Nicola Anderson
Independent.ie
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Michael Scott trial: HSE worker had concerns for welfare of pensioner Chrissie Treacy, farm murder trial is told
An elderly woman was hit by a vehicle a month after a social worker formally escalated concerns for her welfare to gardaí, the Central Criminal Court has heard. → Read More
Michael Scott murder trial: ‘I heard his loud voice and he was banging on the table – he said something about land and then left’
‘Take as much time as you need,” Judge Caroline Biggs gently told the young woman in the witness box, suggesting that she might take a little break outside. → Read More
‘John would do a good turn for anyone’ – mourners hear of a ‘lifetime of memories’ at pier victim’s funeral
From the middle of the crowd of grief-stricken mourners came a rallying cry: “Go on, John.” It was the same shout of encouragement that rang out for John Keenan Sammon when the 16-year-old boxer was triumphant in the Galway county championships just two weeks ago. → Read More
Tragic Galway pier victim John Keenan (16) remembered as ‘one of biggest messers’ as hundreds attend funeral
Mourners at the funeral of teenager John Keenan were told of a boy that was a “man before his time” who had made his family so proud. → Read More
St Valentine in Dublin: Romantics flock to city-centre church to pray at saint’s shrine
In the wide, tiled entrance hallway of Whitefriar Street Church, a flurry of sweeping and mopping is under way, in preparation for one of the most special days of the year. → Read More
‘It’s a bit scary but we are really looking forward to what’s ahead’ – RTÉ pundit Hannah Tyrrell on parenthood
It is going to be a packed year ahead for Hannah Tyrrell. Not only has the former rugby international and Dublin GAA star joined RTÉ as a welcome new addition as pundit for the broadcaster’s Six Nations coverage, but she and her wife, Sorcha Turnbull, are also looking forward to welcoming their own “new addition” very soon. → Read More
‘If St Brigid’s Day could get even a small slice of the St Patrick’s market, it would be amazing’
As families relax into the unfamiliar landscape of the new February bank holiday weekend, it might herald the start of something much bigger. → Read More
Natalie McNally family ‘fight for justice and end to violence against women’
THE devastated brother of Natalie McNally has paid tribute to his sister as a “beautiful, fun, loving, caring person who always had a smile on her face” and said that is how her family remember her. → Read More
Zoe Holohan: ‘Returning to Greece to give evidence about the wildfires that took my husband was a cathartic moment’
Every night without fail for the last four years, Zoe Holohan has been plagued by night terrors and nightmares of the Greek wildfire that killed her beloved husband and changed her life forever. → Read More
‘It’s a great day for Dublin’ – Clerys, the Grand Old Dame of O’Connell Street, is back with a nip and tuck
The countdown was chanted and the red silk cover was pulled aside to reveal the iconic clock in pride of place as two former Clerys customers stood by with smiles on their faces. → Read More
‘We’re blown away’ – Young Scientist winners find impact of inequality in DEIS schools is quickly being eroded
The inequality gap in DEIS schools is quickly being closed, the winners of the BT Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition have found. → Read More
After two years with virtual expo, young scientists are back at RDS
Renowned founder of the BT Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition, Tony Scott, refers to the last two virtual years of the event as being the time when “we were in space”. → Read More
Crisis in our hospitals: ‘There is a phrase I use now and it’s that I’m too sick for A&E’
When a suicide-prevention worker heard about a request for all but the most critically ill to avoid the emergency department of the local hospital, the first thought that crossed her mind was the anxious question: where could the most vulnerable people get help now? → Read More
‘The atmosphere is very tense – there is little hope of peace,’ says Irish volunteer spending festive season in West Bank
On his first day in the West Bank, Finn was sent to visit a Palestinian community who had been anxiously attempting to harvest olives in a grove close to the border with Tel Aviv, Israel. → Read More
‘Everybody wants to move on, but it’s hard’ – Creeslough facing a sombre Christmas
Under a glass display case where the crib would normally be were 10 white candles, each a symbol of a vibrant life lost. → Read More
The buzz of Christmas past is back in the air as shoppers turn out in their droves
There’s a smell of coffee in the wintry air and the sound of chatter on city streets. → Read More
‘You taught us so much, we’ll never see the likes again’ – tributes paid to Vicky Phelan in emotional farewell
In life, she was the warrior with a rallying cry that sent the authorities scrambling to attention, devoting the last of her energy into the battle to make life better for the women coming after her. → Read More
Seven fierce, admirable women who could still be here today but for this grave injustice
When widower Stephen Teap appeared before an Oireachtas committee meeting on the CervicalCheck scandal in May 2018, he told members he worried for his two young sons because “10 to 15 years from now they will be reading all about this in the papers”. → Read More
‘We can’t just sit around all day, we want the dignity of working,’ say Ukrainian refugees living in sports hall
AT 4am one morning last June, Sergey Chudaev awakened in his apartment in Kyiv to the sound of an aeroplane overhead while his dog ran around, frantic, in circles. → Read More
Let down by the health system, Lynsey Bennett was a warrior who fought to the end for more time with her children
She was a “warrior” who fought to the end for more time with her beloved daughters and a “beautiful person” who generously volunteered with teenagers. → Read More