IRE - The Irish Times

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1. Man who jumped over 6ft wall and escaped Garda custody is jailed

   He was pursued by patrol car and air support, but was not captured for two months

2. Independent review ordered into €36m railway IT system amid concerns of cost overruns

   Minister for Transport Darragh O’Brien expresses ‘dissatisfaction at the rate of progress’ on project

3. Man who attacked vulnerable brother with hammer and knife committed to Central Mental Hospital

   Defendant had a history of not taking prescribed medication and failed to attend outpatient appointments in lead-up to assault

4. Man struck by bus at Dublin Airport died ‘tragically while living his best life’

   It is understood John Fleming had returned from horse sales in UK when he was struck by a bus

5. Principal who stole more than €100,000 from school has suspension confirmed by High Court

   Teacher’s offending involved more than 380 instances of theft, occurring over two years

6. Enoch Burke’s appeal against dismissal ends after he repeatedly interrupted proceedings

   Burke disrupted panel after he took issue with Wilson’s Hospital School having legal representation

7. Revenue seizes more than €3.1m worth of herbal cannabis at Dublin Airport

   A large proportion of the drugs came from Qatari capital Doha

8. Man charged after two gardaí hospitalised following assaults at Donegal council offices

   A man and a woman in their 30s were arrested at the scene and taken to Letterkenny Garda station

9. Man who assaulted friend put him into recovery position before returning to pub, court hears

   Injured party spent several weeks in a coma following assault outside Dublin pub

10. Dublin lecture by Ghislaine Maxwell’s lawyer cancelled amid ‘regret’ for any offence caused

    Notice advertising session said Jeffrey Epstein’s accomplice is ‘often portrayed as a witch in media’