Maurice Fitzmaurice

1 week ago | belfastlive.co.uk | Maurice Fitzmaurice

A footballer battered in a savage attack being blamed on a Co Derry gang has had a ‘protective plate’ fitted to his head. Charles Dooher’s injuries were so severe that even though he was attacked in January, he is still being treated at the Royal Victoria Hospital in Belfast. The 26-year-old farmer and GAA footballer was attacked by an armed gang at his home in Lifford in Donegal on January 20 in a ‘home invasion’ that his family have blamed on gangsters ‘masquerading’ as dissident republicans.

1 week ago | msn.com | Maurice Fitzmaurice

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1 week ago | belfastlive.co.uk | Maurice Fitzmaurice

Irish writers are threatening to take social media giant Meta to court in a ‘David and Goliath’ scale battle over the use of their work to develop artificial intelligence models. A legal warning letter has been sent amid ongoing concerns about large firms using authors’ writing to ‘train’ and adapt Artificial Intelligence software. Marie Jones and Martin Dillon are among the well known writers who are backing the move that is being lead by Belfast law firm KRW.

1 week ago | msn.com | Maurice Fitzmaurice

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2 weeks ago | belfastlive.co.uk | Maurice Fitzmaurice

A 16-year-old boy was battered with a road sign in a city centre attack being linked to anti-social-behaviour in the north of the city. And the teenager’s girlfriend suffered a “busted nose” as she “wrapped herself around” her boyfriend in an effort to protect him from the suspected sectarian attack that saw as many as 30 people swarm around the couple.