Vivienne Traynor

2 weeks ago | rte.ie | Vivienne Traynor

A 38-year-old man who said he shot and killed a drug dealer in his apartment in Dublin after he had threatened to kill him over a €5,000 drug debt has been jailed for eight years for manslaughter. Dean Caffrey, from Beaucourt in Drumcondra, was acquitted of murder but found guilty of the manslaughter of Sean McCarthy on 2 August 2022. Caffrey told gardaí that he owed €300 for cocaine, a debt which kept doubling every week as he and his family were threatened for payment.

2 weeks ago | rte.ie | Vivienne Traynor

The High Court has been told the case taken by a school teacher, who claims she was wrongly identified as the 'GAA catfish', to prevent her employer taking disciplinary action against her has been resolved and can be struck out. Niamh Farrell, from the Spires, Portadown in Co Armagh, said allegations that she was deceiving people online by pretending to be someone else and luring men in the GAA community into relationships are completely false, unfounded and untrue.

2 weeks ago | rte.ie | Vivienne Traynor

The High Court has been told the case taken by a school teacher, who claims she was wrongly identified as the 'GAA catfish', to prevent her employer taking disciplinary action against her has been resolved and can be struck out. Niamh Farrell, from the Spires, Portadown in Co Armagh, said allegations that she was deceiving people online by pretending to be someone else and luring men in the GAA community into relationships are completely false, unfounded and untrue.

3 weeks ago | rte.ie | Vivienne Traynor

The High Court has approved a settlement of €2 million in the case of a woman who fell while alone in a toilet cubicle a day-and-a-half after surgery to remove a tumour from the base of her skull. The case against Beaumont Hospital in Dublin was contested and the settlement was made without admission of liability. Jacinta Flood had epilepsy for many years which was treated with medication.

3 weeks ago | rte.ie | Vivienne Traynor

The High Court has approved a settlement of €2 million in the case of a woman who fell while alone in a toilet cubicle a day-and-a-half after surgery to remove a tumour from the base of her skull. The case against Beaumont Hospital was contested and the settlement was made without admission of liability. Jacinta Flood had epilepsy for many years which was treated with medication. But in May 2017 scans revealed the 58-year-old from Letterkenny in Co Donegal had a tumour at the base of her skull.