Lorry with 39 bodies discovered in UK 'registered to Irish-owned company'
The Bulgarian Foreign Affairs Ministry says a lorry, in which 39 people were found dead in the UK, was registered in Bulgaria by a company owned by an Irish citizen.
A man from Northern Ireland has been arrested after the bodies were found dead in a lorry container in Essex.
Woman found not guilty of daughter's murder by reason of insanity
Pictured is Criminal Courts of Justice in Dublin City Centre today. Photo: Leah Farrell/RollingNews.ieA woman who killed her three-year-old daughter last year has been found not guilty of her murder by reason of insanity.
She has now been committed to the Central Mental Hospital where medical experts will decide on the best course of action for her.
It took the jurors just under an hour to arrive at their unanimous verdict.
Irish Water hoping boil water notice will be lifted by Bank Holiday weekend
Irish Water is hoping the boil water notice affecting parts of the Greater Dublin Area will be lifted before the Bank Holiday weekend.
Irish Water issued the warning to 600,000 people in parts of Dublin, Kildare and Meath on Tuesday.
The utility said a mechanical fault at the Leixlip Water Treatment Plant had “compromised the disinfection process.”
Stormont MLAs have been paid over €17 million since Executive collapsed
Northern Ireland Secretary Julian Smith appearing before the Northern Ireland Affairs Select Committee in the House of Commons. Picture by: House of Commons/PA Wire/PA ImagesSalaries for members of the Northern Ireland Assembly have cost more than €17 million since the Executive collapsed in January 2017.
The figure was confirmed as Northern Ireland Secretary Julian Smith appeared a parliamentary committee this morning.
Representatives in Stormont have not been sitting for over 1,000 days, and despite an election in March 2017 efforts to form a new Executive have repeatedly stalled since then.
Up to 320 people set to lose jobs at Novartis plant in Co Cork
Up to 320 people are set to lose their jobs at the Novartis pharmaceutical plant in Co Cork.
Management at the Swiss company announced the decision in a staff meeting at the Ringaskiddy plant on Wednesday morning.
In a statement, it said it was closing one of its production buildings at the site and would be moving a number of global services roles from Cork to centralized operations centers in Europe and Asia.
Main image: The container lorry where 39 people were found dead inside leaves Waterglade Industrial Park in Grays, Essex, heading towards Tilbury Docks under police escort. Picture by: Victoria Jones/PA Wire/PA Images
