Man jailed for 11 years
A man who began indecently assaulting and raping his five sisters when he was 10-years-old has been jailed for 11 years.
The 50-year-old man had pleaded not guilty to 27 charges involving rape, indecent assault and sexual assault of his five sisters on dates between 1982 and 2001.
The man was convicted by a Central Criminal Court jury last February on 25 out of 27 charges against him, including eight rape charges, five of indecent assault and 12 of sexual assault.
Russian oil ban
European Union leaders gathered on Monday in a new show of solidarity with Ukraine, but divisions over whether to target Russian oil in a new series of sanctions are exposing the limits of how far the bloc can go to help the war-torn country.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, who will address the bloc’s 27 leaders by video in the evening, has repeatedly demanded that the EU target Russia’s lucrative energy sector and deprive Moscow of billions of dollars each day in supply payments.
The EU gets about 40 per cent of its natural gas and 25 per cent of its oil from Russia, and Ukraine says those energy imports are funding Russia’s war on its neighbour.
Stormont speaker
The Northern Ireland Assembly has failed for the second time to elect a new speaker.
The DUP refused to back the bid, maintaining its position that it wants to see action from the UK government over the Northern Ireland Protocol.
The two nominations for the role, the Ulster Unionists’ Mike Nesbitt and the SDLP’s Patsy McGlone, failed to secure the necessary cross-community support from MLAs.
Dublin Airport terminal
A passenger who travelled through Dublin Airport on Sunday has described one of its terminal buildings as being in a state of “squalor”.
John Duddy, a neurosurgeon who works in Liverpool, told Newstalk radio that conditions were unsafe and unhygienic in Terminal 1.
Chaotic scenes were witnessed at the airport on Sunday, with queues to enter terminal buildings stretching outside and causing more than 1,000 passengers to miss their flights.
Jail sentence
A man who stabbed his mother's partner in the neck during a drug-induced psychosis has been jailed for four and a half years for causing him serious harm during an "unprovoked and extremely violent attack".
Jonathan Reid (28) was originally charged with the attempted murder of Greg Shiels at the family home at Newhall, Naas, Co Kildare on March 6th, 2020.
When he pleaded guilty to intentionally or recklessly causing serious harm to Mr Shiels, and to possession of cocaine and cannabis, the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) agreed to drop the attempted murder charge.
