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5 d. ago Portumna farmer has sentenced reduced for manslaughter of elderly aunt

This article first appeared on Galway Bay FM A Portumna farmer – who was convicted of manslaughter by gross negligence for killing his elderly aunt after he drove over her in an agricultural teleporter – has had his sentence reduced. 61 year old Michael Scott of Gortanumera, Portumna had appealed his sentence of six years […] The post Portumna farmer has sentenced reduced for manslaughter of elderly aunt appeared first on Connacht Tribune - Galway City Tribune.

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5 d. ago Construction firm BAM to take legal action against National Children's Hospital

It’s the latest in the saga between the firm and the hospital, which has been delayed by years.

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6 d. ago One million evacuated in Indonesia as death toll from floods surpasses 600

More than 1,160 people have died across parts of Asia this week following heavy monsoon rains and tropical cyclones

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7 d. ago Hong Kong apartments fire death toll reaches 151 with more arrests made

More than 40 people still missing but some bodies ‘have turned into ash’, says police chief

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7 d. ago Nearly 1,000 people dead following major flooding across south

The flooding has impacted Sri Lanka, Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia.

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9 d. ago Death toll reaches 162 in Thailand and dozens missing in Indonesia after major floods

Meanwhile, rescuers in Indonesia were struggling to reach the worst-affected areas of Sumatra island, where more than 100 people were still missing.

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1 week ago Hong Kong apartment complex fire death toll reaches 128 as rescue operations end

No alarms went off in any of eight towers, seven of which were ablaze during incident, with 200 still missing

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1 week ago Hong Kong blaze death toll reaches 128 as firefighters search apartment blocks

Rescue operations ‘almost complete’ in one of the city’s deadliest ever fires

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1 week ago Firefighting operations at Hong Kong blaze ends as death toll rises to 94

More than 50 people are still hospitalised, with 12 in critical and 28 in serious condition.

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1 week ago Death toll rises to 128 in Hong Kong blaze with dozens still missing

More than 50 people are still hospitalised, with 12 in critical and 28 in serious condition.

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1 week ago Hong Kong fire: Stories horribly familiar to those told by Grenfell survivors

Inspections ordered into all major housing renovations in Hong Kong

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1 week ago Hong Kong fire toll rises to 83, with many more people still missing

It is Hong Kong’s deadliest fire since 1948, when an explosion followed by a fire killed 135 people.

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1 week ago Hong Kong fire: police blame construction firm’s ‘gross negligence’, death toll reaches 65

Flames fanned by mesh and bamboo scaffolding, with three men from construction company arrested on suspicion of manslaughter

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1 week ago Tánaiste accuses Sinn Féin of hypocrisy over construction firm donations

Simon Harris said the US branch of Friends of Sinn Féin accepted donations from ‘big American companies’.

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1 week ago Hong Kong fire toll rises to 55, with over 250 people still missing

The intense flames in four of the eight apartment blocks are finally extinguished and the fires in three others are under control.

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1 week ago Inside Hong Kong’s deadly tower block blaze: ‘It was horrifying’

With no fire alarms sounding, some received calls from relatives elsewhere who urged them to quickly evacuate

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1 week ago Hong Kong fire: At least 55 people dead with hundreds missing, authorities say

The complex where the fire started is made up of eight 31-storey towers containing 2,000 apartments

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1 week ago Firefighters continue to tackle deadly Hong Kong tower blaze

Three men from a construction company were arrested after the blaze, which has killed at least 44 people.

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1 week ago Hong Kong towers fire kills at least 44 people with hundreds missing, authorities say

The complex where the fire started is made up of eight 31-storey towers containing 2,000 apartments

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