five years emerged. It was tough to watch. Many years ago, I visited the Carlton AFL club in Melbourne, Australia. 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      • "content": "Josh Bradley appeared at Letterkenny District Court where he pleaded guilty to the charges arising out of the incident on May 19th, 2024. Josh Bradley at Letterkenny District Court. (North West Newspix) A Co Donegal driver who led Gardai on a dangerous pursuit driving on the wrong side of the road, swerving across the path of pursuing Gardai and ignoring stop signs, has been fined and put off the road. Josh Bradley appeared at Letterkenny District Court where he pleaded guilty to the charges arising out of the incident on May 19th, 2024. The 24-year-old pleaded guilty to charges of dangerous driving, drink-driving and driving without insurance. The court heard that Bradley, of Ballykerrigan, Cloghan, was observed acting suspiciously in a vehicle parked up at Meeting House Street in Stranorlar at 1.48am. Sergeant Jim Collins said that when approached by Gardai, the black Nissan X-Trail jeep reversed and then drove off leaving Gardai being forced to swerve to avoid the patrol car being struck. Josh Bradley at Letterkenny District Court. (North West Newspix) News in 90 Seconds - May 9th Gardai activated their lights and sirens as the vehicle headed towards McClay's Corner where it engaged in a number of dangerous driving manoeuvres including driving on the wrong side of the road. The jeep then drove on towards Ard McCool where the driver ignored 'stop' signs and when Gardai tried to overtake the offending vehicle, it swerved in their way. The jeep was eventually stopped and when the driver was later tested, a positive reading of 55 milligrammes of alcohol per 100 millilitres of blood was given. It was later discovered that the accused, Josh Bradley, was not insured to drive the vehicle. Sergeant Collins said the accused man was very apologetic when he sobered up and confirmed he has no previous convictions. Solicitor for Bradley, Mr Patsy Gallagher, said his client was in college but also worked part-time. He said the incident on the night was a stupid mistake and completely out of character and that his parents were very concerned for Mr Bradley. Mr Gallagher added that this appeared to be \"youthful stupidness\" and that nothing like this had ever happened in Mr Bradley's formative years and described the incident as a \"blip.\" However, Judge Eiteain Cunningham intervened saying \"this was more than a blip\" adding that Bradley's actions on the night had put Gardai and other road users at risk. Mr Gallagher replied that his client had since completed and passed the Pro Social Driving Course and confirmed Bradley had not come to the attention of Gardaí since the incident. Passing sentence, Judge Cunningham noted Bradley had completed the Pro Social Driving Course but added that the accused was lucky he was not looking at a suspended jail sentence. She added that this was because he had no previous convictions, that hopefully he has learned his lesson and also that he has completed the Pro Social Driving Course. She fined Bradley €200 and disqualified him from driving for two years for drunk driving, fined him a further €100 and disqualified him from driving for two years for dangerous driving while a charge of driving without a license was struck out.",
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      • "title": "We bought a house for £8k in one of Europe’s cheapest countries... trolls say it’s ‘a dump’ but our garden is MEGA",
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      • "content": "A COUPLE have revealed their epic plans to start a new life in one of Europe’s cheapest countries despite trolls calling it ”a dump”.With the costs skyrocketing, many cash-strapped Brits are leaving the UK to start a new chapter elsewhere – including Maxwell and his wife.tiktok/@maxwellmydailysThe British pair recently made the brave move to purchase a house abroad, spending just £8,000[/caption]tiktok/@maxwellmydailysOnce the garden is ready, they plan on raising cows and pigs, as well as grow fruit and veg[/caption]After struggling to get a place they could call home, the savvy pair decided to explore other options abroad, with sunny Bulgaria being one of them.Thanks to its bargain prices, Bulgaria has been described as a “fabulous family-friendly holiday destination” – and the Balkan country also attracts plenty of people determined to get on the property ladder.Located next to Greece and Turkey, the country – which is home to 6.4million inhabitants -also boasts glorious weather and summers.Explaining why the two decided to ditch the UK for Bulgaria, Maxwell recently explained on TikTok that the prices, as well as the weather were two huge factors.”One was the chance to be able to buy a house and own it outright, and be mortgage-free – something that we would struggle to do in this country.”The weather as well. The weather is a massive factor, I am a sun baby.”I love the sun and I did not get enough of it in this country,” said Maxwell, who regularly shares the couple’s new adventures on his TikTok page.”And an exciting adventure as well. Just starting a new life, a new beginning, with a big project on our hands.”Showing our children that you can be brave and break out of the system, and reach for your goals and reach for your dreams.”While Maxwell runs ” a couple of businesses” and works five days a week, his wife is a HR consultant – which makes it easier to work remotely from anywhere in the world. After visiting Bulgaria, the couple forked out £8,000 on a property – and while the house and the land needed serious work and refurbishing, it’s still significantly cheaper than getting onto the property ladder in the UK.The cut-price property, they shared in a now-viral video, comes with brand new UPVC doors and windows, as well as a huge living area with wooden flooring – and more.Another added bonus is that while the temperatures outdoors may be scorching, the house itself was cool inside – without any need of air conditioning.After giving tour of the bargain house, Maxwell also showed viewers the epic garden – which featured its very own barn.”Look at this land, absolutely crazy,” he showed the jaw-dropping landscape which seemed endless.According to Maxwell, ”the plan is to become as self-sufficient as possible”, with ”fruit and veg everywhere” and even ”chicken, pigs and cows” roaming around.Viewers left dividedBut while Maxwell and his family are ready to embark on their new exciting – and cheaper – adventure, the response on TikTok was mixed.After watching the viral video – which has racked up more than 1.1million views – one critic said: ”I’d rather live in Bradford.””The catch is it’s Bulgaria,” wrote another troll.”It’s rough that,” added someone else, as fellow critics dubbed Maxwell’s new home ”a dump”.Luckily for the adventurous family, the response was mainly positive, with dozens hitting back at the narrow-minded keyboard warriors.One TikTok user wrote: ”I can’t believe how stupid these comments are about Bulgaria being a dump. why is it? go visit before you say stupid things! there’s no bigger dump than UK at the minute.”Another agreed, writing: ”What a steal! It’s amazing what you can get here for a good bargain! Wish you all the best!”A viewer chimed in: ”People saying Bulgaria is a dump living themselves in British council estates. That’s a gem of a find not gonna lie possibilities are endless there.”",
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      • "title": "Garda Commissioner job advertised, candidates from non-policing backgrounds eligible",
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      • "description": "Move to find successor to Drew Harris comes as dispute over pensions-related tax liability looks set to rule out many current senior Garda officers",
      • "content": "Candidates with no policing experience are eligible to apply, including people from abroad or Irish citizens based overseas. “Applications are welcomed from candidates of an appropriate calibre from policing, security or civilian backgrounds,” the newly released advert for the new role states. The move to advertise the job, which would ordinarily take several months to fill, comes just weeks after Garda Commissioner Drew Harris had his contract extended by three months, which will bring his seven-year tenure to an end on September 1st. [ Government facing crisis filling Garda Commissioner job amid ‘entrenched’ dispute Opens in new window ] The advert describes the role as a “very challenging, wide-ranging and high-profile” one for which an “exceptional candidate” was being sought to lead an organisation with 18,000 personnel, both sworn members and civilian staff. “The Garda Commissioner will be an outstanding and inspirational leader and a person of utmost integrity,” the advertisement states. “They will possess the experience and stature to quickly gain respect and confidence within the organisation through their personal impact, leadership and communications skills and will drive positive change across the organisation.” Minister for Justice Jim O’Callaghan has already consulted with the board of An Garda Síochána and the new Policing and Community Safety Authority about the recruitment competition, as is required by law. While PAS runs the competition, a preferred candidate can only be appointed following Government approval. The new commissioner’s contract will run for five years, or until the candidate reaches 62 years. According to the PAS, the successful candidate will have to demonstrate previous “visible, effective leadership in a complex organisation of comparable scale in a service delivery environment”. They must also have “a proven track record of successful strategic and organisational reform”. Candidates must have “a proven track record in building a cohesive senior management team and driving a high performance culture in the management team”. They must be capable of “building effective and sustainable relationships with a wide variety of key stakeholders”. This includes across “political, community, victims and civil society groups, both nationally and internationally”. An honours degree or postgraduate qualification “in a relevant discipline would be desirable” and applications for the role must be received by 3pm on Thursday, May 29th. The process of hiring a new commissioner to lead the Garda force is commencing at a time when few, if any, other senior Garda officers have plans to apply for the role. Under pension-related tax regulations, most current senior Garda officers would face a very significant tax liability on retirement. This would increase significantly if they became Garda Commissioner and served a full term. While senior officers estimate their liability would be around €500,000 at present, for some longer serving offices that would increase to well over €1 million on retirement if they became commissioner. However, a small number of senior Garda officers who have spent most of their careers working outside the Republic – joining the Garda from other police forces – will not face the same tax liability. As a result, they may be much more likely to apply for the role. The pensions-related tax exposure arises under standard fund threshold (SFT) rules for large pensions that sets a cap on tax-relieved pension benefits a person can draw in their lifetime after careers in the public or private sectors. Mr Harris has been liaising with the Government over the matter, though it seems unclear how the dispute can be resolved. Senior officers believe promises made to them last year, that helped break a protracted stand-off over a vacancy at deputy commissioner level, were not fulfilled. The Irish Times understands that none of the officers currently at the rank of assistant commissioner or deputy commissioner – and who have spent their careers in the Garda – plans to apply for the Garda Commissioner’s role. Conor Lally is Security and Crime Editor of The Irish Times",
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      • "content": "Lee Coffey’s breakout play, Leper + Chip , electrified the close-quartered Theatre Upstairs in 2014. In recent years the playwright‘s projects have been staged in larger venues and become more kaleidoscopic and sweeping in scale. With Jigsaw, his new play for Glass Mask Theatre, Coffey is going back to the small room in the bar. When Jim, a Dubliner homeless and sober for many years, busily pragmatic and unrestrainedly honest in Alan Devine’s performance, is seen leaving his hostel, he gives an instruction that sounds intriguingly commanding; it could be punctuated with a colon. “I walk. Dublin: talk,” he says, outlining the conceit of many a Dublin odyssey as the play roves past familiar urban scenes. (“On the left is the Spire, a f**king waste of money.”) He encounters several people from his life before living on the streets, including a schoolmate turned gym overlord and an estranged daughter (all depicted by Craig Connolly), who help recount an incident in which Jim, out of control on cocaine, was accused of assaulting his wife. Connolly isn’t here just to portray the play’s external characters. During a tense reunion with his spouse, Jim begins hearing things – “this voice peeping up”. Connolly starts addressing him like a kind of shoulder devil, as if Coffey were giving addiction an internal voice, stirred by triggers and rationalising relapse: “I head to town!” (“That‘s the spirit!”) It‘s not the first time Jim has heard voices. When the play’s second half goes back 20 years, swapping in Connolly as a younger version of the man, with Devine now providing the back-up as surrounding characters, we see him take cocaine for the first time, at his wife’s New Year’s Eve party. “This is the sound of getting f**ked up,” he says, grimly literal. (“We’re going to be friends, you and I,” Devine says with a grin.) As the play moves towards an uneasily reconcilable conclusion, asking questions of a society quick to judge, it‘s possible that this could be delivered with the breakneck pace of Leper + Chip. Ian Toner‘s production often feels stranded somewhere less certain. (It was the late Karl Shiels, an actor intimate with the plays of Mark O’Rowe, who first recognised that playwright‘s snappy crosscuts and exhilarating speed in Coffey’s work, and chose to direct Leper + Chip.) O’Rowe’s early work has its own DNA, its punching henchmen and horny seducers indebted to the contrived machismo of David Mamet‘s theatre. Coffey is insistently less cartoonish, as if trying to land a whirling Dublin tale, fuelled by thrills and suspense, somewhere as recognisably real as the modern despair of addiction and homelessness. With all the puzzle pieces, that could be a finished picture worth seeing. Jigsaw is at Glass Mask Theatre at Bestseller , Dublin, until Saturday, May 24th Chris McCormack is a contributor to The Irish Times specialising in culture",
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      • "title": "Actor Irene Kelleher: 'I felt a really strong presence of my dad before I went on stage'",
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      • "description": "A shocking phone call, an urgent flight home – actor and writer Irene Kelleher tells Helen O’Callaghan about losing her beloved dad, and about a moment of powerful connection she felt with him as she was about to go onstage at the Edinburgh Fringe.",
      • "content": "In February 2016, my dad was told he had oesophageal cancer, terminal – the doctors said six months... He was the most positive person. He didn’t let ‘terminal’ affect how he’d cope with the diagnosis. A favourite book of his was Viktor Frankl’s Man’s Search for Meaning, about how he survived Auschwitz – there’s a quote my dad kept looking to for inspiration and hope: ‘he who has a ‘why’ to live can bear almost any how’. To Dad, it meant ‘I’ve so many reasons to live – I’m going to find my way through this’. My mum, my brother, sister, me – we took this great positivity that Dad always believed in. My wedding was nine weeks after his diagnosis. He walked me down the aisle, sang ‘Beautiful Dreamer’ that evening, a moment to cherish. It’s not that we forgot, but in summer 2016, he was doing so well that even the specialists thought maybe there was hope. He was good for the first half of 2017. Then he regressed. He had to get a stent so he could swallow and eat. I’d been working as an actor for 10 years, and I’d booked a tour to the Edinburgh Fringe, three-and-a-half weeks in August, with ‘Mary and Me’, the first play I wrote. It was a dream to bring it to Edinburgh. Dad went into hospital in late June. As time went on and he was still there I got worried – I’d almost decided to pull the tour, but my mum told me: ‘If you don’t go, you can’t come into hospital for three-and-a-half weeks because you’ll break your father’s heart by not going’.... Dad was always my champion, cheering me. He’d drive me to the train for every audition. The day before leaving for Edinburgh, I asked was there anything he’d like me to buy him there. He mentioned oak bookends – then said no, he’d pick them up when he next went with my mother. That’s how positive he was, he was so convincing... Halfway into the first week in Edinburgh, the play started to sell out. It was getting all four- and five-star reviews. That Thursday was the highlight of my career up to then – a four-star review from a leading theatre review journal, an email from a publisher to discuss publication. I was on an absolute high. Around 4pm, I had a video call with Dad, I wanted to share the news with him. He was delighted for me. He’d had his stent operation – he was just after his first bowl of soup. That evening, my brother, Tim, rang: ‘You have to come home – Dad has taken a turn’. My first instinct was confusion – I said, ‘No, Dad’s fine, he’s just had a bowl of soup’. I went straight into denial. Tim had to repeatedly say it before it sank in. The quickest flight home was the next morning. That whole night, I felt helpless. I had an hour’s sleep, dreamt about Dad. He was asleep in a hospital bed, but in a forest. I walked up to him. He said ‘let’s go for a walk’, and we went for a walk, and he looked healthy and we were really happy – there was no sense of goodbye. I messaged my sister – ‘is Dad still here’. Yes, he was. Up to the 7 am flight, we messaged back-and-forth, she reassuring me ‘you’ll get here’... Outside Cork Airport, I saw her from a distance. We looked at each other. I knew straightaway, I saw it in her eyes: Dad was gone.... What I clung onto was guilt. The guilt of not being there – I was so close to him, I should have been there. I clung onto guilt because grief was too much. The day of the funeral passed. And I was at home. Mum mentioned going back to Edinburgh to finish the run, which I dismissed. But the pain of being home, with Dad not there, the house so quiet...Mum saying finishing it is definitely what Dad would have wanted. So I went back to Edinburgh to do the last week. Backstage, just about to start: ‘What am I doing? My dad has just died, and here I am in another country, about to do a play?’ I closed my eyes, said, ‘Dad, I need you here with me’. I felt a really strong presence of my dad with me, saying the last thing he’d always say driving me to auditions: ‘Give ’em holly’. I just felt his presence so close, I felt his strength, and – for the first time since the phone call – I felt his warmth. I felt connected with him again, and I went onstage and I’d say I gave the best performance I ever gave of that play. I wouldn’t say I’m particularly spiritual, but it’s the closest I’ve ever come to it. I’ve kept that. I visit his grave, but I never feel close there like I do side-stage, just about to go on, to perform – that’s where I have my chats with my dad. I was 31 that day in August 2017. It’s when I feel I have become an adult, able to carry on as an adult, because of feeling I have my dad minding me, so I’m never alone. From as little as €1 a week with our digital introductory offer. Already a subscriber? Sign in",
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      • "title": "Born without a womb: 'It may take time to adjust, but you’re still you'",
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      • "description": "A teenage girl’s failure to menstruate may be a sign she does not have a uterus. A recent successful transplant offers new hope of carrying a child",
      • "content": "The heartwarming story of the first baby born in Britain as a result of a womb transplant recently made global headlines. Grace Davidson, 36, who has a rare condition, Mayer Rokitansky Küster Hauser Syndrome (MRKH), was born without a womb. However, medical advances allowed Davidson’s sister to donate her womb, and, two years later, she gave birth to a daughter, Amy Isabel. Consultant paediatric and adolescent gynaecologist Nikita Deegan runs a clinic in Dublin’s Rotunda Hospital for girls and women diagnosed with MRKH. “MRKH affects approximately one in every 5,000 female births,” she says. “It’s a condition in which women are born without a womb, cervix, or upper vagina. There are two types. Type one affects just the reproductive organs, while type two often means girls are also born with differences in their spine, heart, kidneys, or hearing.” The Rotunda is the only specialist multi-disciplinary clinic in Ireland for MRKH patients aged 15 and older. A multi-disciplinary service in CHI Temple St sees patients up to the age of 16. No such services were available when 35-year-old Anna*, from Dublin, was diagnosed with MRKH 18 years ago. She remembers her shock when a gynaecologist told her she had no womb and would never be able to carry a child. “I couldn’t take it in,” Anna says. “I just wanted her to stop talking, so I could get out of there.” When she left the consultation room, there was nowhere to go for support. “MRKH is a strange diagnosis, because you’re not sick and there’s nothing you immediately need to do about it,” she says. “You’re in the same body you’ve always been in, but you have upsetting new information about it. There were no services for people with MRKH in Ireland back then, and I used to wonder if I was the only person in the country with it.” Her path to diagnosis had begun as most do: She hadn’t ever had a period. “That made me feel different even before my diagnosis,” she says. “All of my friends had got theirs. Why had mine not come yet?” Her GP referred her to a gynaecologist and a follow-up MRI found that she had no womb. “I was just distraught when I heard this and couldn’t stop crying,” says Anna. “It felt totally earth-shattering.” Because people with MRKH have normal external genitals and ovaries, they typically experience puberty like everyone else. “They develop breasts and body hair, but they don’t get a menstrual period, and it’s only when they haven’t had one by their mid-teens that anyone realises there’s cause for concern,” Deegan says. “Anyone who hasn’t had a period by age 15 should see their GP. It doesn’t mean they have MRKH. There are other possible reasons, such as diet, weight, or exercise. But tests need to be carried out to check.” MRKH patients are informed about the physical implications of the condition. “They are told they won’t have periods, won’t be able to become pregnant spontaneously, or carry a pregnancy, and will likely have difficulty with penetrative vaginal sex, due to the underdevelopment of their vagina,” says Deegan. Debbie Browne, the clinical midwife specialist in adolescent gynaecology at the Rotunda, points out that it’s still possible for women with MRKH to enjoy sex. “For most women, sexual pleasure comes from the clitoris more than the vagina and the anatomy of the vulva. Clitoral function and ability to orgasm in individuals with MRKH should be the same,” she says. “But if they would like to have penetrative vaginal sex, we will explain that they can lengthen their vagina to make that sex more comfortable and pleasurable. We will also guide them through the process of doing that.” This process is called vaginal dilation, and involves women inserting a dilator (a plastic mould) into their vagina every day for months to stretch the vagina’s skin gradually. The psychological impact If it’s difficult to grapple with the physical implications of MRKH, it can be just as challenging to deal with the psychological impact. “Adolescence can be tough enough as teenagers explore their identity and sexuality,” says Dr Susan Carroll, a senior clinical psychologist who works with Deegan and Browne in the Rotunda. “If you suddenly learn you’re infertile and your vagina had developed differently, it can be devastating. Adding to that, teenagers like to fit in. It can be hard not to feel part of conversations about periods or to feel your experience is not that of your friends.” Disclosing their diagnosis isn’t always easy, either. According to Carroll, this can require overcoming two significant barriers. Firstly, there’s the fact that many people are shy or embarrassed about discussing their bodies. They don’t have much experience of doing so and can consequently lack the vocabulary required to talk about MRKH. Secondly, they are likely to be worried about how the other person might react, particularly if that person is a romantic partner with whom they hope to be physically intimate. Other problems can emerge later in life. “There can be a sense of grief and loss, and friends having babies can trigger difficult feelings,” says Carroll. “And if women with MRKH decide to try to have children, their path might not be straightforward, which can have a psychological impact, too.” Intimacy fears Anna struggled in the years following her diagnosis. “For a long time, I felt as if the light had gone out in my world,” she says. She found it difficult to form romantic relationships, because she felt uncomfortable in her own body. “I became withdrawn and felt like I was on the outside looking in,” she says. “I still did the usual things — going to school and college, spending time with friends, and playing sports — but I didn’t enjoy it. And I found it impossible to talk about MRKH. I didn’t know who would understand how I was feeling.” She eventually found Facebook groups and attended support days in Britain and the US. They proved to be transformative for her. “I didn’t have to explain myself to these people,” she says. “They got it — I no longer felt so alone. I’ve since made great friends within that community and they have helped me become more confident and comfortable in my body. I used to feel shame at what it couldn’t do, but I’m entirely unashamed now. The light inside me has turned back on. Aware that the psychological toll of MRKH is compounded by the isolation many sufferers feel, the team at the Rotunda now organise an annual MRKH support day in Ireland. The next one is scheduled to take place on September 26. This is not the only support the team offers to MRKH patients. Their multidisciplinary service includes gynaecology, fertility, genetics, nursing and midwifery, and clinical psychology. Operation ‘a risk’ The paediatric, adolescent, and complex gynaecology team at the Rotunda celebrated the news of the birth of baby Amy Isabel. “MRKH takes away people’s choices, and it’s great when developments like this give them more options,” says Carroll. “Womb transplants are still experimental in the UK and could well be a viable option for Irish women with MRKH in the future.” However, Deegan thinks that a transplant will always remain a significant medical procedure that involves risks for both the donor (if they are living) and the recipient. “Both would need to be fit and well and undergo a rigorous assessment to see if they were suitable candidates,” she says. “Not everyone would be, and not everyone would want to put themselves through such a physical ordeal.” She believes it’s unlikely the surgery will ever be available in Ireland, given that the number of people with MRKH here is small, and the number of those who would want to be, or would be, suitable for a womb transplant would be even smaller. “Complex surgery like this should be performed by a team in a dedicated centre with the expertise and volume to ensure the best possible outcome,” she says. “For Irish people, that means the procedure being done abroad.” A womb transplant isn’t the only way people with MRKH can have a biological child. Because most people with MRKH have functioning ovaries and a normal egg reserve, IVF can help them create embryos. Those embryos can then be transferred to a gestational surrogate to carry the pregnancy. Deegan would like for it to be made easier for people with MRKH to access these alternative routes to parenthood. The team at the Rotunda would like to see changes in how MRKH is understood and treated in Ireland. “Increased education about the condition would mean that MRKH was more widely recognised by the public and healthcare professionals,” says Carroll. “People with MRKH would then be directed to support services more quickly. We would like more doctors and patients to know that our services are there for them.” Additional resources and funding would also be helpful. “We want everyone with MRKH to have access to specialist services and not be put on a waiting list to receive them,” says Deegan. Browne adds that her wish is for those who are diagnosed to realise that MRKH does not define them. “This diagnosis doesn’t change who you are,” she says. “It may take time to adjust to this new information about your body, but you’re still you.” As for Anna, time and therapy have helped her come to terms with MRKH. “I don’t have a partner at the moment, but I am open to meeting someone,” she says. “I’m not sure about having children, but my life is full of meaning, joy, and laughter. There are moments when it can be hard, but I have people around me who can help, and I’m not afraid to ask when I need it.” What to know about MRKH From as little as €1 a week with our digital introductory offer. Already a subscriber? Sign in",
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      • "content": "Kilkenny County Council has made significant progress under the Voids Programme returning 57 vacant social homes to active use in both 2023 and 2024. This being welcomed by governemnt as a strong sign of the council’s move towards a planned maintenance model that enables quicker repairs continuous use and faster re-letting of social homes. This approach is expected to continue into 2025 ensuring ongoing upkeep and more consistent occupancy across the council’s housing stock. READ NEXT: 'Syringes' and 'used condoms' strewn across residential area of Kilkenny Over the past ten years from 2014 to 2024, a total of 407 vacant social homes in Kilkenny have been brought back into use through the programme. Minister for Housing Local Government and Heritage James Browne praised Kilkenny County Council for their sustained efforts. “I commend Kilkenny County Council for their partnership in returning these homes to active use over 10 years from 2014–2024. Their efforts will have a meaningful impact on 407 households,” he said. Nationally, the Voids Programme supported local authorities in bringing 2357 vacant social homes back into active use in 2024. The programme plays a central role in making more efficient use of the existing housing stock by preparing vacant homes for re-letting and complements wider efforts to address vacancy and dereliction across the country. Since 2020, the government has invested almost €190 million to return 13,177 homes to use which represents more than half or 51% of the 25,672 homes brought back into use since the programme began in 2014. Minister Browne said that he is 'currently pulling every lever to reactivate vacant properties'. \"Under my direction, the Department is acting quickly to bring vacant social housing back into use across towns and villages which is critical to help ease pressure on the existing housing stock boost supply and ultimately to provide much-needed homes,\" he said. “Beyond addressing the demand for social housing renovating these unoccupied homes also benefits communities by preventing decline and abandonment and I feel strongly about getting this done as fast as is possible for people. “No one wants to see properties that should be homes lying idle.” READ ALSO: Kilkenny hurling hero: 'I was struggling. I needed help, and I got it' Welcoming national progress in reducing vacancy, he added “The number of vacant social homes requiring pre-letting work was lower last year than in 2023. This is because we are actively shifting to what’s known as a ‘planned maintenance’ approach for our social housing stock in order to minimise the time it takes to re-let properties.” FOR MORE LOCAL NEWS, CLICK HERE",
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given six months to find somewhere else to live but he is soon likely to behind bars when he is sentenced on July 15.Graham was today convicted of cutting down the treeFormer friend Adam Carruthers was also found guilty following a trialGlen MinikinGraham’s home sits in the shadow of Hadrian’s Wall[/caption]Only child Graham, 39, grew up in Carlisle, Cumbria, in a family ripped apart by rows and tragedy.His parents Michael and Karen split up years ago and she moved out, leading to a permanent estrangement between her and her son.He remained close to his dad and they would go shooting and fishing together.But he was left heartbroken when his father committed suicide in 2021.That tragedy triggered yet another long-term family bust-up which erupted on the day of his funeral – between Graham and his gran Joan Graham, 85.A family friend said: “They had this weird disagreement over who had found Michael.“They both claimed to have been the one to do so.“They were shouting at each other at the 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      • "content": "A NEW Netflix documentary on the killing of Limerick man Jason Corbett has been released today (Friday May 9).A Deadly American Marriage describes Jason’s violent death at the hands of his wife and father-in-law, Molly and Tom Martens.The streaming platform said the documentary “sheds a bright light on the many questions that have lingered since the shocking events of that night”.The 39-year-old father of two from Janesboro, the documentary outlines, was beaten to death with a concrete brick and a baseball bat by his American wife Molly Martens and her father, former FBI agent Tom Martens, in August 2015.The Netflix documentary, which was in production for over four years, features never-before-seen footage and interviews with Jason’s children, Sarah and Jack Corbett, his sister Tracey Corbett Lynch, Molly and Tom Martens, and US law enforcement agents and court officials.Speaking to the Limerick Post, co-producer Brian Carroll for the Irish unit of the documentary, said the production features “lengthy interviews that were carried out after the sentencing hearing”.The interviews with Tom and Molly Martens were carried out by an American unit, “in the interest of impartiality and fairness”, Brian says, while he co-produced the interviews from the Corbett family, as well as other supporters, including one of Molly Martens’ bridesmaids.Molly and Tom Martens were were convicted of second-degree murder in 2017, however, in 2021, the North Carolina Supreme Court overturned their convictions.The father and daughter were sentenced to a minimum of four years and three months in prison at a hearing in November 2023, including time already served, after both accepted plea deals of voluntary manslaughter.Molly and Tom Martens were released from prison in June 2024 after serving a shorter sentence than originally imposed.At the time, Jason’s daughter Sarah, from his first marriage to the late Limerick woman Mags Fitzpatrick, was sitting her Leaving Cert exams from a hospital bed in Galway.Molly travelled to Ireland to be an au-pair for the Corbett children after Jason’s first wife Mags died after suffering an asthma attack.The four later moved to North Carolina, where Jason and Molly were married.The documentary sees Jack and Sarah remember their beloved dad, giving their recollection of the events of the traumatic night of his killing, and detail how they were allegedly coached as young children by Molly to make up stories about their late father as they grieved his death.“I want people to know the truth and I want people to know my dad as a person. My dad was a really amazing person and what happened to him shouldn’t have happened to him,” Sarah told interviewers in the documentary.A Deadly American Marriage is produced and directed by Jessica Burgess (Rich & Shameless, American Monster) and Jenny Popplewell (What Jennifer Did, American Murder: The Family Next Door). It is streaming now on Netflix.The post Netflix documentary on the killing of Jason Corbett released today appeared first on Limerick Post Newspaper.",
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      • "content": "Bargain Hunt star Oghenochuko 'Ochuko' Ojiri has pleaded guilty to eight charges relating to terrorist financing. The Antiques Road Trip star was seen arriving at Westminster Magistrates' Court on Friday morning. The 53-year-old art dealer was the first person to be charged with a specific offence under section 21A of the Terrorism Act 2000. His charges included eight counts of failing to make a disclosure during the course of business within the regulated sector following an investigation into alleged \"terrorist financing\", reports The Mirror . Ojiri appeared in court wearing a grey suit and a dark tie and confirmed his name, date of birth and address before the charges were read out to him. When asked to provide a plea, the star quietly said: \"Guilty\". He was then asked if he pleaded guilty to all eight counts and he confirmed he had. The Court heard the arts dealer sold art to a known Hezbollah financier for a value of £138,150 (approximately €163,000). The Metropolitan Police said the investigation into Ojiri related to his dealings with a suspected funding source for Hezbollah, Nazem Ahmad. When making the deals, Ojiri knew Ahmad was sanctioned by the US as a suspected financier for Hezbollah. The Bargain Hunt star at first denied knowing about Ahmad's notoriety but later admitted he had made the deals for \"excitement and kudos\". Westminster Magistrates' Court heard he has been under investigation by the Met for two years before charges were brought forward. A CPS summary presented to the court stated: \"Nazem Ahmad is a suspected terrorist financier and at the time of the business relationship between them it was directly within the knowledge of the defendant that Ahmad had been sanctioned as a terrorist financier of Hezbollah by the United States. \"At the time of the transactions there was a significant amount of material available capable of being obtained through internet searches showing that Ahmad was a person with links to the 'blood diamond' trade and terrorist financing of Hezbollah.\" Detectives learned Ojiri looked up reports about Ahmad and his links on his phone and talked about it with other people. However, he didn't contact authorities about the links. \"Despite this knowledge the defendant commenced and maintained a business relationship with Ahmad amounting to the sale of works of art to the value of £138,150 across nine transactions\", prosecutors said. \"(Ojiri) dealt directly with Nazem Ahmad in negotiating the sales and subsequently congratulated him on successful purchases.\" The art works traded by the TV star were sent to Dubai and Beirut, the court heard. Ojiri was first arrest by counter terrorism officers in April 2023 and denied supporting terrorist activity before claiming he was unaware of Ahmad's notoriety. Three months later, in a second interview, he admitted to knowing about the sanctions when doing the deals. Speaking to detectives at the time, Ojiri claimed the links were seen as a \"great accolade\" due to his reputation in the art trade. He went on to claim he was \"sorry for what he had done\" and added the \"excitement and kudos of dealing with a 'name' in the collecting world\" were the reason for his actions, not greed. Ojiri has been bailed ahead of his sentencing at the Old Bailey on 6 June. The Metropolitan Police previously stated that the offences took place between October 2020 and December 2021. The BBC recently said in a statement: \"It would not be appropriate to comment on ongoing legal proceedings.\" In a statement, the Metropolitan Police said: \"Oghenochuko Ojiri, 53 (05.05.72), of west London, has been charged following an investigation into terrorist financing by officers from the National Terrorist Financial Investigation Unit (NTFIU), part of the Met's Counter Terrorism Command. \"Following authorisation from the Crown Prosecution Service, he has been charged with eight counts of failing to make a disclosure during the course of business within the regulated sector, contrary to section 21A of the Terrorism Act 2000. The charges relate to a period from October 2020 to December 2021.\" They went on to state: \"The investigation has been carried out in partnership with the Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI) in HM Treasury, HMRC (the organisation that regulates the art sector), and the Met's Arts and Antiques Unit.\" The Bargain Hunt star founded the Ramp Gallery in London, which specialises in emerging and contemporary artists. Ojiri also opened his own vintage shop and art gallery called Pelicans and Parrots with Juliet Da Silva on Stoke Newington Road in Dalston, London. It sold contemporary furniture, houseware and gifts. They were able to get the right to serve alcohol on the premises to support pop-up events. Ojiri told the local council about his business's success in 2019: \"We've been trading since 2010, and have been integral to the regeneration of the area. \"We're very proud of what we've achieved in those nine years. 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      • "content": "The filmmaker, best known for directing 'Who's That Girl' with Madonna, the cult classic 'Glengarry Glen Ross', two 'Fifty Shades of Grey' sequels and several TV episodes including Twin Peaks and House Of Cards, has died after a \"years-long struggle\" with brain cancer. American filmmaker James Foley, who directed the 1992 classic Glengarry Glen Ross , two Fifty Shades Of Grey sequels and TV episodes of Twin Peaks, Hannibal and House Of Cards, has died aged 71. A representative told The Hollywood Reporter that Foley passed away “peacefully in his sleep earlier this week” at his home in Los Angeles after a “years-long struggle” with brain cancer. Born in Brooklyn in 1953, Foley’s debut film was Reckless in 1984, starring Daryl Hannah and Aidan Quinn. He followed that with At Close Range (1986), starring Sean Penn and Christopher Walken. This neo-noir included the Madonna song ‘Live to Tell’. Foley would go on to work with Madonna on several music videos – ‘Live To Tell’, ‘Papa Don’t Preach’, and ‘True Blue’ - before directing the singer in 1987’s Who’s That Girl . His most critically acclaimed film came in 1992 with the David Mamet-written Glengarry Glen Ross , starring Al Pacino, Jack Lemmon, Ed Harris, Kevin Spacey and Alec Baldwin. The film was not a box office success but became a cult classic, earning an Oscar nomination for Pacino. In television, Foley directed episodes of David Lynch’s classic series Twin Peaks , the brilliant Hannibal series starring Mads Mikkelsen, the American drama Billions, and 12 episodes of Netflix’s hit series House Of Cards. His final work as a director was the 2017 and 2018 sequels to 2015’s Fifty Shades Of Grey – Fifty Shades Darker and Fifty Shades Freed . James Foley is survived by his brother Kevin, sisters Eileen and Jo Ann, and his nephew Quinn.",
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He described himself as an empath.” Little did she know, she would end up running for her life. Kelly, now 43 and a psychotherapist, had her first date with Chris, who was three years her junior, in Morristown, New Jersey, a week after they matched online.He told her he was a US Army veteran and had since worked as a government contractor. The couple then embarked on a whirlwind romance.Chris told Kelly he loved her after a few weeks of dating. She recalled: “My gut was saying, ‘maybe something isn’t right here?’ But I rationalised it because I really wanted this man to be who I thought he was.” In November 2018, Chris moved in with Kelly and then proposed a month later. Completely won over by his charm, Kelly says she “got swept up” in their wedding plans, which were booked for an intimate ceremony in Maui in January 2019. They discussed having children – Chris already had an eight-year-old son from a previous relationship – but they decided against it so they could travel the world together as a twosome. Kelly said: “I truly thought like he was going to be my husband for the rest of my life.” Mysterious illnessSoon after their honeymoon, Kelly fell ill. Her skin broke out in hives, then her general health deteriorated quickly. Initially, she thought it was linked to a virus she had the previous summer when on holiday in Croatia, but her symptoms got worse – she felt nauseous, headachy and exhausted.At one point, her legs gave way and she collapsed on the stairs. She was rushed to the hospital to check for a blood clot, thankfully, she didn’t have one.The fatigue progressed, and she was spending days in bed, unable to get up. Chris was the doting husband, going food shopping, cooking meals, making sure she stayed hydrated. Kelly said: “In taking care of me, he acted like the best husband ever. He kept saying he would make sure I was going to get better.”ID DiscoveryKelly and Chris celebrating their marriage on the island of Maui[/caption]Youtube/@investigationdiscoveryKelly found disturbing messages and images on Chris’s phone[/caption]Secrets exposedBut in December 2019, everything changed when Chris fell asleep next to Kelly, clutching his phone. Kelly took this opportunity to look through his messages, checking Instagram first. She found explicit pictures and texts from another woman. But the messages were worse. Chris had told the woman that his wife was a drug addict and alcoholic, whom he no longer loved.Kelly described Chris’ behaviour as demeaning and she started questioning who he really was. “I thought, ‘I don’t know who this man is, because my husband would never do something like that.’ I don’t know who I’m married to,” she recalled. When Chris woke, Kelly confronted him and showed him the copy of texts she had. She then asked him to leave and go stay with his mum, be he refused, desperate to know if this was the end of their marriage. Then at 6pm, Chris’ behaviour darkened. He became violent. Returning from spending the afternoon at her sister’s house, Kelly walked in to find Chris standing naked, covered in blood, brandishing a military knife. He had cut himself with the knife and yelled abuse into her face.His eyes were black...It was the scariest thing I’ve seen in my lifeKellyIn a turn of events, Chris set out to make it look like Kelly was trying to murder him. Over the next 45 minutes, he wrecked their home and physically assaulted Kelly.Recalling the attack, Kelly explained how Chris pinned her down by her neck and legs and told her she would watch as he destroyed their home, before killing her. She tried to call 911 several times, but at each attempt, he wrestled the phone from her.Once, he got hold of the phone and told the operator everything was fine. But the operator didn’t believe him and traced the address before dispatching the police. During this time, Kelly put her dog, Chester, in the basement for safety before running out of the house and banging on a neighbour’s door, who then rang for the emergency services. ID DISCOVERYKelly fled to her neighbour’s house before returning to save her dog[/caption]“As I stood in their [neighbours’] foyer, I looked out and saw Chris smearing his blood over the bay window,” she said in the documentary. “And then I saw Chris walking towards the basement, because that’s where I hid Chester.” Kelly risked her own life for her dog and went back to the house whilst Chris was on a rampage. “I was not going to let that man kill my dog,” she said. “There was no way in hell, he was going to lay a hand on that dog. The dog was everything to me.” Going back inside, Kelly saw the basement door halfway open and Chester sitting outside it – alive. “I slammed the basement door shut,” she said. “And I heard Chris screaming. I looked to my right, and saw the police, and I started screaming ‘please help me.'”Blood everywhereDetective David Littman was among the first responders, and he explains what he walked into in the ID Discovery series Toxic. The policeman said, “Chris was covered in blood and muttering incoherently. He was on some kind of rant, how he was in the war, how he killed people. He refused to follow the police’s demands but was eventually handcuffed.ID DISCOVERYFootage from the police’s visit saw the inside of the house destroyed[/caption]“I saw every room was destroyed. There was blood on the walls, TVs pulled off the wall, tables overturned, the master bedroom was destroyed. It was probably one of the worst scenes I had ever seen.” But Kelly had survived. As for Chris, he was taken to a Veterans’ Affairs hospital and treated for his wounds before being charged with aggravated assault by strangulation, criminal mischief, and possession of a deadly weapon.He was able to walk out of jail the same day due to a law in New Jersey that eliminates bail for first-time offenders.Drug and rape allegationsThat evening, Kelly briefly popped home to get some clothes and found her husband’s phone on the floor.She said it contained chilling pictures of him masturbating next to her while she was sleeping. In others, he was smiling ominously as she slept soundly with her head on the pillow. In a video, it showed him putting something under her nose while she was sprawled on the bed, incapacitated. Kelly said it “didn’t look like I was sleeping naturally at all. It was as if I was drugged”. Youtube/@investigationdiscoveryKelly believes she was drugged and raped by Chris – but no evidence was found and no charges filed[/caption]And her worst fears were confirmed true when a stash of pills Kelly had never seen before was found. According to Kelly, the medications tamoxifen and mammoth, which are normally used to treat people with breast cancer, caused the exact symptoms she’d experienced when she was sick, including causing people’s legs to give way.In an even darker turn of events, Kelly questioned whether Chris might have sexually assaulted her while she was allegedly drugged.She told police about a time during their honeymoon when she suddenly woke to find her husband in the midst of having intercourse with her.She asked Chris what he was doing, and he said he thought she was again. She told him to never do that to her again.After she heard about the pills, which she suspects he had slipped into her food and drink, she thinks that she was drugged that night.Speaking to The Daily Mail, Kelly said: It’s so painful to discover that someone who is supposed to love you and protect you has violated and betrayed you in such a horrific way.” Domestic abuse - how to get help DOMESTIC abuse can affect anyone - including men - and does not always involve physical violence.Here are some signs that you could be in an abusive relationship:Emotional abuse – Including being belittled, blamed for the abuse – gaslighting – being isolated from family and friends, having no control over your finances, what you where and who you speak toThreats and intimidation – Some partners might threaten to kill or hurt you, destroy your belongings, stalk or harass you Physical abuse – This can range from slapping or hitting to being shoved over, choked or bitten.Sexual abuse – Being touched in a way you do not want to be touched, hurt during sex, pressured into sex or forced to have sex when you do not consent.If any of the above apply to you or a friend, you can call these numbers:The Freephone National Domestic Abuse Helpline, run by Refuge on 0808 2000 247 for free at any time, day or nightMen who are being abused can call Respect Men’s Advice Line on 0808 8010 327 or ManKind on 0182 3334 244Those who identify as LGBT+ can ring Galop on 0800 999 5428If you are in immediate danger or fear for your life, always ring 999Remember, you are not alone.1 in 4 women and 1 in 7 men will experience domestic abuse over the course of their lifetime.Every 30 seconds the police receive a call for help relating to domestic abuse.Justice thwartedThere was a year-long investigation into the alleged sexual assaults. However, soon after he was arrested, Hanover Township PD handed back Chris’ phone, and the suspected images were deleted before the police were granted a search warrant.No evidence of either the photos or Kelly being drugged was found, and too much time had passed for medical tests to be carried out to show the medication in her system. Detective David added, “Every doctor that I spoke to said that whatever Kelly experienced and described, those drugs would have had an effect on her like that. But trying to prove that beyond a reasonable doubt is extremely hard, because I don’t have a blood test to prove that she was given those drugs.”He was also disappointed that the prosecutor’s office hadn’t pursued charges for sexual assault, but was hopeful that the other charges against Chris would likely end up with him in jail. His hopes for Chris to get time were dashed. In October 2023, Chris accepted a plea deal and was sentenced to just three years’ probation on aggravated assault by strangulation charges. Kelly said, “I felt abused by the criminal justice system. It makes me sick to my stomach that Chris did what he did, and still kept his freedom.”When Kelly stood up and delivered her impact statement, she told the court she could’ve died that night. “He was going to kill me, but I survived. There is going to come a day when he does kill someone, and the blood will be on the system’s hands,” she said.",
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      • "content": "Brittany Ferries has launched a new tour in partnership with the Rioja DOCa Control Board, offering UK and Irish travellers the chance to explore Spain’s renowned Rioja wine region.This four-day immersive journey combines an exclusive winery stay and world-class wines with the opportunity to experience Rioja’s rich culture, landscapes, and gastronomy. Travellers from both the UK and Ireland can now book the Rioja Wine Experience as a package directly alongside their ferry tickets to Bilbao or Santander, creating a seamless, all-in-one travel solution for wine lovers.Irish passengers can take advantage of regular sailings from Rosslare to both Bilbao and Santander, making the package accessible from Ireland.The package includes a three-night stay at Bodegas FyA, a boutique winery hotel in the heart of Rioja, where a guided tour offers guests a first-hand look at the art of winemaking. The suggested itinerary allows travellers to discover charming villages such as Sajazarra and Laguardia, visit historic wineries in Haro’s renowned Barrio de la Estación, and enjoy wine-paired meals at the lively pintxo (tapas) bars of Logroño. Optional winery visits can be added with special discounts on tours and wine purchases.The Rioja Wine Experience offers a flexible, self-guided experience, allowing travellers to explore at their own pace. Whether by car or motorcycle, the trip provides the freedom to tailor the itinerary to personal interests, making it an ideal option for couples, families or groups of friends looking for a memorable adventure.Íñigo Diez, Tourism Product Specialist Destinations Experiences for Brittany Ferries said: “Northern Spain is an increasingly popular destination for Brittany Ferries passengers seeking authentic cultural and gastronomic experiences. Interest from British and Irish customers has grown significantly, and we now offer up to eight direct sailings a week in each direction between the British Isles and Spain. Rioja, with its rich winemaking heritage, stunning landscapes, and vibrant culinary scene, offers the perfect setting to explore. Travellers have the freedom to travel with their own car meaning they can explore at their leisure – and even stock up on their favourite wines to bring home.”Recognised as one of the world’s top wine destinations, Rioja attracts close to 900,000 winery visits annually, with around 33% of visitors coming from abroad. The region boasts over 200 wineries open to the public from century-old bodegas to cutting-edge modern wineries, offering a unique blend of tradition and innovation. In the prestigious World’s Best Vineyards Awards last year, Rioja’s Bodegas De Los Herederos del Marqués de Riscal was named the top wine destination worldwide, with a further four Rioja wineries also ranked among the top 50.This launch coincides with a milestone year for Rioja, as the region celebrates the 100th anniversary of its official designation as a Denominación de Origen (DO) – highlighting a century of winemaking excellence.The Rioja Wine Experience is available to book now through Brittany Ferries’ website. Packages start from £416 per person from the UK and €429 per person from Ireland, including ferry crossings and accommodation. Ferries operate regularly from Portsmouth, Plymouth and Rosslare to Bilbao and Santander, with options to combine additional travel routes.To learn more and book the Rioja Wine Experience, visit:UK: https://www.brittany-ferries.co.uk/offers/hotel-breaks-spain/rioja-wine-experienceIreland: https://www.brittany-ferries.ie/offers/hotel-breaks-spain/rioja-wine-experience",
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      • "description": "THE BRUFF RFC Senior Women's side are enjoying success both on and off the field in recent times. Earlier this month the Limerick side made history by becoming Munster Division Two Cup Champions, defeating Clonakilty on a score line of 22-15. Bruff faced a monumental challenge having lost heavily to",
      • "content": "THE BRUFF RFC Senior Women's side are enjoying success both on and off the field in recent times. Earlier this month the Limerick side made history by becoming Munster Division Two Cup Champions, defeating Clonakilty on a score line of 22-15. Bruff faced a monumental challenge having lost heavily to the Cork outfit only weeks prior and Bruff Senior Women's team player and club PRO Anna Leonard admitted it was a 'happy surprise' that they were able to get over the line. READ MORE : One Munster player selected on British and Irish Lions squad \"It was a fantastic game. There was nothing in it, we'd score a try and then they'd score a try and that pattern continued throughout but fortunately we managed to keep the lead as the game wore on. There was only a try in it at the end and that wasn't good for the heart rate I can tell you\", she said. Getting over the line in the final meant just as much on the pitch as it did off it. As is the case with any club, Bruff rely on the help of club volunteers and sadly Bruff lost a founding member and stalwart in Joe Kelly last year. Anna says winning the final was their way of paying homage to a club legend with his one year anniversary only around the corner. \"It was for the people who have tried so hard over the years to get a women's team up and running. Heidi van Schayk and Joe Kelly are two people who invested a lot into the women's team so to get to our first final and do it for Joe was just fabulous. \"Heidi as well is just phenomenal. She's over a lot of the under-age set up, she's nearly 60 and she's still involved in the senior women's team training. She started us off a few years ago and it's for people like that you are delighted for because it means their efforts are being rewarded\", she said. Anna is hopeful that their latest achievement can pave the way for the younger players in the club. \"We've had an underage set up for a couple of years and we've never been able to field a women's team so when a lot of these girls turn 18 they have to leave and go to other clubs. \"It's great for them to see that there has been a bit of success and that there is a platform now and please god I think we're going to be promoted to division one which is just fantastic. It's all about showing the younger girls that there is a platform there and that there is something worth playing for\", she said. The club are also putting the finishing touches on the its first ever all female dressing room. Work began on the dressing room just over a year ago. Anna and those involved in the club will be delighted to see it complete, hopefully in the next few weeks. \"The electrics are starting now and the last few finishing touches are being done up so hopefully within the next few weeks it will be fully done and ready to go for next season. \"I don't think we've come across another all female dressing room so far in all the games we've played so it will be great going forward to have that.\" With Barbara O'Brien being announced as club president earlier this month, the first woman to hold the role in the club's 55-year history, and the ever growing presence of women involved in Bruff RFC, Anna admits that there is ongoing joke within the club that 'the women are taking over.' Anna herself is taking matters into her own hands in trying to spread the word on women's rugby in Limerick. She has applied to be the Limerick Rose in this year's Rose of Tralee. \"We have done so much in the last two years as a club and I just want to show more women that they can get involved and it's not even about playing, look at the likes of Barbara and the other committee members coming in. \"One of senior players Sinéad has recently qualified as a referee. There's so many other options and opportunities. For me, it's going to be a fantastic experience just being able to promote that.\" she said. Anna commends the work of all those involved in Bruff RFC. She likens the atmosphere around the club to that of a family, with everyone looking out for one another. \"Bruff really is like a family, people really do rally around and support. Players from other clubs can't believe how well treated we are. \"We are treated the exact same as the lads who play AIL and not every club can say that, it's great that everyone is treated the same\", Anna concluded.",
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