Software pioneer Mike Lynch acquitted on all counts after epic fraud trail
Lynch was born in the UK to Irish parents and has built a series of software businesses before facing the epic US trial. The jury acquitted Lynch on all 15 felony counts facing him. It took years to extradite Lynch from the U.K. and then more legal wrangling before the trial finally began in mid-March. Another former Autonomy finance executive, Stephen Chamberlain, faced fraud charges alongside Lynch during the complex trial. Another former HP CEO, Leo Apotheker, who negotiated the Autonomy deal, was called to the stand by federal prosecutors to outline Lynch’s alleged misconduct.
Source:Irish Independent
June 07, 2024 10:38 UTC
‘Manifesting is science not magic’ – Irish neuroscientist Dr Sabina Brennan on how we can rewire our brains to help achieve goals
‘Manifesting is science not magic’ – Irish neuroscientist Dr Sabina Brennan on how we can rewire our brains to help achieve goalsIn an extract from her new book, Dr Sabina Brennan reveals how we can use neuroplasticity to actively shape our realityHow manifesting works in the brainSabina Brennan Yesterday at 03:30Manifesting has frequently been written off by the scientific community as pseudoscience or ‘woo’. However, on closer inspection a lot of the denigrating comments from scientists are directed at the misconception that manifesting is passive, wishful thinking rather than the active practice that is the subject matter of my new book, The Neuroscience of Manifesting.
Source:Irish Independent
June 07, 2024 09:06 UTC
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Junior Cycle Irish: Some tricky words on otherwise straightforward papers
Junior Cycle Irish students were mostly relieved with straightforward higher and ordinary level papers, teachers have said. Both Ms Dolan and Ms Donnellan said that the ordinary T2 level papers were fair, although Ms Donnellan said that a question about inviting friends to see the actor Paul Mescal may have been challenging for some. “The paper went off without a hitch,” said Ms Dolan. “The language used was student friendly and nothing different to what has been seen on past and sample papers. “Personally, I would love to see more focus on the oral element in junior cycle, as it can make Irish more accessible as a living language,” she said.
Source:The Irish Times
June 07, 2024 08:59 UTC
NI police made 323 applications for data relating to journalists – report
PSNI made 323 applications for data relating to journalists – reportBy Rebecca Black and Jonathan McCambridge, PAPolice in the North made 323 applications for communications data relating to journalists since 2011, a report has revealed. The report, which was compiled for the Northern Ireland Policing Board – the PSNI’s oversight body, said of the 323 applications, 10 sought to identify a journalistic source using covert powers. The report also revealed that in the same time period there were 500 applications for communications data related to lawyers who were victims, suspects or witnesses to crime. The report was published online on Thursday following a private meeting of the Policing Board in Belfast. Earlier on Thursday, the NUJ protested outside the Policing Board.
Source:Irish Independent
June 07, 2024 06:59 UTC
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Second warmest Irish spring on record as above normal temperatures enter 12th consecutive season
The warmest spring on record was in 1945 with an average temperature of 10.26 degrees. Photograph: Stephen Collins/CollinsThe spring just past was the second warmest on record in Ireland despite being wetter and duller than average. The warmest spring on record was in 1945 with an average temperature of 10.26 degrees. May was the warmest on record in Ireland along with being the warmest May on record globally and the 12th consecutive month with record-high temperatures globally. This indicates that night-time temperatures were particularly high during May 2024, which helped to increase the overall mean temperatures.
Source:The Irish Times
June 07, 2024 05:19 UTC
Herald: ED attaches properties in Goa in decade-old investment scam
The attached assets include movable (Fixed Deposits) and immovable assets acquired by Sameer Joshi, his companies/firms and his co-accused agents/accomplices. As per the chargesheets, a total of 1,267 investors were identified who were defrauded to the tune of Rs 105.05 crore approximately. The movable and immovable assets were situated in Margao and Nagpur, Amravati and Akola districts among other areas across Goa and Maharashtra. In the course of the investment activities, various commission agents were also employed by Shreesurya Group. These Commission agents accepted 3-7 per cent of commission on the investments done by the investors.
Source:The Herald
June 07, 2024 01:36 UTC
Ireland's domestic economy grows 1.4% in first quarter
Conor Humphries, ReutersIreland's domestic economy expanded by 1.4% in the first three months of the year compared with the previous three months, its strongest quarterly growth in almost two years, official data showed on Thursday. With Ireland's large multinational sector often distorting gross domestic product (GDP), officials prefer to focus on modified domestic demand (MDD) to gauge the strength of the economy. On an annual basis domestic demand was up 1.1% in the first quarter of the year, its strongest growth since the same quarter last year, the Central Statistics Office data showed. The Government has forecast that domestic demand will grow 1.9% for 2024 as a whole and 2.3% in 2025 after growing just 0.5% last year. GDP, which is still the measure used to calculate Ireland's share of activity across the eurozone, expanded by 0.9% in the first quarter compared to the last three months of 2023.
Source:The Herald
June 07, 2024 01:12 UTC
Profiles of every Athlone-area candidate in Roscommon
Profiles of every Athlone-area candidate in RoscommonWe sent a questionnaire to all 10 candidates running in the Athlone Electoral Area in Friday's Roscommon County Council election. The responses were published in print in the Westmeath Independent this week. Click on each candidate's name to view their responses here:Sam Brooks (Sinn Féin)Domnick Connolly (Fine Gael)Laurence Fallon (Non-Party)Joe Harney (Sinn Féin)Emer Kelly (Non-Party)John Keogh (Fianna Fáil)James Murray (Fianna Fáil)John Naughten (Fine Gael)Dominic Naughton (Non-Party)Tony Ward (Non-Party)
Source:Irish Independent
June 07, 2024 01:07 UTC
Sinn Fein looks to heal from 2019 wounds in Ireland’s local elections
There are 949 city and county council seats to be filled across 31 local authorities, which are divided into 166 electoral areas. Sinn Fein lost half their councillors in the 2019 election, with their support falling to 9.5% of first preference votes, giving them 81 councillors. Local election polls and general election polls are different, there’s a personal dimension to it as well, in addition to a party poll. The Social Democrats, founded in 2015, won 19 seats in what was its first local election in 2019. The number of Solidarity-People Before Profit council seats fell from 28 to 11, Aontu and Independents4Change had three council seats apiece.
Source:The Herald
June 06, 2024 22:51 UTC
Ireland’s ‘luck will run out’ on extreme weather events
Ireland needs to brace for more extreme and devastating weather in the future, experts have warned, as new data shows how perilously close the world is to the tipping point to stave off the worst of climate change. Scientists have repeatedly warned that warming of 1.5C - the limit set in the landmark 2015 Paris Agreement - risks unleashing far more severe climate change impacts, with every fraction of a degree mattering in this context. Globally, the planet is continuing to break temperature records, according to the Copernicus Climate Change Service. Both made more severe by human influences of climate change. He said Ireland needs to work to avoid the worst consequences of climate change, with reductions in emissions alongside adaptation measures.
Source:Irish Examiner
June 06, 2024 21:32 UTC
Aaron Jones inspires USA to super-over win against Pakistan in T20 World Cup
The United States won a thrilling super over to seal a famous victory against Pakistan in the T20 World Cup in Dallas. After both sides finished their innings on 159 in their Group A match at the Grand Prairie Cricket Stadium, the tournament co-hosts held their nerve to pull off a major upset and make it back-to-back wins in the tournament. Batting first in the super over, the USA made 18 for one, with Aaron Jones on 11 before being run out and seven runs coming via extras.
Source:Irish Examiner
June 06, 2024 21:09 UTC
French Open day 11: Teenager Mirra Andreeva reaches first grand slam semi-final
French Open day 11: Teenager Mirra Andreeva reaches first grand slam semi-finalBy Andy Sims, PAThere were teenage kicks at the French Open as 17-year-old Mirra Andreeva reached a first grand slam semi-final, where she will meet another first-timer, Italy’s Jasmine Paolini. Alexander Zverev reached his fourth semi-final in four years after a late-night win over Alex De Minaur. Alexander Zverev goes airborne (Thibault Camus/AP) Photo by Thibault CamusAndreeva beat an ailing Aryna Sabalenka to reach the last four. Defending champion Iga Swiatek meets third seed Coco Gauff in a heavyweight first semi-final, before surprise packages Mirra Andreeva and Jasmine Paolini contest the second. Britain’s Neal Skupski also plays alongside Desirae Krawczyk in the mixed doubles final against Germany’s Laura Siegemund and Edouard Roger-Vasselin of France.
Source:Irish Independent
June 06, 2024 20:40 UTC
Three Offaly finalists set for National Dairy Awards next week
Killeigh's Caolan Flanagan is contention for the 'Mullinahone Co-op Young Dairy Farmer of the Year' honour at next week's National Dairy Awards in Portlaoise. Three Offaly finalists set for National Dairy Awards next weekThe 'cream of the crop' is being acknowledged as county Offaly has three finalists in this year's second National Dairy Awards, which take place in Portlaoise on Thursday next, June 13. The second National Dairy Awards gala evening presentations will take place in the Midlands Park Hotel, Portlaoise on Thursday next. The awards celebrate the primary producers, the artisan producers, sector services and the dairy processors as an industry collective. It will be a premier black tie, industry wide, awards ceremony highlighting the best of the Irish dairy sector.
Source:Irish Independent
June 06, 2024 17:42 UTC
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Climate factor is yet again absent as a pressing election issue on the doorsteps
Green Party Councillor Claire Byrne talks to James Byrne in Ringsend while canvassing for the local elections in Dublin. Yet the main culprit – climate change – is far down the list of Irish voter concerns. For the Greens, climate action has always been its main policy priority but on this occasion the Social Democrats have an equally detailed document. But there is no significant shift in Irish public opinion against climate action, in contrast to other European countries, a Friends of the Earth (FoE) poll found. Going down that path in a scenario where climate action is unpopular risks compounding current difficulties for Irish Greens.
Source:The Irish Times
June 06, 2024 16:44 UTC
Misinformation around vaccines damaged efforts to combat spread of measles
Ken FoxeIreland’s efforts to combat the spread of measles were compromised by rampant misinformation that had spread around a link between the vaccine and autism, according to a submission for Health Minister Stephen Donnelly. In documents urging a “catch-up” programme for the MMR vaccine, officials said that nearly one in five males in the 18-to-19-year-old age bracket were “non-immune”. The submission said the huge gap in immunity against measles was likely down to “misinformation regarding the MMR vaccine which falsely implicated it with a risk of autism”. Of the 47 confirmed cases, 21 were in males, 24 in females, with no gender recorded in two cases. Asked about the submission for Minister Donnelly, the Department of Health said they had no further statement to make.
Source:The Herald
June 06, 2024 14:54 UTC