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Irish Examiner

The latest breaking local and international news and sport stories as they happen, with up to the minute updates and analysis

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Questions over hospital reform following tragic death of Aoife Johnston

No one can say they did not know University Hospital Limerick  was struggling and in 2014, Hiqa warned of the significant risk posed by overcrowding in the emergency department

27 April 2024

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'I trekked Everest to hang my friend's hat; it was her dying wish'

Cork woman carries best friend's hat and late mother's wig on Everest fundraising trek

26 April 2024

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'A hot chocolate saved my life': Cian and the Cork community that rescued him

After years of homelessness, Cian Murtagh decided to head to a remote spot in north Cork and fast until he passed away. A chance encounter saved his life

26 April 2024

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Star Wars superfan has West Cork town feeling the force with two-day festival

The inaugural ‘Feel the Force’ festival will take place in Dunmanway over the June bank holiday weekend

26 April 2024

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Alleged fraudster Catherine O’Brien used defunct State visa scheme to attract potential investors here

The government’s Immigrant Investor Programme was a pathway for non-European Economic Area nationals to secure an immigration permission in Ireland on the basis of long-term investment in a range of options approved by the Government

26 April 2024

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Far right attacks on gardaí 'are a threat to the State'

Justice Minister echoes Tánaiste's concern at far-right ‘militancy’, saying Newtownmountkennedy events are 'an attack on our democracy and our State'

26 April 2024

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Leo Varadkar tells Late Late Show: 'I nearly chickened out of resigning'

The recently resigned taoiseach says a term limit for the office of head of Irish government could be a good idea

26 April 2024

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'Inappropriate' Botox procedures leave young women 'looking older than 40'

Dr Mairead Browne, a general dental and aesthetic practitioner based in Cork City said there has also been a surge in women as young as their late teens and early 20s demanding 'Barbie-Botox' procedures

26 April 2024

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Victims bear no ill-will towards 'decent and affable man' jailed for Skibbereen stabbing

Judge Martin told the defendant: 'Your conduct was out of character. When sober, you are decent, honest and affable. And (probation report indicates) you demonstrate victim empathy.'

26 April 2024

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Gardaí: Violence at protest in Newtownmountkennedy driven by far-right agitators

Group from Dublin believed to have 'agitated' protesters outside planned asylum-seeker accommodation centre into 'confrontation' with gardaí

26 April 2024