Stephen McDermott

1 month ago | thejournal.ie | Stephen McDermott

US PRESIDENT DONALD Trump said Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen had agreed to halt attacks on shipping, in surprise remarks at the White House in which he gave no further details. “The Houthis have announced… that they don’t want to fight anymore. They just don’t want to fight. And we will honour that, and we will stop the bombings, and they have capitulated,” Trump said. In Yemen, three people have been killed and 38 wounded in Israeli strikes, Houthis’ media has said.

1 month ago | thejournal.ie | Stephen McDermott

GERRY ADAMS HAS said he would not “speculate” on who was in the IRA, during a defamation case he has taken against the BBC. The former Sinn Féin leader said an attempt is being made to “smother” the jury in history as he was questioned over past statements and events during The Troubles. Adams faced cross-examination over his knowledge of who was in the IRA and the organisation’s rules, on which he repeatedly said he would not “speculate” in court.

1 month ago | thejournal.ie | Stephen McDermott

GARDA DETECTIVES CONDUCTED a “gold standard” interview with Richard Satchwell, who is accused of murdering his wife Tina Satchwell, a court has heard. The jury in the trial of Satchwell, who is accused of murdering Tina at their home in Co Cork between 19 and 20 March 2017, was told that he took part in an “enhanced cognitive interview” more than hour years after that date. The 58-year-old, from Grattan Street in Youghal, denies murdering his wife.

1 month ago | thejournal.ie | Diarmuid Pepper |Stephen McDermott

REBEKAH VARDY HAS agreed to pay almost £1.2 million of Coleen Rooney’s legal costs following their high-profile Wagatha Christie libel battle, a judge has been told. A specialist costs court has previously been told that Rooney, the wife of former England striker Wayne Rooney, ran up a legal bill totalling more than £1.8 million after she successfully defended Vardy’s High Court claim in 2022.

1 month ago | thejournal.ie | Diarmuid Pepper |Stephen McDermott

A FORMER ARMAGH GAA captain has appeared in court charged with alleged sexual assault offences. Aidan Nugent, 30, of Cullyhanna Road, Newtownhamilton in Co Armagh appeared in the dock at Armagh Magistrates’ Court sitting in Newry this morning. He faces four charges relating to an incident involving a woman on November 17 2024 during a trip involving Armagh GAA to Miami in the United States.