Mary Duffy
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State’s longest serving prisoner continues legal bid for temporary release
- Crime & Law
- February 5, 2019, 09:13
The State’s longest serving prisoner is set to continue his legal bid for two days temporary release per year. English national John Shaw (73) has be(...)

A year after her murder, Rose Hanrahan’s neighbours still live in fear
- Crime & Law
- December 14, 2018, 01:00
One year ago, pensioner Rose Hanrahan was found strangled to death in her home in Thomondgate in the heart of Limerick City. A year on, the community (...)

Obituary: Dónal Toolan
- People
- April 29, 2017, 01:11
Dónal Toolan, a passionate campaigner for the rights of disabled people and a talented actor, presenter and journalist, has died aged 50. A gifted spe(...)

When Mary Kenny (77), mother of new TD Gino Kenny, moved to the suburb of Neilstown, west Dublin, in 1978, there was “nothing here”, she says. She and(...)

Man who spent €40k restoring car declared owner by judge
- Circuit Court
- June 10, 2015, 14:20
A Dublin panel beater, who spent €40,000 and “thousands of man hours” restoring a classic car which lay rusting and covered in bird droppings in a bar(...)

A brush with the great outdoors at Wexford’s Art in the Open festival
- Fine Art & Antiques
- August 9, 2014, 00:00
Painting outdoors was first popularised by the French Impressionists, including Monet and Renoir, and is known by the French term en plein air (litera(...)

Childers family at centenary celebration of grandparents’ Howth gun-run
- Irish News
- July 28, 2014, 01:00
The centenary of the Howth gun-running incident was marked yesterday in an atmosphere that was as much celebration as commemoration. Bright sunshine (...)

Murderer died after three years in vegetative state, inquest hears
- Crime & Law
- July 5, 2013, 01:01
Murderer Geoffrey Evans died in hospital from an infection after spending more than three years in a vegetative state, an inquest heard.Evans (68) – w(...)

Realising the dream, with a bit of support
- Education
- May 14, 2013, 01:00
Disability is a double-edged sword. There has been a huge change in attitudes to and support for students with diagnosed disabilities at all levels(...)