Irish nanny's 'removal from US imminent' after being formally released from state custody
Irish nanny Aisling Brady McCarthy is trying to return to Ireland.
The 37-year-old from Co Cavan is currently in the custody of US immigration agents in Boston after being formally released from state custody.
Spokesman Shawn Neudauer says Ms Brady McCarthy's removal from the US is imminent
Yesterday prosecutors dropped a murder charge against her in relation to the death of a one-year-old girl who had been in her care.
Ireland announce their World Cup squad
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Joe Schmidt has announced his 31 man squad for this month's Rugby World Cup.
The squad contains 17 forwards and 14 backs with Paul O'Connell captaining the squad. Tadhg Furlong makes the squad after making his debut at the weekend against Wales.
Schmidt has only picked two specialised scrum halves in Conor Murray and Eoin Reddan with Issac Boss and Kieran Marmion missing out.
Ford launches three models to the Irish market
Ford Ireland were keeping themselves active in Maynooth as they launched three all-new cars to the Irish market. Yesterday saw the launch of the all-new Galaxy, S-Max and Mondeo Vignale.
New McDonald's "Irish" burger doesn't meet "artisan" standards, says FSAI
McDonald’s has had to drop the term “artisan” from promotion of its newest burger – the “Irish” McMór, with its bacon and cabbage and Charleville cheese.
The Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) has said the burger isn’t up to the artisan tag as required in regulations published earlier this summer, it was reported this morning.
The burger was launched yesterday with some fanfare from the fast food chain, with the marketing pushing the McMór as a burger with all the trappings of home-grown, natural ingredients, and a "tribute to the best produce and finest flavours from across Ireland".
"We still love Ireland" - Tourists' car stolen on first day in Dublin
A German couple visiting Ireland for a camping trip had their car and all of their belongings stolen from a car park in Dublin Sebastian Smulders (33) and his girlfriend Lena Wiess (24) had arrived in Dublin last Tuesday, on the ferry from Liverpool, and parked their car on Sean McDermott Street in the north inner city.
Sebastian spoke to The Pat Kenny Show this morning and said: “We followed the parking signs and we found a place pretty near to O’Connell Street. It looked really nice; it was in front of a church so we didn’t really think something bad. We parked and went into the city.”
