Vivienne Traynor

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Adams says he was not author of IRA volunteer article

1 week ago | rte.ie | Vivienne Traynor

Former Sinn Féin president Gerry Adams has told the High Court he was not the author of an article stating he was an IRA volunteer. Lawyers for the BBC suggested the article - one of a number known as the Brownie articles published in the early 1970s - was written by Mr Adams and contained the statement "rightly or wrongly I am an IRA volunteer". Mr Adams said he had not written the article. He said some of the Brownie articles had been written by him but others had been written by a "collective".
Adams says previously advised not to sue over IRA claims

1 week ago | rte.ie | Vivienne Traynor

Former Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams has said he never sued over allegations made in the past that he was a member of the IRA because of legal advice given at the time. Mr Adams said he would have sued over the many publications but was advised that he would not have got a fair hearing. Mr Adams was giving evidence during a third day of cross-examination in a defamation case he had taken against the BBC.
Adams will not 'speculate' on IRA leadership in BBC case

1 week ago | rte.ie | Vivienne Traynor

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Adams will not 'speculate' on IRA leadership in BBC case

1 week ago | rte.ie | Vivienne Traynor

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Boy to be detained for eight years over chaplain stabbing

2 weeks ago | rte.ie | Vivienne Traynor

A 17-year-old boy who repeatedly stabbed an Army chaplain outside a barracks last year has been sentenced to ten years detention with the final two years suspended. The boy had pleaded guilty to attempting to murder Fr Paul Murphy by stabbing him multiple times at Renmore Barracks in Galway on 15 August 2024. Mr Justice Paul McDermott said the case demonstrated the dangers to children and society caused by their exposure to and influence by extreme views on the internet.
Man jailed for 8 years over Sean McCarthy manslaughter

1 month 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.
Teacher's 'GAA catfish' case against school resolved

1 month 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.
Teacher's 'GAA catfish' case against school resolved

1 month 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.
€2m settlement for patient who fell in hospital

1 month 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.
€2m settlement for patient who fell in hospital

1 month 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.