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15 hours ago | rte.ie | Orla O'Donnell

Richard Satchwell told gardaí he could not remember the details of how his wife, Tina, died because it all happened in a flash. Mr Satchwell denies the murder of his wife in March 2017. Her body was found six-and-a-half years later buried under the stairs in their home. The jury in the trial of Mr Satchwell watched a video recording of the second interview carried out by gardaí with him, after his wife's remains were found in October 2023.

19 hours ago | rte.ie | Gordon Deegan

Dublin City Council has given the green light for a makeover of McDonald's flagship outlet on Dublin's O'Connell Street. But in granting planning permission, the City Council has ordered that planned pigeon protection spikes to the upper floors be omitted for the fast food giant's outlet. The Council has also ordered proposed illuminated projecting signage shall be omitted and that the "M" logo within the glazing at lower mezzanine level of the restaurant not be permitted.

22 hours ago | rte.ie | Tony Connelly

The European Court of Justice is to rule on whether or not European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen was wrong to withhold text messages she shared with the head of a major drug company over a multi-billion euro contract to supply hundreds of millions of Covid vaccines at the height of the pandemic. The case was taken by the New York Times after the Commission refused to release the messages Ms von der Leyen had shared with Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla in 2021.

1 day ago | rte.ie | Sharon Tobin

Scams, fraud and harassment are on the increase, as so called "deepfakes" grow in popularity and sophistication. A deepfake is when an existing image or video is altered using artifical intelligence (AI) technology. One example people may remember is the image of Pope Francis in a white puffer jacket. It was a deepfake but a very good one, and the technology is getting better by the day, in particular when it comes to video and audio.

1 day ago | rte.ie | Fergal Bowers

Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald has said there is now confirmation for the first time that the children's "hip surgery scandal" at two Children's Health Ireland (CHI) hospitals goes back 15 years and not just the two-year period currently under review.