Tim O'Brien

Dublin

Correspondent at Irish Times

Journalist at The Irish Times. Positive contributions welcome

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Aircraft leasing executive Paul Barton left €17.5m estate

5 days ago | irishtimes.com | Tim O'Brien

Aircraft leasing executive Paul Barton left an estate valued at €17.5 million when he died last September, according to documents published by the Probate Office this week. Mr Barton, of Waltham Terrace, Blackrock, Co Dublin, was managing director of GE Capital Aviation Services, the world’s largest commercial leasing and financing company by number of aircraft, before a €25 billion deal with rival AerCap saw the world’s two biggest aviation leasing companies join forces in 2021.
Ireland weather: Hottest day for nearly three years recorded as temperature reaches 29.6 degrees

1 week ago | irishtimes.com | Tim O'Brien

The hottest day in Ireland since August 2022 has been recorded with a 29.6 degrees in Co Roscommon. Met Éireann said that the value at Mount Dillon this afternoon is the highest since 32.1 degrees was recorded at Durrow, Co Laois on August 13th, 2022. It’s the highest June temperature in Ireland since 2018 and also the earliest time a 29 degrees has been seen in Ireland since records began. The previous record was June 26th, 2018.
Weekend temperatures to reach 29 degrees, but rain to return next week

1 week ago | irishtimes.com | Tim O'Brien

Friday is set to be another day of glorious sunshine across Ireland with temperatures expected to hit 29 degrees. Met Éireann said after possible early-morning thunderstorms in the west, the island will bask in pleasant conditions, the coolest of which will be 20 to 23 degrees in Munster and south Leinster. Night-time temperatures are not expected to fall below 12 degrees on Friday, although isolated showers are possible in parts of Ulster and Leinster.
Sex crimes: Recorded incidents of male victims rose by 54% in 2024

1 week ago | irishtimes.com | Tim O'Brien

The number of male victims of recorded sexual offences rose by 54 per cent in 2024, according to the latest figures from the CSO. The increase related mainly to a near-doubling of such crime incidents that were reported by males more than a year after the occurrence. According to the CSO data Recorded Crime Victims 2024 and Suspected Offenders 2023, the vast majority of suspected offenders of sexual crimes were also men.
Ombudsman ‘cautiously optimistic’ ‘injustice’ over personal transport for disabled people ‘about to be righted’

1 week ago | irishtimes.com | Tim O'Brien

The Ombudsman Ger Deering has said he is “cautiously optimistic that a long-standing injustice” in relation to supports for people with disabilities to access personal transport “is about to be righted”. In his annual report for 2024 published today, Mr Deering welcomed a commitment from the Department of Transport to develop a new scheme to support people with disabilities to access personal transport.
Apparent arson attack destroys martial arts centre on Dublin’s Townsend Street

1 week ago | irishtimes.com | Tim O'Brien

An apparent arson attack destroyed a martial arts centre on Townsend Street, in Dublin 2, in the early hours of Tuesday morning. The Republic of Jiu Jitsu premises, located on the ground floor of the Hyde Court apartments building on the corner of Townsend Street and Shaw Street, was extensively damaged in the blaze, which broke out shortly before 1am.
Ireland weather: Temperatures to hit 24 degrees by Thursday

1 week ago | irishtimes.com | Tim O'Brien

High pressure is set to dominate the weather over Ireland this week leading to warm sunshine and temperatures as high as 24 degrees. Met Éireann’s Matthew Martin said the week ahead “will bring lots of dry and sunny weather, but there will be some rain or showers at times”. Conditions are forecast to be cloudy at times on Monday from Connacht to Ulster with the chance of a few showers in Atlantic coastal areas this morning.
Protest announced following Wicklow County Council decision not to repaint rainbow crossing

3 weeks ago | irishtimes.com | Tim O'Brien

A rainbow crossing on the Main Street of Arklow, Co Wicklow, will be allowed to fade away after Wicklow County Council said it would not repaint the colours. The crossing, featuring rainbow colours painted on each side of a standard pedestrian crossing, symbolises an inclusive and safe space for members of the LGBTQ+ community and others. In recent years, a number of local authorities have painted rainbow crossings, sometimes called Pride crossings, to show support for the LGBTQ+ community.
Richard Satchwell: Sentencing hearing under way for murder of wife Tina

3 weeks ago | irishtimes.com | Tim O'Brien

A sentencing hearing of Richard Satchwell who was found guilty last week of the murder of his wife Tina Satchwell is under way at the Central Criminal Court. Ms Satchwell’s skeletal remains were found in a deep grave in an area under the stairs of the couple’s Co Cork home in October 2023, more than six years after her husband reported her missing. Satchwell (58), a lorry driver, had pleaded not guilty to murdering the 45-year-old at Grattan Street, Youghal, on March 19th and 20th, 2017.
Closure of Bray-Greystones cliff walk has ‘cost the economy €73m’

3 weeks ago | irishtimes.com | Tim O'Brien

More than €73 million has been lost to the economy – equating to more than €50,000 a day – because of the continuing closure of the cliff walk between Bray and Greystones, Co Wicklow, economist Jim Power has said. Mr Power, an economic adviser to the Irish Tourism Industry Confederation and a financial commentator, estimated the loss to the economy included €21 million that would have gone to the Exchequer in taxes.