Ireland

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  3 mins ago

  Man who threatened to cut priest's fingers off avoids prison

  A man with a religious persecution disorder who followed a parish priest into a sacristy with a knife and threatened to cut off his fingers has received a fully suspended sentence.

• 5 mins ago
  

  Eldery man being prosecuted by council for feeding 'nuisance' pigeons

  A man is facing trial accused of causing a nuisance in his community by feeding wild pigeons at his home in Dublin.

• 9 mins ago
  

  Man who claims he fled Nigeria after homophobic attack wins appeal against deportation

  A man who claimed he fled Nigeria after an attack by homophobes has won a High Court appeal against a decision refusing him refugee status and international protection.

• 19 mins ago
  

  DUP would not support Jeremy Corbyn-led government – Arlene Foster

  The DUP leader claimed Mr Corbyn would be dangerous for the future of the Union.

• 30 mins ago
  

  Committee to review compensation award levels as Ireland 'out of kilter with international norms'

  The announcement was made this morning by Chief Justice Frank Clarke at an insurance fraud conference in Dublin.

• 41 mins ago
  

  High Court: Law on payments for catastrophically injured 'a dead letter' unless they take carers' wage inflation into account

  A law aimed at meeting the lifetime care needs of catastrophically injured plaintiffs is "regrettably a dead letter" in its current form, a High Court judge has found.

• 1 hour, 2 mins ago
  

  'People are not calling' - Fire brigade plead with public to ring 999 instead of posting on social media

  Ger Ryan, told Virgin Media News that he was concerned about a trend among the public to post about incidents on social media rather than contacting the emergency services.