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Fuel protestor who allegedly drove through Garda road block to be tried in District Court (opens the original)
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A 28-year-old man who allegedly drove a tractor and slurry tanker through a Garda checkpoint during fuel protests earlier this year, leading to a high-speed chase, is to have his case heard at District Court level. Darra O’Shea from Corbally South, Ballincurrig, Leamlara, Co Cork, was arrested after attempting to join protestors outside the Irving Oil refinery in Whitegate, Co Cork on April 14th. Officers were forced to block the R630 with Garda cars. O’Shea was later charged by Sgt Caroline Lyn
US Catholic university has not applied for accreditation over Waterford campus (opens the original)
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A US university seeking to establish an international campus at the former Cistercian monastery of Mount Melleray in Co Waterford has yet to apply for accreditation from Irish educational authorities. The Department of Further and Higher Education confirmed it was open to educational institutions based in other jurisdictions such as the Florida-based Ave Maria University pursuing the development of campuses in Ireland. In a response to a query from The Irish Times, however, a spokesperson said t
Operation to hunt down Asian hornets in Cork moves to âcritical new phaseâ (opens the original)
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Latest transmitter technology is being employed to find and remove Asian hornet nests from an area around Cork harbour. The National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) operation comes after the discovery of two of the insects, which pose a significant threat to native Irish honeybees. Minister for Nature, Heritage and Biodiversity Christopher OâSullivan, said efforts had been escalated following the successful capture of a second Asian hornet in Ringaskiddy, close to the area where a member of
Conservative Catholic US university in Waterford former monastery faces planning questions | BreakingNews (opens the original)
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Planners have sought more information from an American university seeking to establish an international campus at the former Cistercian monastery of Mount Melleray in Co Waterford. Waterford City and County Council want more information on an application for an exemption made by the Cistercian Order and Ave Maria Hibernia, a company specially formed by Ave Maria University, to develop the former monastery as an international campus.
Minister for Health stands over Cork University Hospital safety and staffing levels (opens the original)
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Minister for Health Jennifer Carroll MacNeill has assured the public that Cork University Hospital (CUH) meets all necessary safety standards following warnings from its chief executive of a risk to patients from a shortfall in staffing levels. The Minister said more than 200 extra staff had been recruited so far this year, more than any other Model 4 hospital â the highest level of acute public hospital service â in the country, while CUH met all the required safety standards in terms of st
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