Lisa Smith arrested on suspicion of terrorist offences after arrival back in Ireland
Lisa Smith has been arrested on suspicion of terrorist offences following her arrival back in Ireland this morning.
Ms Smith and her two-year-old daughter were on board a Turkish Airlines commercial flight that landed at Dublin airport shortly after 10am.
She is currently detained at Kevin Street garda station where she can be held for up to three days and her daughter is in the care of relatives.
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Man in his 20s injured in Dublin shooting
A man in his 20s is recovering at the Mater Hospital this evening after he was injured in a shooting in Dublin City.
Gardaí were called to a flat on North Strand Road at around 6:45am this morning, where members of Dublin Fire Brigade were treating a man in his 20s for an apparent gunshot wound.
Nobody has yet been arrested in connection with the shooting.
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Man, 60s, dies after alleged assault in Co Galway
A man in his 70s had been arrested after a pensioner died following an alleged assault in Co Galway.
Gardaí were called to a house in Ballinahown in Connemara shortly after 9am this morning.
The man was taken to University Hospital Galway but he passed away a short time later.
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Second victim of London Bridge attack named as former Cambridge student
Police in the UK have named the second victim of the London Bridge terror attack as a 23-year-old former Cambridge student.
Saskia Jones, from Stratford-upon-Avon, and fellow Cambridge graduate Jack Merritt died in Friday's attack by convicted terrorist Usman Khan.
Khan, 28, was wearing an electronic tag after being released halfway through a 16-year prison sentence for plotting to bomb the London Stock Exchange.
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Dublin care home operating at 'unsustainable deficit' ceases admissions
A specialist care facility which is home to 60 people living with dementia in Dublin has announced that it is ceasing admissions over a lack of funding.
St Joseph’s Shankill informed staff and families of people relying on its services that it had been “left with no option” but to stop accepting new admissions.
In a statement, a spokesperson for the care home, which is Ireland's largest dementia-only care facility, said they had been “operating at a significant and unsustainable deficit for over seven years”.
