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Area around Grafton Street remains sealed off after man (21) dies after assault - Homepage - Western People
1+ hour, 41+ min ago (94+ words) Kenneth Fox and Eva Osborne The busy shopping area around Grafton Street remains sealed off on Monday afternoon after a 21-year-old man died following a serious assault in the Dublin city centre location. Emergency services were called to the scene…...
Planning permission granted for Ireland's first medically supervised drug injection facility - Homepage - Western People
1+ week, 4+ day ago (606+ words) An Coimisi'n Plean'la has given the planning green light for Ireland's first medically supervised drug injection facility (MSIF) at Merchant's Quay in Dublin to become permanent. ACP has granted permanent planning permission after finding that the MSIF would not result…...
Man (60s) arrested following death of another man (30s) in Artane - Homepage - Western People
2+ week, 2+ day ago (172+ words) A man in his 30s has died and a man in his 60s has been arrested following an incident at a house in Artane, Dublin 5, early on Saturday. Shortly after 12. 30am, garda" and emergency services responded to a call at a residence on…...
Man convicted of making threats to kill - Courts - Western People
2+ mon, 4+ week ago (1135+ words) The man was found guilty following a hearing at Castlebar Circuit Criminal Court. A man has been convicted of making threats to kill and production of a knife during a row at a house. Patrick Quinn, aged 59, of Bunree Road,…...
Hundreds of homes without power as coastal and high-ground areas hit hardest - Homepage - Western People
6+ mon, 2+ week ago (1298+ words) By Eva Osborne, James Cox, Gr'inne N" Aodha (PA) People have been warned of possible flooding overnight as Storm Claudia sweeps across Ireland. Met "ireann said that "significant" flooding and hazardous travelling conditions are possible. Met "ireann is warning heavy…...
Power restoration work spills over into Monday across Ireland - Homepage - Western People
7+ mon, 3+ week ago (141+ words) Approximately 2, 600 properties were still without power across the island of Ireland on Sunday night as the Storm Amy clean-up continued. That number was made up of 2, 500 properties in the Republic of Ireland and around 100 in Northern Ireland. At the peak,…...