Dodgy boxes; more flotilla boats set for Gaza intercepted; What happened to Yves Sakilas

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01/09/2023. STOCK

Stock shot of a person using a Nvidia Shield Android TV streaming device amid a crack down on 'dodgy boxes' in Ireland
Photograph : Laura Hutton / The Irish Times
01/09/2023. STOCK Stock shot of a person using a Nvidia Shield Android TV streaming device amid a crack down on 'dodgy boxes' in Ireland Photograph : Laura Hutton / The Irish Times

Rents across Ireland have just shot up at the fastest rate ever recorded, rising 4.4 per cent in just three months, according to Daft.ie.

200 users of so-called dodgy boxes used to illegally stream live TV have been issued with cease and desist notices.

Boats in an aid flotilla heading for Gaza have been intercepted by Israeli forces, crew members have said. President Catherine Connolly’s sister, Margaret Connolly, a GP from County Sligo, is one of those detained.

What we know about what happened to Yves Sakilas, who died shortly after being restrained by security guards in Dublin last Friday.

Andrew McNair

Andrew McNair

Andrew McNair is an audio producer at The Irish Times

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