Teenage Prison Drug Smuggler Given One-Year Sentence
A Dublin teenager, who became the first person in the State to be charged with a newly designated offence for smuggling drugs into a prison, has been given a one-year sentence.
Read MoreA Dublin teenager, who became the first person in the State to be charged with a newly designated offence for smuggling drugs into a prison, has been given a one-year sentence.
Read MoreVoluntary organisations bidding to make mental health services a major general election issue today take their campaign to Dublin. The Mental Health Action Group wants to see full implementation of the A Vision For Change blueprint, launched in January 2006.
Read MoreThe Children’s Ombudsman has reported a four-fold increase in the number of complaints received by her office during its second year of operation. Emily Logan said today that she received 790 complaints last year, compared to 177 in 2005.
Read MoreThe Director of Public Prosecutions has asked the Court of Criminal Appeal to set an early hearing date in the case of Adam Keane, the Co Clare man who received a three year suspended sentence for rape.
Read MoreCardiff City manager Dave Jones has spoken of the 18 months of hell he and his family suffered after he was falsely accused of child abuse. The case was thrown out of Liverpool Crown Court after the Bluebirds manager was initially charged in November 1999 by police in relation to his time as a careworker on Merseyside during the 1980s.
Read MorePolice say a crackdown on domestic violence in two Gwent council areas revealed some “significant” results.
Nurses may consider industrial action if a pay award is not introduced in full, a leading Welsh nursing representative warns. Action is likely to exclude going on strike, says RCN Welsh chairman Eirlys Warrington, but would be designed to demonstrate to the government nurses’ anger over what is effectively a pay cut.
Read MoreWales has made “significant” improvements to cancer services for patients, Assembly Health Minister Dr Brian Gibbons claimed yesterday. Announcing a £4.5m boost to improve cancer services, he also said the NHS has made “substantial progress” in meeting one and two-month waiting times for patients with suspected cancer.
Read MoreVisitors to hospital wards could have their mobile phones confiscated because of fears they are compromising patient confidentiality. Gwent Healthcare NHS Trust has introduced a ban on mobile phones in all clinical and ward areas to protect patients and staff.
Read MoreA dangerous paedophile was jailed indefinitely yesterday, only weeks after a judge varied his bail conditions to allow him to spend his wedding night at a hotel. Judge Philip Richards told Kelvin Wagstaff he posed a significant risk to the public and that he must serve a minimum of 12 months in prison before he can be considered for parole.
Read More