“It was horrific. I’ve never ever seen anything like that. The dogs were ripping open his leg. He was screaming and there was blood everywhere,” his colleague said.
We’ve watched people disappear from our churches in recent year but Pope Francis has brought some back, writes Father Seamus Ahearne, who says from his first appearance, this pontiff showed he was different.
The Supreme Court today adjourned a decision on whether Dublin City Council must continue to pay accommodation costs for Priory Hall residents until October.
There was standing-room only in the small courtroom on Monday morning as the 7 judges ruled that Marie Fleming, who has MS, did not have the right to end her own life with help from her partner.
The Council of Europe will assess the government’s action plan on abortion and it is expected the ministers will seek a clear deadline for the implementation of the new legal regime.
That’s according to the Court of Justice of the European Union, which said today that if a worker becomes ill during annual leave, they are entitled to take that leave at another date.
Minister for Justice Alan Shatter has said that new law for search warrants is a priority for government after the Supreme Court ruled the existing law was unconstitutional.
Lawyers failed to agree on the definition of ‘consent’ during the hearing. Assange is facing allegations of rape and sexual molestation if he is extradited to Sweden.
HALLOWEEN IS ALMOST upon us and to get in the spooky mood the Bram Stoker Festival is set to announce its programme of events tomorrow.
The festival will take place at the end of the month from 28-31 October in Dublin.
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It takes its name from the author of the famed horror novel Dracula who was a Dublin resident.
The festival honouring the story of the undead bloodsuckers went into hibernation during Covid-19 but it is now rising from the crypt for a fresh outing.
With all that in mind we want to know today: Have you read Bram Stoker’s Dracula?
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