Marc O'Driscoll

Cork, North East

Reporter at RTÉ

North East Correspondent (Acting) @RTENews. Previously @MorningIreland, @LMFMRadio, @bauermediaIRL & @aaroadwatch. @CobhRamblersFC man 🐏

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Events to take place across Ireland to mark Go Purple Day

1 week ago | rte.ie | Marc O'Driscoll

Events will take place across the country today to mark Go Purple Day, the national domestic violence awareness day organised by An Garda Síochána in partnership with local refuges and support services. The initiative was first organised in 2020 by community garda Stacey Looby, who was stationed at Navan Garda Station in Co Meath at the time but is now based in Athlone, to help strengthen community partnerships between domestic abuse services and An Garda Síochána.
Two men due in court over €5m drug seizure

1 week ago | rte.ie | Marc O'Driscoll

Two men have been charged in connection with the seizure of over €5 million worth of drugs in Co Meath. Revenue officers seized 20kg of heroin and 37kg of cocaine in the county on Tuesday. This seizure was made as a result of an intelligence-led joint operation conducted by Revenue's Customs Service, the Garda National Drugs and Organised Crime Bureau, the Meath/Westmeath Divisional Drugs and Crime Units along with eastern region colleagues.
Police Ombudsman in contact with Shane O'Farrell's family

1 week ago | rte.ie | Marc O'Driscoll

The Police Ombudsman has said that it has been in direct contact with the family of Shane O'Farrell today. The family yesterday received a public apology from the Government, who admitted there had been "failures" on the part of the State in relation to Mr O'Farrell's death. The 23-year-old law graduate was knocked off his bicycle and killed in a hit-and-run incident near his home in Carrickmacross, Co Monaghan in August 2011. The car that hit Mr O'Farrell was driven by Zigimantas Gridziuska.
Dundalk IT and Maynooth University launch new partnership

1 week ago | rte.ie | Marc O'Driscoll

Dundalk Institute of Technology (DkIT) and Maynooth University (MU) have launched a new partnership with the aim of advancing higher education in the region. The Regional Graduate Academy (RGA) will see PhD students being taught and supervised in Dundalk but being awarded their PhD by the university. Students will be jointly registered in both DkIT and MU and undertake a structured PhD programme.
Dundalk IT and Maynooth University launch new partnership

1 week ago | rte.ie | Marc O'Driscoll

Dundalk Institute of Technology (DkIT) and Maynooth University (MU) have today launched a new partnership with the aim of advancing higher education in the region. The Regional Graduate Academy (RGA) will see PhD students being taught and supervised in Dundalk but being awarded their PhD by the university. Students will be jointly registered in both DkIT and MU and undertake a structured PhD programme.
Two men arrested after over €5m worth of drugs seized

1 week ago | rte.ie | Marc O'Driscoll

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O'Farrell family calls Government apology a 'vindication'

1 week ago | rte.ie | Marc O'Driscoll

Shane O'Farrell's family have described the public apology from the Government as a day of "vindication" after their long years of campaigning. Mr O’Farrell’s father Jim and mother Lucia along with his sisters Amy, Gemma, Hannah and Pia stopped outside the gates of Leinster House this evening to reflect on the more than three hours they spent in the Dáil chamber.
Man charged with mother's murder sent forward for trial

1 week ago | rte.ie | Marc O'Driscoll

A 32-year-old man accused of murdering his mother and the attempted murder of his father in Co Cavan earlier this year has been sent forward for trial. Danny Heyneman, with an address at Kilnavart, Ballyconnell in Co Cavan, was served with a book of evidence at Cavan District Court. He is charged with the murder of Annie Heyneman and the attempted murder of Henk Heyneman at the family home in Kilnavart, Ballyconnell on 11 January.
Woman, 80s, becomes fifth killed on roads in three days

1 week ago | rte.ie | Marc O'Driscoll

A pedestrian in her 80s, who died after being hit by a bus in Dunleer, Co Louth, has become the fifth woman killed on Irish roads in three days. The collision took place on Lower Main Street in the town at around 12.20pm. The woman has been named locally as Colette Campbell, who lived on Upper Main Street. Ms Campbell was taken by ambulance to Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda, where she was later pronounced dead.
Left-wing coalition can be 'real alternative'

2 weeks ago | rte.ie | Marc O'Driscoll

The Sinn Féin President has said she "strongly believes" that a coalition of left-wing parties can take the Government on and offer a "real alternative" to what is currently in power. Mary Lou McDonald also said that the days of Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael "controlling both government and opposition at the same time are over" and people now want change.