Alison O'Reilly

1 week ago | irishexaminer.com | Alison O'Reilly

A new garda report shows that 700 body-worn cameras are now in operation across five stations in divisions in Dublin, Limerick, and Waterford, while 15,000 mobility devices have also been issued to gardaí. That’s according to the ‘Transforming An Garda Síochána 2018-2024’ report which is published today, Monday, by Garda Headquarters.

1 week ago | irishexaminer.com | Alison O'Reilly

As Sunny Jacobs sat in her tiny cell on death row waiting to be executed for a crime she insists she did not commit, she decided the only way she could find some peace was to pretend she was a monk in a cave, and not a prisoner in a cell. Every day, she would work on her mind, because that was all she had left that belonged to her. As a young mother of two, Sunny spent 17 years in prison and five in solidarity confinement on death row in the US before she was released — in 1992 — at the age of 45.

1 week ago | irishexaminer.com | Alison O'Reilly

Shane MacGowan’s sister has described how dancing in a packed church at her brother’s funeral was like “giving two fingers up to death”. The Pogues front man was 65 years old when he passed away on November 30, 2023.  After his funeral cortege travelled through Dublin’s inner city, with hundreds lining the streets, it made its way to Nenagh, Co Tipperary where the singer’s life was celebrated in a three-hour ceremony at St Mary’s of the Rosary Church.

2 weeks ago | irishexaminer.com | Alison O'Reilly

Gardaí are investigating the death of a cyclist in a road traffic collision in Co Cork. The incident happened on the N25 at Carrigtwohill at around 5pm on Wednesday evening. Emergency services were called to the incident and the male cyclist, aged in his 60s, was pronounced dead at the scene. His body was removed to the mortuary at University Cork Hospital where a post-mortem examination will take place. The male driver of the van, also aged in his 60s, received treatment at the scene.

2 weeks ago | irishexaminer.com | Alison O'Reilly |Vivienne Clarke

HomepagenewsMunsterA Cork woman with stage 4 cervical cancer, following two misdiagnosed smear tests, says she still urges women to attend regular screenings and get vaccinated. Mother-of-two Leona Macken received an apology from the HSE at the High Court on Tuesday after two of her smear tests — first in 2016 and again in 2020 — were misread. The 38-year-old hairdresser said she has since been overwhelmed with messages of support from the public, and that the apology meant “the world” to her.