Stephen McDermott

2 weeks ago | thejournal.ie | Stephen McDermott

WILSON’S HOSPITAL SCHOOL has said it will ask to have Enoch Burke returned to prison if he disrupts State exams in June or turns up at its premises again next year. The High Court heard today that Burke has continued to cause “significant disruption” and has been physically present at Wilson’s for all but two days since 7 March – the date a receiver was appointed to collect almost €80,000 in fines that Burke owes the State.

2 weeks ago | thejournal.ie | Stephen McDermott

THE TAOISEACH WAS told how to deal with questions around Donald Trump, Michael Lowry and accusations that his government mislead the public on housing figures last year ahead of his Late Late Show appearance. Micheál Martin was the opening guest on the Friday night chat show on 28 February, when he discussed everything his upcoming White House visit to the possibility of US tariffs on European goods.

2 weeks ago | thejournal.ie | Stephen McDermott |Jane Matthews

DONALD TRUMP’S TARIFF announcement on Wednesday has sent the global economy spinning, with markets plunging and countries scrambling to react to the new US levies. The defining moment from Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ speech came when he pulled out a gigantic chart that apparently showed the tariffs that other countries placed on US goods.

1 month ago | thejournal.ie | Niall O'Connor |Stephen McDermott

A SENIOR IRISH Military officer who will be part of the Irish team leading the EU Military Committee says that Europe has realised the importance of security. Colonel Tim O’Brien is part of a team of nine military experts selected to go to Brussels as Defence Forces chief of staff Sean Clancy prepares to take up the chair of the EU military committee – essentially, Europe’s top military job.

1 month ago | thejournal.ie | Tom Tuite |Stephen McDermott

A plasterer off his medication was “unhinged” – attacking a store manager and brandishing a hammer – during a series of violent shop raids in Dublin, a court heard. Nathan Doyle, 27, was charged with robbery, two counts of attempted robbery and assault causing harm at three premises in Cherrywood, Cabinteely and Baltrothery, Tallaght, on Friday night, within the space of about 50 minutes.