Former Kilkenny hurler DJ Carey was once considered an icon. File photograph: Patrick Bolger/Inpho“A final comment,” said Judge Martin Nolan before DJ Carey turned to go. On a busy day in Court 5, DJ Carey was nobody special. At 1.06pm, after a hectic morning during which 32 cases had passed through the court, Judge Nolan announced there was a sentencing matter to be dealt with before lunch. DJ Carey arrives at the Criminal Courts of Justice in Dublin on October 31st.

Annie Angelopoulou had never been to the west of Ireland before she moved in 2017 from her native Greece to Ennis, Co Clare. When friends from Austria, the Netherlands and Slovakia heard she was moving Ireland, she says they said: Are you crazy? One aspect of life in Ireland she appreciates is that she finds people value privacy. Irish people will first text or call and say: ‘Will you be available?’ In Greece it’s completely different. I was completely, you know, like a fly in the milk.”Annie Angelopoulou at home in Ennis Co Clare.

'If I have one piece of advice for parents, it is to ensure your child reads the 2026 online CAO Handbook carefully.' Photograph: Getty ImagesQuestionMy son is sitting the Leaving Cert next June and his school has advised us that the CAO application process will open today. As a first-time parent, I’ve no idea how to help ensure he completes the application process properly. If I have one piece of advice for parents, it is to ensure your child reads the 2026 online CAO Handbook carefully. It is also vital to remind your son to deal promptly with any correspondence from the CAO.

Data collected by the Speak Out platform shows fear of inaction as the most common reason why most incidents are left unreported by students and staff. Fewer than one in eight third-level students who anonymously disclosed experiences of bullying, assault or sexual violence over a two-year period felt comfortable making a formal report to their Higher Education Institution (HEI). Discrimination was noted in 18 per cent of staff cases, compared to 13 per cent of student cases. Bullying accounted for 382 reports, 35 per cent of staff cases and 19 per cent of students. Across the board, reporters were predominantly women, at 71 per cent for students and 80 per cent of staff.

'Compromised' exam papers were alleged to have been shared with apprentices hoping to qualify as electricians in advance of assessments. The claims raised fears for the public from potentially unqualified electricians. Other “compromised” exam papers were alleged to have been shared with apprentices hoping to qualify as electricians in advance of assessments. And in the detritus of its disastrous presidential campaign, Fianna Fáil now finds itself in its Maud Gonne era. Path to Power told The Irish Times it “had no knowledge of any professional relationship between the Minister and Ivan Yates”.

The broad outline of a likely Government response to one of the most pressing public policy problems facing the State – the slow pace of infrastructure development – is emerging. A Cabinet committee on Monday considered a report from a taskforce charged with making recommendations on how to get things moving. A key reason why progress on housing and infrastructure has been so slow is that there is significant opposition to many developments. Dealing much more effectively with complaints is vital and the judicial review process is clearly in need of reform. Ministers need to commit to an agreed timeline and be prepared to move heaven and earth to stick to it.

AlphaSights Ltd, which is registered in England and Wales, is suing AlphaSense Inc and its Waterford-based subsidiary Tegus Ltd over its use of an allegedly confusingly similar name. Photograph: Getty ImagesAn Irish registered company and its US parent are being sued in the Commercial Court for infringement of its trademark logo. AlphaSights Ltd, which is registered in England and Wales and provides expert network services for a variety of businesses, is suing AlphaSense Inc and its Waterford-based subsidiary Tegus Ltd over its use of an allegedly confusingly similar name. AlphaSense and AlphaSights are currently involved in pending litigation in the US and England, he said. In its Irish proceedings, AlphaSense is also seeking damages and an injunction prohibiting the defendant from passing off its trademark.

The death has been announced of social justice campaigner and homelessness advocate Sister Stanislaus Kennedy, known to many as Sr Stan. Sr Stan died on Monday morning after a short time at the St Francis Hospice, Blanchardstown. She went on to earn a bachelor of social sciences and a master’s in social policy from University College Dublin, graduating in 1969 and 1980 respectively. “People thought at that stage that there weren’t women homeless, because they were invisible, there were only men,” she said. Focus Ireland head of communications Roughan Mac Namara remembered Sr Stan as “a lively spirit” who was “years ahead of her time”.

Ivan Yates’s exhortation to Fine Gael during a Newstalk podcast to “smear the bejaysus” out of Catherine Connolly in the presidential campaign was true to form for the broadcaster and former politician. Since arriving in the media industry in 2010, Yates’s trademark approach has been to stir controversy with colourful language. The 66-year-old Wexford man has made a career out of seizing opportunities that benefit himself and making no excuses for it. Because he was a free marketeer and from a Church of Ireland background, he gravitated towards Fine Gael. His Dáil career lasted 20 years, much of which was spent on the Fine Gael front bench, often as spokesman on agriculture.

The political decisions the Government is going to make in its imminent new housing plan will impact property valuations, residential and commercial, for years to come, auctioneers and valuers have said. Ms McGuirk, a former head of education at IPAV, said property valuations are a “critical element” of a properly functioning economy, with “much to be learned from the financial crash in advance of which property valuations were not taken seriously enough by lenders”. Sinn Féin spokesman on housing Eoin Ó Broin has said that the Government’s new housing plan, due to be launched in November, must prioritise ending homelessness by 2030. “The Minister for Housing James Browne is due to publish his new housing plan in the coming weeks,” he said. “To achieve this the plan must include a dramatic increase in funding for and targets for social and affordable housing.

Duke and Grant had worked together at John Rocha. The venue became a showcase “for our vision and shared ethos”, Grant says, “a one-stop shop where customers could buy”. “It’s the person who loves to support Irish design and who takes her time to choose,” Grant says. “She’s not into trends, preferring classic, timeless pieces that are not going to date, but is still interested in fashion. Photographer Aoife Louise Walsh; MUA Amanda Ribeiro; models Bláthnaid McKenna, Mary McHale, Perrin Winders, Nikki Bonass and Maria Oxley Boardman

Six senior Fianna Fáil politicians, including Taoiseach Micheál Martin, were also given media training by Mr Yates. “In relation to the general election, he did one session with Micheál Martin during the general election campaign. Mr Yates also provided training to Minsters Darragh O’Brien and James Browne during the same campaign,” Fianna Fáil said in a statement. Controversy has surrounded Mr Yates since it emerged he provided coaching to Mr Gavin before the candidate ended his presidential bid. In a statement on Monday morning, Fianna Fáil said Mr Yates had not worked with the party beyond September 29th.

At least, that’s my rationale for why everywhere I looked online last year, the merits of strength training “for the older woman” were being flagged. But through one year of doing small group training sessions three times a week, here are seven things I’ve learned:1. Her study, High Intensity Strength Training in Nonagenarians, which showed how in just eight weeks they became stronger and more mobile, began to change the medical view of older people’s frailty. However, being unable to think of anything else except keeping going during strength and conditioning sessions was a novelty. The circumstances that drove me to start strength training in small group classes were changed utterly by the death of my husband, Philip, in June.

Peter O’Mahony’s retirement invited Baird to make a down payment on the Ireland number six jersey during the summer. Baird was one of the few Ireland players who could reflect on their 80-minute performance with a degree of personal satisfaction, despite the disappointing nature of a 26-13 defeat. Ryan Baird of Ireland knocks the ball away from Josh Lord of the All Blacks during a lineout in Saturday's Test match at Soldier Field, Chicago. Photograph: Michael Reaves/Getty ImagesBeirne’s ejection meant Baird had to run a lineout without a secondrow for 20 minutes. He also came up with a couple of vital steals on New Zealand throws five metres from the Irish line.

CCTV shows the moment a fire is started on the stairs of the International Protection Accommodation Service centre, Drogheda. Three women say they and their children have been left traumatised by a suspected arson attack at an International Protection accommodation centre in Drogheda, Co Louth. The women, who have been moved 12km away to the Mosney accommodation centre, on Sunday said they had hardly slept since the incident. She showed missed WhatsApp calls and messages from her older child from 8.11pm onwards pleading with her to answer. Photograph: Bryan MeadeThe families were brought to a large house near Termonfeckin on Friday and moved to Mosney on Saturday.