Media vans outside Langanside Courts in Belfast last March

Tomorrow.

RTÉ Radio 1’s  Documentary on One at 2pm  is ‘Notes From A Belfast Trial‘ on the nine week court case “that dominated public and private discussion in the first part of 2018”.  It can be listened to now (at link below).

Produced by Ronan Kelly and Liam O’Brien, Notes From A Belfast Trial features interviews with the two leading barristers in the case – Toby Hedworth, QC for the Prosecution, and Brendan Kelly, QC for Paddy Jackson, one of the four defendants on trial.

Laura Fitzgerald writes:

Notes From A Belfast Trial is a difficult listen. You are put in the position of the jury – you have to listen to some quite graphic testimony but you also get a sense of why that jury decided – much to the anger of protestors – that they could not say, beyond reasonable doubt, that rape had taken place in Paddy Jackson’s house on that June night in 2016.

Listen here

Notes From A Belfast Trial (RTE)

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Michael Parkinson

This Saturday night.

On the Ray D’Arcy Show.

Fergus McCormack, of RTÉ, writes:

TV and broadcasting legend Sir Michael Parkinson will join Ray this Saturday to talk about his friendship with footballing icon George Best.

Panti Bliss tells Ray about celebrating a very significant birthday, why it’s good to be different and marking 30 years of World AIDS Day…

Fr Brian D’Arcy joins Ray to talk about the death of legendary singer and his close friend, Sonny Knowles. He’ll also talk to Ray about his reaction to the Pope’s visit…

Joanne McNally chats to Ray about the joys of moving to London and her upcoming ‘Gleebag’ shows…

Dublin rock photographer Ruth Medjber joins Ray to gives us a glimpse of her ‘Ruthless – A Decade of Live Music Photography’ exhibition..

And fresh from Channel 4’s Lego Masters, Irish contestants Catherine (10) and Patrick (13) Caddell tell us about their love of Lego…

The Ray D’Arcy Show is on Saturday, on RTÉ One, at 9.50pm

Pic: Woman’s Way

Referee Daniel Sweeney

Further to the assault of football referee Daniel Sweeney following a game between Horseleap and Mullingar Town earlier this month…

Newstalk reports:

“Today, the Combined Counties Football League confirmed three [Mullingar Town] players involved in the incident will be banned “from all football activity under the jurisdiction of the FAI for 40 years”.

It means they also can’t coach, manage or be part of a club committee for that period.

A former Mullingar Town player who was “involved as a spectator” has received a life ban from all football activity, having previously been banned from playing for a previous assault.”

Three Mullingar Town players get 40-year football bans for involvement in referee assault (Newstalk)

Previously: Meanwhile, In Offaly

This morning.

At the Rotunda Hospital, Dublin 1.

Domestic abuse charity Women’s Aid is launching their ‘Breaking The Pattern of Male Violence’ report.

As part of this, lights have been laid out to remember the women and children killed in Ireland since 2006.

Meanwhile…

Seven women have suffered violent deaths in 2018 – Women’s Aid (RTE)

Top pics: Juliette Gash

Previously: Her Name Was Clodagh. She Mattered

Oh.

Yesterday.

IFSC, Dublin.

Fabulously indebted Denis O’Brien, former chairman of business college, the National College of Ireland, is conferred with an honorary fellowship of the National College of Ireland from Gina Quin, President of  the National College of Ireland and Leonard Mooney (right), current Chairman of the National College of Ireland.

It follows Mr O’Brien’s induction as honourary life president of the FAI last August.

Good times.

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Stop that!

Last night.

Liffey Street , Dublin 1.

Padriag Pendred and Ursulsa Kelly at the turning on of the Christmas lights by DublinTown

There are two special Christmas trees in Dublin on Liffey Street and South King Street in partnership with Visa.

Each tree is adorned with 3,000 ice white LED lights and an additional 3,000 coloured lights will be activated upon receipt of a contactless donation to Temple Street Hospital.

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