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Connacht men will need to bring something different if they are to dethrone Dublin

Record numbers take part in 97th the Liffey Swim

Hundreds braved the chilly waters as two Dublin swimmers take first place

How is Ireland dealing with Parkinson’s disease?

Incidents of the disease is on the rise in Ireland, but newly published research casts doubts on how prepared Ireland is to deal with long-term ramifications

Ability of Wesley Burrowes to ‘capture character’ recalled

Funeral told ‘stories mattered’ to the playwright, author and scriptwriter

Challenge to same sex marriage result rejected

Judge dismisses argument that citizens who did not vote in effect ‘voted’ against proposal

Superior court judges not entitled to hear case, says barrister

Lawyer claims judges are inextricably linked to him through King’s Inns membership

Jockey Davy Condon forced to retire with spinal injury

30-year-old came off Portrait King at the third last in the Grand National

Supreme Court alters rule for criminal trial evidence

Bar on use of evidence obtained in breach of a constitutional right has now been removed

Influencing EU law depends on input in drafting process

Michael McDowell warns against judicial activism in book written for late Rory Brady

Intel claims court wrongly refused to admit new evidence

Manager alleges discrimination following return to work after pregnancy

Fire chiefs failed to answer Garda questions over Bray deaths

Three in charge of Co Wicklow’s fire service declined to answer 1,300 questions on firefighter deaths

Council criticised in Bray firefighters’ inquest verdict

Ruling comes after 17 days of evidence in longest inquest ever in Dublin

Changes to Wicklow Fire Service outlined at inquest

Bray firefighters Brian Murray (46) and Mark O’Shaughnessy (26) died in 2007

No investigation carried out after deaths of Bray firefighters

Former chief fire officer tells inquest he feared accusations of ‘grooming’ witnesses

‘No warning bells’ over foam system, inquest is told

Council fire officers say supplier told them specialist training was not required

Firefighters inquest hears of can being moved

Garda crime investigator tells inquest that he took 93 photographs at the scene

IBRC says new details of ‘Quinn conspiracy’ still emerging

Judge orders Dubai firms to discover documents linked to family being sought by bank

IBRC seeks documents from Dubai firms linked to Quinn family

Companies deny role in the alleged conspiracy to move assets beyond the bank’s reach

Wicklow councillors clash over fire deaths inquest

Councillors vote not to debate events at inquest into deaths of Bray firefighters after fractious meeting

Council meeting to discuss deaths of Bray firefighters

Wicklow County Council to debate issues raised at inquest

‘Sudden catastrophic event’ led to deaths of Bray fire fighters

Inquest hears two men’s deaths would have have been almost immediate

Bray fire inquest finds alert system fault

Expert witnesses say three-day failure of radio signal should have been noticed

Some emergency calls to Bray fire station ‘vetted’, inquest hears

Practice has long been bone of contention to firefighters

Severe criticism of fire service at inquest

Inquiry into deaths of two firefighters in Bray hears of flaws in service management

Coroner told firefighters lacked training

Inquest into deaths of two Bray firemen heard multiple errors were made

Bray firefighters were told to fight blaze from doorway, inquest hears

Officer describes frustration with fire management over staffing levels

Inquest into deaths of two firefighters told of alert system failures

Firefighters were available at station to man a second tender but there was no driver

Bray Fire Station ‘badly run’ for years, inquest told

Hearing into deaths of firemen Brian Murray (46) and Mark O’Shaughnessy (26) resumes

Questions remain over equipment, training in lead-up to Bray fire

A specialised foam system was used on the day of the firefighters’ deaths

Wicklow County Council fined over deaths of two Bray firefighters

Judge describes system at fire station watch room as ‘antiquated, inefficient and flawed’

Two firefighters dead and a flawed system laid bare

The deaths of Brian Murray and Mark O’Shaughnessy left Bray in shock and Wicklow County Council running for cover

Council fined over safety breaches for firefighters

Members of Bray fire service angry at the council’s refusal to accept responsibility for deaths

Statement from Wicklow County Council

‘The council has addressed all of the safety, health and welfare at work issues raised by the case’

Wicklow County Council fined €355,000 over firemen deaths

Authority pleaded guilty to three charges related to deaths of two men in 2007

Monument in memory of Bray firemen

Mark O’Shaughnessy and Brian Murray were killed as they battled a fire at a disused glazing and furniture factory in 2007

Firefighters’ association calls for resignation of Wicklow county manager

Statement following trial over fatal blaze criticised by Irish Fire and Emergency Services Association

Wicklow council admits health and safety violations in fire deaths trial

Brian Murray and Mark O’Shaughnessy died in 2007 blaze

Fighting fatal fire in Bray ‘was like working on a time bomb’

Firefighter tells trial it ‘looked like a 747 crashing’

Sparks from door welding led to fire that claimed two lives, trial hears

Brian Murray and Mark O’Shaughnessy died fighting blaze at disused ink factory

Wicklow County Council on trial over alleged breaches that led to deaths of firefighters

Brian Murray and Mark O’Shaughnessy died in blaze in Bray in September 2007

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