Fiona Gartland

Fiona Gartland

Irish Times Repoter

Fiona Gartland is a general reporter with The Irish Times covering any and all aspects of news. Fiona has a law degree and is particularly interested in legal affairs, including the repossession courts, medical, pharmaceutical and other inquiries.

Singer-songwriter Johnny Duhan. Photograph: Joe O’Shaughnessy.
‘Voyage’ songwriter takes complaint against solicitor to the Law Society

Johnny Duhan claimed he was not supplied with an estimate of costs by Eddie McGarr

Bulgaria in breach of human rights convention over care home deaths in 1997

15 children with mental and physical disabilities died from shortage of food and the effects of cold, court finds

Marion Nolan, Walkinstown, Dublin, with a photograph of her son Alan. As a member of advocacy group AdVic she has called for set tariffs for unlawful killing. Photograph: Eric Luke/The Irish Times
Sentences for homicide too lenient, families of victims say

Advocacy group calls for setting of ‘firm tariffs’ to guide the judiciary

A wind farm on the Arklow Bank in the Irish Sea. The latest €2 billion wind farm project would create 600 jobs at construction phase, supporters say. Photograph: David O’Brien
Wind farm proposed for Irish Sea will be visible from Rush to Wicklow Town

145 wind turbines are included in the plan

Journalist Eugene Moloney: was punched hard in the neck, and suffered a fatal haemorrhage
Sentencing of journalist’s killer adjourned for two weeks

CCTV footage shows Gary Burch dancing in celebration after landing fatal blow

A file image from 2011 of John Geary from Meadow Court, Newcastle West, Co Limerick, but originally from Milford, Co Cork, who pleaded guilty today to four murders .Photograph: Don Moloney/ Press 22
Limerick man (32) pleads guilty to four murders

John Geary stabbed two women and two children

In a letter to Lord Mayor of Dublin Naoise Ó Muirí, Minister for Local Government Phil Hogan said the extent of public support for the creation of a directly elected Lord Mayor will be “a vital consideration” in whether it is established. Photograph: Eric Luke
Dubliners to vote on directly elected Lord Mayor next year

Working group to hold first meeting next month to consider options

Court closures will impact domestic violence victims, support groups say

Some women may choose not to seek court protection, West Cork organisation says

Decisions on future of nine courts to be made this month by Court Service board

Closures will reduce access to justice - say local solicitors

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A firefighter tries to put out a fire at a plantation in Rokan Hilir district, Riau province, Indonesia. Riau authorities have deployed two fire brigade teams in Bengkalis district and Dumai to control peatland fires, Antara News Agency reported. The fires are being blamed for dense smog in neighbouring Singapore. Photograph: Aswaddy Hamid/Reuters Singaporean smog and Indonesian fires
This is Nanoweek 2013, and to mark it an exhibition, NanoArt 13, of 100 ‘nanolandscapes’ (research images, at a scale thousands of times smaller than a grain of salt) is being held at Trinity College Dublin, the Tryskell Arts Centre in Cork and the Tyndall National Institute at UCC. Here is a selection of the images. Above, 'Insect egg on a Leaf' by Patrick Carolan, Tyndall National Institute. Insect egg on underside of leaf. Stuff you never get to see

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The bulky, charismatic American actor, star of The Sopranos, has passed away at the age of 51
Pionneer of London GAA who wrote first draft of history

London will make history if they beat Leitrim in the Connacht SFC semi-final on Sunday. Monaghan man Packie Hughes was involved the first and last time they won a championship game in 1977

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