Guilty on all counts: Donald Trump convicted in historic criminal trial
Donald Trump, the former president of the United States, has been found guilty on all 34 felony charges of falsifying business records in the first degree after the jury returned its verdict in a courtroom in Manhattan on Thursday afternoon.
The verdict means that Trump, the presumptive Republican nominee in this year’s presidential election, becomes the first former president in the history of the US to be found guilty in a criminal case.
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- Firm building national children’s hospital set to get extra €107m in dispute resolution: The main construction company building the new national children’s hospital should receive an additional payment of €107 million, an independent conciliation process has recommended.
- Prime Time debate: Five takeaways from the European election special: After the periodic mayhem of the Midlands North West RTÉ debate, last night’s Ireland South election debate was relatively low key with the only real verbal skirmishes occurring towards the end.
- Bloom 2024: Opening times, ticket costs, 22 show gardens and 13 postcard garden designs to view: It’s Bloom time, that weekend in the Irish gardening year when we collectively convince ourselves that the sun shines in Ireland all year round and that picnics on the lawn dressed in boater hats and gingham sundresses are a good idea.
- Weather forecast: Friday will be dry with good spells of sunshine. Highest temperatures ranging from 15 degrees in the northwest to 20 degrees in the southeast with light to moderate north to northwest breezes. Tonight will be dry with clear spells in most areas. Lowest temperatures of 4 to 8 degrees and light variable breezes.
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Life & Style
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Opinion
- Stephen Collins: Notion that Sinn Féin would take radical steps to dismantle the current social order is fanciful
- Diarmaid Ferriter: Climate change should dwarf every other issue yet momentum is stalling
Business
- ‘Old Mr Brennan’, founder of family-run Irish bread maker, has died: Joseph Brennan, the founder of family-run Brennans Bread, has died aged 82 in Dublin.
Sports
- From Leinster to ZZ Top, the best moments seen at the RDS: What have Thin Lizzy, ZZ Top, The Kinks, Elton John, Bruce Springsteen, U2, Fleetwood Mac, The Eagles, Billy Joel, Britney Spears, Rihanna, Michael Jackson, Radiohead, Tina Turner, Guns N’ Roses, George Michael, Neil Young, Rod Stewart, Snoop Dogg, Kings of Leon, The Foo Fighters, WWE luminaries Stone Cold Steve Austin, John Cena, Kurt Angle, Rey Mysteri, and the Leinster rugby team got in common?
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