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Published2026-05-21

Morning Briefing – Local Irish News

IRISH TIMES — Key highlights: - Noah Donohoe inquest: Jury shown CCTV of the 14-year-old’s last-known movements before his body was found in a Belfast storm drain in June 2020. - Fatal road incident: GardaĂ­ appeal for witnesses after BelĂ©n Arana NĂșñez (23), a Spanish woman living in Co Wicklow, was struck and killed on the N11 at Loughlinstown. - Blanchardstown death: Two 16-year-olds charged with assault causing serious harm and robbery of Alexander Coughlan; he died in hospital on Wednesday. - Garda dismissal stayed: High Court grants a stay preventing the midnight dismissal of suspended garda Trevor Bolger, convicted of assaulting his then spouse in 2012, pending his legal challenge. - Dublin housing: Breakthrough expected within weeks to end the impasse blocking regeneration of the Oliver Bond flats, following residents’ meeting with Housing Minister James Browne.

Also in brief: - Workplace ruling: Former Cake CafĂ© manager Vedrana Miskic awarded €3,500 after discriminatory “SofĂ­a Vergara” remarks; WRC found two employment rights breaches by Aspenvale Ltd. - Abuse actions: Victims’ lawyers criticise Terenure College and the Carmelites for objecting to June trial dates in civil cases over ex-teacher John McClean’s abuse; defence says financial claims need scrutiny. - Cork manslaughter: Aaron Wolfe (32) jailed for 11 years for kicking to death 69-year-old Florrie O’Sullivan hours after meeting him in a pub in March 2023. - German case: Berlin-based Dubliner Daniel Tatlow-Devally among five accused of forming a “sabotage squad” that broke into a subsidiary of an Israeli arms firm; trial opens in Stuttgart. - Campus visit: Catherine Connolly visits the University of Leeds, her alma mater, for the first time since graduating in 1981.