Ralph Riegel
Independent.ie
Ireland
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Tina Satchwell disappearance – gardaí to make sixth anniversary appeal in case of missing woman
Detectives believe that someone in east Cork has information about what happened to missing woman Tina Satchwell (47). → Read More
‘Buskers exodus’ warning over new Killarney street music controls
IRELAND'S tourism 'Mecca' of Killarney could face an exodus of buskers over controversial new street music controls scheduled to come into force from June. → Read More
Dublin Airport surges beyond pre-Covid 19 passenger numbers
Dublin Airport has exceeded its pre-Covid-19 pandemic passenger traffic levels for the first time. → Read More
Waterford to be transformed by €170m North Quays project
A €170m investment in Waterford's long-awaited North Quays project will prove "transformative" for Ireland's oldest city. → Read More
Eamon Ryan brings radical plans to Cabinet to slash car use, but Taoiseach rules out congestion charges in short term
TAOISEACH Leo Varadkar has emphatically ruled out any question of an imminent congestion charge for motorists entering Irish cities. → Read More
Garda warning over lethal threat from ‘motorway missiles’ after objects thrown at cars from bridges
GARDAÍ warned that someone will be injured or possibly even killed as a result of objects being thrown from motorway bridges at cars passing below. → Read More
Man (39) who beat woman and splashed acid in her face jailed for 11 and a half years
A MAN who subjected a female friend to a prolonged attack in which she was beaten, kicked, struck with a bottle, scalded with boiling water and splashed in the face with acid has been jailed for 11 and a half years. → Read More
Acid attack survivor Simone Lee speaks out on coercive control and admits: ‘I thought I was dead’
A WOMAN who was beaten, kicked, scalded with boiling water and then burned with acid by a male friend admitted she thought she was going to die during her terrifying ordeal. → Read More
Irish firefighter on feeling honour-bound to help ‘brave’ people of Ukraine amid trolling from the ‘what-about-us brigade’ back home
An Irish aid worker says he felt honour-bound to help Ukraine after the Russian invasion, as ordinary people bravely fought to defend their homes and families. → Read More
University of Limerick secures key backing in bid to be country’s second veterinary college
Vets lobbying for a second Irish veterinary school have endorsed the University of Limerick (UL) as the venue. → Read More
US police fear fatal shooting of Irish bishop was deliberate attack
AN Irish-born bishop shot dead in his California home is now feared to have been the victim of a deliberate rather than a random attack. → Read More
‘I cannot describe how we hate all of them’ – Kyiv-based journalist on life in Ukraine since the invasion
Ukrainian journalist Volodymyr Zverov vowed he will never forget the sanctuary that Ireland offered his wife and child as Russia systematically destroyed his homeland with artillery barrages and missile strikes. → Read More
Irish-born bishop shot dead in Los Angeles
AN IRISH-born bishop has been shot dead in the US. → Read More
US Judge grants Tom and Molly Martens motion to have retrial for murder of Jason Corbett transferred
A MOTION by Tom (72) and Molly (38) Martens to have their retrial for the murder of an Irish widower transferred to another part of North Carolina has been granted by a US judge. → Read More
Man caught by internet paedophile hunters now engaging with sex offenders programme
A MAN who attempted to make contact with a teenage girl for sexual exploitation but was caught in a 'sting' operation mounted by a group of internet vigilante paedophile hunters is now participating in a special programme for sex offenders. → Read More
‘No one intervened as thief smashed my car in Cork city centre for €4’ – shop owner calls for more gardaí on streets
A family business operator whose vehicle was targeted by a brick-wielding thief has backed calls for greater garda manpower and resources. → Read More
Lawyers blame ‘the Irish’ for public bias in Tom and Molly Martens trial
The US retrial of Tom and Molly Martens for the murder of Irish widower Jason Corbett is now expected to last for two months with jury selection alone likely to take two weeks. → Read More
Bone tests may hold key to mystery of woman’s skeleton found near Cork railway line
Gardaí are hoping special bone mineral tests may help solve the two-year-old mystery over the identity of a woman’s skeleton found by an old Cork railway line. → Read More
‘Our staff and students are all fine’ – Irish school group has lucky escape from Turkish earthquake
A GROUP of Irish students and teachers had a miraculous escape after avoiding being in a Turkish town levelled by the massive 7.8 magnitude earthquake by only a matter of hours. → Read More
Bookings for summer sun holidays back to pre-pandemic levels, despite rising prices
Sun-starved Irish holidaymakers have delivered a near record booking surge, with travel agents, airlines and cruise firms poised to achieve pre-Covid pandemic business levels for the first time in four years. → Read More