Dundrum Garda Station, Dublin
The Irish Times reports:
A sportsman has been questioned and released after being arrested in connection with an alleged sexual assault in Dublin last month.
He was arrested by appointment at Dundrum Garda station on Thursday night. Gardaí also took DNA samples from the man with his consent.
The alleged assault happened on the night of December 9th or early the next morning, when a complaint was made to gardaí. The woman has since made a formal statement to investigators, on foot of which the man was arrested.
Pic: Mahoney Architecture
Noel Edmonds
On The Ray D’Arcy Show…
Fergus McCormack writes:
In his first chat show appearance since leaving the jungle, TV legend Noel Edmonds will join Ray to talk about his experience on I’m A Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here!
20-year-old model Kate Grant from Co. Tyrone will chat to Ray about recently being chosen as a brand ambassador for global cosmetics giant, Benefit…
Ray will also be joined by the five leaders of this year’s Operation Transformation. They’re already 50 pounds lighter after just one week but can they keep it going?
There’ll be a music performance from Mick Flannery…
And as the third anniversary of his death approaches, Nicole Ryan tells Ray about her brother Alex, who died after taking a synthetic drug in 2016, and how she is launching a drugs and alcohol awareness programme for secondary schools in his memory.
The Ray D’Arcy Show tomorrow at 9.50pm on RTÉ One.
Pic: ITV
Ian Paisley Jnr
Brendan Hughes, in The Irish News, reports:
Ian Paisley billed a Belfast charity for almost £6,000 to fly first-class to a peace conference in New York.
Others travelling to the event from Ireland and Britain, including tánaiste Simon Coveney, flew in economy – more than 10 times cheaper in price.
Political opponents branded the DUP MP “truly shameless” for recouping the high-cost travel from a charity.
It is Mr Paisley’s latest lavish trip controversy after months of criticism and parliamentary probes over holidays in the Maldives and Sri Lanka.
Ah here.
Ian Paisley claimed £6,000 from charity for first-class trip to New York (The Irish News)
Previously: Under The Spotlight Again
Pic: BBC
Rory O’Farrell, of the OECD, tweetz:
Ireland has the EU’s 3rd fastest rising house prices.
Meanwhile…
Increase in supply of new homes is working. More new homes built in 2018 than any other year this decade. Hard at work creating the conditions for even more in 2019 https://t.co/Y3yci4XfPs
— Leo Varadkar (@campaignforleo) January 18, 2019
Earlier: Not Fit To Hold A Candle
Delivered
at
This morning.
Today FM tweetz:
Minister for Health Simon Harris is now a Dad. His wife Caoimhe has given birth to a baby girl.
Dublin Rental Investigator tweetz:
This studio opposite Fibbers advertised on @facebook for 4 people at €375pm each. 2 obviously have to bedshare. The kitchen doesn’t meet Min Standards. Difficult to verify. Why is property being advertised on @facebook
When will it ever end?
Meanwhile…
Weekly there’s job announcements for Dublin. @campaignforleo tells EU we’re ready for #Brexit We are not! There is no point in thousands of jobs being announced when there isn’t a housing announcement to match! @MurphyEoghan must still be on holidays! #RaiseTheRoof #SalesForce
— Dublin Rental Investigator (@RentalProperty8) January 18, 2019
Yesterday: Studio Flat, Two Bunk-Beds, Four People
Cyclist passes a traffic light
Aaron Rogan, in The Times Ireland edition, reports:
An “expert” with the Road Safety Authority claimed that cyclists were a “law unto themselves” and had a “complete disregard for the rules of the road” in the first draft of a controversial newspaper article that prompted a backlash when it referred to the increasing number of bike users as “swarming masses”.
The reference was removed by the RSA before the article was submitted for publication along with a claim that cyclists had developed a “majority-rules mindset” and were “battling it out for first place in the cycle lane, or as some call it, the ‘psycho’ lane”.
The toning down of the article, published in the Irish Independent’s motoring section under the byline “RSA expert”, was revealed in documents released to The Times under the Freedom of Information Act.
RSA expert’s ‘anti-cyclist’ piece toned down (Aaron Rogan, The Times Ireland edition)
The Coombe Woman and Infants University Hospital in Dublin
This morning.
Further to claims in the Dáil that a woman was refused a termination in the case of a fatal foetal abnormality at the Coombe Hospital in Dublin…
“The board have said that they have no role in the ruling of the case – I do think we need to have the full facts.
But I do also know that we must acknowledge it is a new service, there are new challenges of course around a service such as this.
But the service is significantly better than what was there on the 31st of December, when women had to leave the country, leave the jurisdiction to travel abroad for a termination of pregnancy – or they had to purchase medication illegally online.
Nineteen maternity hospital have signed up to provide this service, so obviously there are challenges at the beginning of this service – but as I said I’m not going to rush to any judgement.”
Junior minister Mary Mitchell O’Connor on Newstalk this morning
Last night: “Her Words To Me Were: ‘This Is Not What I Voted For’”
A 17cm tall Model 37 (‘Bleeding Edge’) Iron Man action figure from japanese maker Revoltech – complete with 37 points of articulation and a huge array of accessories from missiles and energy bursts to replacement hands and extending armour panels.
Available this June for about €75 (+P&P).