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1. #KAREN’S STORY The Eastern Health Board knew a girl was being sexually abused in her home but didn’t tell gardaí, we reveal in our exclusive story today.
2. #COURT A teacher who raped a seven-year-old student in Offaly is appealing his sentence because a juror was “smiling”. The victim, who is now 25, said the pain was “unbelievable”.
3. #BUGGED Wikileaks is claiming that the NSA spied on world leaders like the UN’s Ban Ki-Moon and Angela Merkel “for US geopolitical interests”. It published highly classified documents that appear to show the NSA bugged meetings.
4. #RAPIST Dublin man Trevor Lawlor has been jailed for life after raping two women in North Manchester. He was on the run from a robbery case here in Ireland when the incidents occurred.
5. #CALAIS A French court will examine today whether it is legal for authorities to evict hundreds of migrants from the ‘Jungle’ camp. The local government has set a deadline of 7pm tonight for people in the southern half of the camp to leave before demolition starts.
6. #FIJI The death toll from the super-cyclone Winston has risen to 29, with officials warning that recovery could take months. Desperately-needed medicine, food and water have been arriving from Australia and New Zealand.
7. #NOT PHELAN IT Junior Minister Ann Phelan walked out of a radio debate last night, saying she is “fed up” of opponents, and branding the programme “an absolute disgrace”.
8. #MISSING A British backpacker, Grace Taylor (21), has been found after being reported missing in Thailand. She had contacted her family to say that ‘people were trying to hurt her’, leading to fears for her safety.
9. #DEBATE Gearing up for the election on Friday? The final debate involving the party leaders will take place tonight on Prime Time on RTÉ at 9.35pm. Meanwhile, it’s expected the results of the final opinion poll before the election will be made public at 10am.
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What kind of a sad individual would make such a senseless call.. Idiots!
Immature children maybe… It’s called a prank
The same sick twisted individuals that call out ambulance, fire brigade and Gardaí… There should be serious consequences for those caught as the act endangers the lives of rescuers and indeed others that might actually need those emergency services.
Idiots
Got caught there in a wind over tide F7…my fook up but not nice.
Where when how. Details man. Dont leave us hanging
In a sailing boat about 7 years ago. Was following a sailing race from skerries and wind was considerably stronger than forecast (F6-7 rather than F4-5)so everyone arrived at the entrance to the lough early.
A following wind and an emptying tide leads to very large standing waves and boat ended up pitching from 45 degrees up to 45 degrees down. About 300-400m of rollercoaster ride through a narrow enough channel. One of the crew on another boat was taken to hospital with head injuries.
Once past the entrance the lough was almost flat calm and when reading the sailing directions for the lough it said never attempt entering Carlingford in a wind over tide scenario. By the time we realised that we were in the manure it was too late to turn back.
Interesting lesson, showed us how seaworthy the boat was but lucky not to suffer damage or injury. Taught me the importance of proper passage planning and to not rely 100% on sea area forecast from met eireann.
That could have put others at risk?
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