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7,235 Women who received domestic-violence services in Ireland in 2010.
44Percentage of the Irish population with a Facebook account.
€800,000
Asking price for Edmondstown House, Ballaghaderreen, Co Roscommon, residence of the Catholic bishops of Achonry for the past 100 years.
2,230Fans at the Richmond Park FAI Cup semi-final who watched Shelbourne beat St Patrick's Athletic 3-1.
300Residents of the Priory Hall apartment complex in Dublin now moved into the Regency Hotel after a forced evacuation on safety grounds.
950Jobs cut by insurer Aviva (right) in a move to halve the number of its Irish staff.
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Seamus Heaney is to receive the Bob Hughes Lifetime Achievement Award in honour of his contribution to Irish literature.
Renaissance man shows his daughter his duel personality
A 16-year-old American girl who was “disobedient” came home to face a forced duel with her father – using armour and wooden swords. Washington father Freemon Seay is a medieval history aficionado and a self-professed Renaissance fighter.
He reportedly first hit the girl with a switch before changing disciplinary tactics. After giving her a helmet, armour and a wooden sword, he allegedly forced her to duel with him for two hours while his wife, Julie Seay, watched. The sword fight took place between 2am and 4 am in their front garden.
The duel ended when the girl collapsed, with severe bruising to her face, legs and back. Police arrived at the scene after she texted pictures of her bruises to a friend, who alerted authorities.
Seay told investigators that because his daughter was 16 he had every right to punish her and to make her fight him with a wooden sword. Both parents were arrested and charged with second-degree assault.
