Tim O'Brien
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Dundrum residents voice opposition to âmadcapâ bus plan for Dublin village at public meeting (opens the original)
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Plans designed to transform the south Dublin suburb of Dundrum were described as âmadcapâ at a public meeting in the village on Wednesday night. At the meeting, organised by the group Save Dundrum Village Action Group, an estimated 400 people denounced plans to move a bus terminus from the Dundrum Luas stop and make traffic restrictions at Taney junction. Opening the meeting, chairman Liam Coughlan said locals were âvery concernedâ about proposed changes to the bus terminus and plans for
Public alert issued after Asian hornet captured in Cork (opens the original)
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An Asian hornet, which poses a significant threat to Irelandâs biodiversity, has been captured by a member of the public in Co Cork. Minister for Nature Christopher OâSullivan called for renewed public vigilance following the discovery. The National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) said a single nest of Asian hornets can âdevastateâ honeybee populations. Hornets hover outside beehives like helicopters to ambush and snatch returning, tired forager bees. [ Asian hornets in Ireland would b
Ardsallagh House owner Cormac Murrayâs 51-year-old will to be executed (opens the original)
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Cormac Murray, owner of the stately Ardsallagh House, near Navan in Co Meath, who died on 28 February 1975, left an estate valued at â¬750,000, according to papers published by the Probate Office this month. Ardsallagh House, a 1,110 sq m (11,948 sq ft) Tudor revival house, was built in 1844 by the 7th Duke of Bedford for his son, John Russell, twice British prime minister, and the grandfather of Bertrand Russell, the prominent philosopher. Murray, a prominent Co Meath builder who built Kilmess
Liffey Swim winner âsurprisedâ as annual race becomes focal point of new Liffey Festival (opens the original)
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âI am really surprised. There were better swimmers in this race than me,â Bruno Delmonte, winner of the menâs race in the 106th year of Dublinâs Liffey Swim, said on Saturday. Cheering crowds lined the quays between Rory OâMore Bridge and Custom House Quay, making the most of the sunshine, as the swimmers, visible only as a shoal of elbows, arms and hats, raced downriver. In front of the Custom House, tables were placed across the temporarily pedestrianised road as merry-go-rounds, ice
Gardaà release a second man without charge in Dún Laoghaire shooting investigation (opens the original)
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Gardaà have released a second man arrested in connection with a fatal shooting in Dún Laoghaire in July. The man aged in his 40s was arrested on Thursday as part of the Garda investigation into the death of Mark Cullen (39). Cullen was shot in the leg at Patrician Park, Kill Avenue, Dún Laoghaire, on July 5th. Cullen, from Shankill in south Dublin, had gone by arrangement to meet men known to him at Patrician Park at about 8.30am. Gardaà are understood to be working on the theory that the sh
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