The trial of Riad Bouchaker resumes today at the Central Criminal Court. He has pleaded not guilty to a number of charges relating to the stabbings in Parnell Square in 2023 in which several people, including children, were injured.
Smaller pockets of protests occurred in Northern Ireland on Wednesday night following the knife attack on Stephen Ogilvie in north Belfast on Monday. About 200 people gathered in Newtownabbey, Co Antrim, where a street sweeper was set on fire and objects hurled at police.
Independent Senator Tom Clonan has told the Oireachtas Health Committee his office is currently “inundated” with older people who are homeless.
Irish children’s reading and maths skills have declined since the Covid-19 pandemic, according to the latest Children’s School Lives study.
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