[08:00] Navigating the health insurance market as costs rise

The Health Insurance Authority published its 2024 report earlier this month and the findings were grim reading for consumers.

https://www.rte.ie/news/analysis-and-comment/2025/0427/1509536-health-insurance-ireland/

#TheHealthInsuranceAuthority #2024 #earlierthismonth

[14:27] Minister says allegations made against gardaí are false

The Garda Commissioner has told the Minister for Justice that allegations made against gardaí under parliamentary privilege in the Dáil earlier this month were false.

https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2025/0415/1507785-dail-allegations/

#Dáil #earlierthismonth

[14:43] ‘A superhero’ – Mark Wright shares moving tribute to wife Michelle Keegan following birth of daughter

Mark Wright has shared a moving tribute to his wife Michelle Keegan, after they welcomed their baby girl earlier this month.

https://www.independent.ie/style/celebrity/celebrity-news/a-superhero-mark-wright-shares-moving-tribute-to-wife-michelle-keegan-following-birth-of-daughter/a366867165.html

#MarkWright #MichelleKeegan #earlierthismonth

‘A superhero’ – Mark Wright shares moving tribute to wife Michelle Keegan following birth of daughter

Mark Wright has shared a moving tribute to his wife Michelle Keegan, after they welcomed their baby girl earlier this month.

Irish Independent

[11:30] Fourth man arrested in probe into fatal stabbing of Quham Babatunde on South Anne Street

A fourth man has been arrested by gardaí investigating the fatal stabbing of Quham Babatunde on Dublin’s South Anne Street earlier this month.

https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/courts/fourth-man-arrested-in-probe-into-fatal-stabbing-of-quham-babatunde-on-south-anne-street/a657718868.html

#fourth #QuhamBabatunde #Dublin #SouthAnneStreet #earlierthismonth

Fourth man arrested in probe into fatal stabbing of Quham Babatunde on South Anne Street

A fourth man has been arrested by gardaí investigating the fatal stabbing of Quham Babatunde on Dublin’s South Anne Street earlier this month.

Irish Independent

[12:47] Hostage exchange: Hamas releases seven Israeli and foreign nationals, Israel set to release 110 Palestinians

Hamas has freed seven more Israeli and foreign national hostages and Israel is expected to release another 110 Palestinian prisoners, in the third such exchange since a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip took hold earlier this month.

https://www.independent.ie/world-news/middle-east/hostage-exchange-hamas-releases-seven-israeli-and-foreign-nationals-israel-set-to-release-110-palestinians/a172047333.html

#Hamas #seven #Israeli #Israel #110 #Palestinian #third #theGazaStrip #earlierthismonth

Hostage exchange: Hamas releases seven Israeli and foreign nationals, Israel set to release 110 Palestinians

Hamas has freed seven more Israeli and foreign national hostages and Israel is expected to release another 110 Palestinian prisoners, in the third such exchange since a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip took hold earlier this month.

Irish Independent

[10:20 AM] TU Eindhoven hackers had access to log-in details of employee, student: report

The hack at Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) earlier this month was possible because the cyber attackers had the login details of at least one employee and one student, insiders

https://nltimes.nl/2025/01/24/tu-eindhoven-hackers-access-log-details-employee-student-report

#EindhovenUniversityofTechnology #TU #earlierthismonth #atleastone #one

TU Eindhoven hackers had access to log-in details of employee, student: report

The hack at Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) earlier this month was possible because the cyber attackers had the login details of at least one employee and one student, insiders told the Volkskrant. With that data, they could log into the university’s Windows domain via various accounts. The university quickly noticed and took its network offline during the early hours of Sunday, January 12.

NL Times

[11:07 AM] Man, 71, hurt in wild boar attack on Veluwe

A wild boar attacked two men while they were walking on the Veluwe near Elspeet in Gelderland earlier this month, leaving one of them injured.

https://nltimes.nl/2025/01/16/man-71-hurt-wild-boar-attack-veluwe

#two #Veluwe #Elspeet #Gelderland #earlierthismonth #one

Man, 71, hurt in wild boar attack on Veluwe

A wild boar attacked two men while they were walking on the Veluwe near Elspeet in Gelderland earlier this month, leaving one of them injured. “It tore open my boot and bit my foot,” the victim, 71-year-old Gerjan Bossenbroek, told Omroep Gelderland.The incident happened on January 4 when he was walking with his son. According to him, they were on the path when the boar jumped out of the underbrush from nowhere and attacked.

NL Times

[14:54] Paula Canty remembered as 'artistic, gentle', at funeral

The funeral mass for Paula Canty, a murdered mother-of-two who was found dead in her flat in Mallow, Co Cork earlier this month, has heard she was kind and likeable and had a creative flair which brought her solace.

https://www.rte.ie/news/2025/0111/1490253-paula-canty-funeral/

#PaulaCanty #Mallow #earlierthismonth

[04:10 PM] Missing Dutch girl among 5 rescued in Antwerp sex trafficking bust at shisha lounge

A raid at a shisha lounge earlier this month in Antwerp uncovered an apparent sex trafficking operation, with police rescuing three girls and two women.

https://nltimes.nl/2024/12/27/missing-dutch-girl-among-5-rescued-antwerp-sex-trafficking-bust-shisha-lounge

#earlierthismonth #Antwerp #three #two

Missing Dutch girl among 5 rescued in Antwerp sex trafficking bust at shisha lounge

A raid at a shisha lounge earlier this month in Antwerp uncovered an apparent sex trafficking operation, with police rescuing three girls and two women. One of the girls was reported missing in the Netherlands and was handed over to Dutch authorities, according to a statement from the mayor’s office, released on Thursday afternoon. No arrests were announced in connection with the raid.

NL Times

[16:22] Banbridge nurse Karen Cummings (40) remembered as a ‘loving mother’ at her funeral

A woman who died after being found injured in Northern Ireland earlier this month has been remembered as a “loving mother” with an “unwavering” commitment to her work as a children’s nurse.

https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/banbridge-nurse-karen-cummings-40-remembered-as-a-loving-mother-at-her-funeral/a585478253.html

#NorthernIreland #earlierthismonth

Banbridge nurse Karen Cummings (40) remembered as a ‘loving mother’ at her funeral

A woman who died after being found injured in Northern Ireland earlier this month has been remembered as a “loving mother” with an “unwavering” commitment to her work as a children’s nurse.

Irish Independent