Niamh Towey

Niamh Towey

Niamh Towey is an Irish Times journalist

The Priory Hall apartment complex in 2012 after residents had been evacuated. Work at the complex to address fire safety issues was expected to cost around €50 million. Photograph: Alan Betson/The Irish Times
Cost of addressing fire safety defects in apartments put at €17,000 per unit

Amount could double when other issues exist, according to Government working group

Owners are facing bills of up to €60,000 to remediate severe mould, collapsing roof canopies, rotting balconies and lack of fire-safety measures. Photograph: iStock
Owners of defective homes concerned thousands may be excluded from scheme

An estimated 92,000 apartments built during boom could be affected by legacy defects

Some owners are facing bills of up to €60,000 to remediate severe mould, collapsing roof canopies, rotting balconies and an extensive lack of fire-safety measures. Photograph: iStock
Landlords can write off costs of building defects against tax but not owner-occupiers

‘No plans’ to extend facility, says Donohoe, as owners’ group criticises ‘discrimination’

Andrew Prior and Kath Cottier from the Construction Defects Alliance outside Leinster House. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill/The Irish Times
Apartment owners deferring repairs in hope of State help, group warns

Alliance urges tax relief scheme as it warns of ‘tragic consequences’ of delaying work

Apartments at Park West Pointe, in Park West business park, in west Dublin. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill
Fire defects at Park West apartments in Dublin to cost €5m to fix

Crescent Building in Dublin 12 comprises 10 blocks of 257 apartments built in 2003

Properties with fire safety defects such as these can legally be sold. Photograph: iStock
Estate agents seek cash buyers for properties with potential fire defects

Sherry FitzGerald says it is making potential buyers ‘fully aware’ fire safety work is needed

Ciara Holland, a member of the Construction Defects Alliance who had to pay €16,250 to fix fire safety issues at her Dublin home, will be participating in the first meeting of a group established to consider the issue of defective housing.
Housing defects group to examine fire safety issues in apartments

Group, set up in response to problems with boom-era homes, meets for first time on Friday

The AstraZeneca review covered more than 17m people vaccinated in the European Union and United Kingdom. Photograph: Getty
Covid-19: ‘Temporary deferral’ of AstraZeneca vaccine rollout

Some 30,000 people could potentially be affected by postponement, says HSE chief

Lives Lost: Liam (Bill) Harrington from Mayo, 1935-2020
Lives Lost to Covid-19: Liam Harrington, GAA fan who helped build the World Trade Centre

Mayo man worked in NY where he met his wife before they settled in Malahide

Covid-19 Vaccine Tracker: How many people have been inoculated in Ireland?

Weekly updates as Ireland embarks on largest inoculation programme in its history

Gareth Jones: ‘He had an open-door policy and every day he would walk around the hospital twice a day, and he would greet everybody by name and everybody knew him’
Gareth Jones: Well-loved Welshman and former chief executive of Bon Secours hospital

Lives Lost to Covid-19: He had a magnetic personality, says his Irish wife, Evelyn

Joggers in Rossmore, Co Carlow after large parts of the country were covered in snow. Photograph: Niall Carson/PA Wire
Widespread snow and ice sees many roads impassable with frost on the way

Severe frost expected to set in on Sunday night, with icy stretches and freezing fog

‘Bristling with energy’: The Irish town regenerated by Covid-19

Ballaghaderreen is among the towns seeing a return of young people and fresh ideas

Minister for Housing Darragh O’Brien: said the report from the group would be discussed as part of Budget 2022. Photograph: Nick Bradshaw
State group to examine cost of tackling Celtic-tiger building defects

Working group set up by department will look at scale of problem and cost of fixing it

Felicia Olusanya is a spoken word artist who goes by the name Felispeaks.
‘For you. Ireland is standing still’: stirring words of Covid poem provoke huge reaction

Poet FeliSpeaks says reaction to spoken word piece ‘lovely’ and ‘unexpected’

Bridie Connaughton and husband Paddy on their wedding day
Bridie Connaughton obituary: Passionate redhead with great sense of fun and mischief

Family came to define Roscommon woman who spent time in Dublin, London and Chicago

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‘An apostle of nonviolence’: International papers react to John Hume’s death

Hume photographed on front page of all Irish papers as well as two UK papers

Simonsridge: Investigations revealed ‘a significant number of fire safety deficiencies with workmanship and building materials’. Photograph: Nick Bradshaw
Developer wants indemnity in exchange for €1m to fix faults, residents told

Sandyford scheme built by Shannon Homes found to have fire-safety issues

John Burns
John Burns obituary: Keen walker, GAA fan and lifelong Guinness man

Lives Lost to Covid-19: Working at St James’s Gate for 40 years, he made many friends

Cyril Fitzsimons is pictured at Cyril’s Fish House, in New York, US, in August 2008. File photograph: Gordon M Grant/Bloomberg via Getty Images
Cyril Fitzsimons obituary: A larger-than-life character who became a New York institution

Lives Lost to Covid-19: Dublin-born publican fought in Vietnam and settled in the US

“The risk of homelessness becomes real once the emergency period ends.” Photograph: Reuters
Fears over ‘swell’ in evictions due to rent arrears after Covid crisis

Government passed emergency legislation in March to prevent rent increases and evictions for three months

The 2019 risk assessment report said advance planning was critical to help mitigate the impact of a pandemic, and a whole-of-government response would be needed. Photograph: Getty Images
Government risk reports warned of major pandemic since 2014

Report from 2019 warned a pandemic could disproportionately affect older people, and place greater pressure on our health system

The charity says it is ‘particularly worried’ about these vulnerable tenants who may not have a lease. Photograph: iStock
Covid-19: Rent-a-room tenants at risk of eviction

Threshold receives ‘dozens of calls’ from those told to leave homes by landlords

Niamh Towey at her desk in The Irish Times with homemade goat’s cheese and couscous salad
My days of eating meat at every meal are over

Going vegetarian for a substantial time has opened a whole new culinary world to me

Niamh Towey: 'My second week of veganism went better than the first purely because I threw the rulebook out the window'.
I’m happy I went vegetarian. I have no desire to eat meat again

Being a vegan is tough: have you ever tried to order a nut milk cappuccino in a country town?

Body & Soul 2020: Metronomy will be one of the festival’s headline acts
Body & Soul 2020: Metronomy and Róisín Murphy to top bill

King Kong Company, Princess Nokia and Kojaque also in Westmeath weekender line-up

Refugees Welcome: Bohemian FC’s 2020 away jersey also features a silhouette of a fleeing family and the slogan “Love Football, Hate Racism” on the collar
‘Refugees Welcome’: Bohemian FC puts Amnesty slogan on its new strip

Dublin club teams up with human-rights group to call for an end to direct provision

‘Lunch, though, is where I really faltered.’ Photograph: iStock
A confirmed carnivore goes vegan: ‘I’m hungry, cranky and disillusioned’

Niamh Towey has been experimenting with a meat-free diet. It’s not going well

I could think of a hundred better ways to break the diet other than a sliced pan sandwich, which had been left out hours before I got to it and was stale from air-conditioning. Photograph: iStock
Going veggie: I have a confession to make about a ham sandwich

It’s so easy to forget I’m not meant to eat meat. And as for the smell of a chicken burger

Beans means airmiles – an unhappy discovery for the reluctant vegetarian
Life is busy. This can be difficult for a new vegetarian such as me

Changing Courses: Resignation has set in for week three of my meat-free experiment

November 2019: Ciara Holland, owner of a defective apartment built by Tudor Homes, protests with supporters outside the Four Courts. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill/The Irish Times
Apartment owner who paid €16,000 for defects will not ‘fix it quietly and go away’

‘This isn’t just the developers who are doing wrong – this is the Government, too’

Andrew Prior and Kath Cottier from the Construction Defects Alliance outside Leinster House. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill/The Irish Times
Fianna Fáil promises €10m redress fund for Celtic Tiger building defects

All major political parties commit to low-cost loans, redress funds and tax-relief

Something fishy: I didn’t think it was humanly possible to eat so much chowder, fish pie, grilled salmon and prawn curry in just two weeks. Photograph: iStock
So here I am, clutching my Happy Pear cookbook and crying into my dhal

Changing Courses: After my pescatarian trial, I’m not sure I’m into vegetarianism, either

Going meat-free: I’m not hungry, but I do feel a little . . . empty

Changing Courses: My new diet has been tricky, but my shopping bill is far more digestible

I’ve been very slow to make any dietary changes, largely because of the detrimental impact a contracting meat and dairy industry would have on rural Ireland.
Time to embrace the challenge of cutting meat from my diet

Changing Courses: This six-week experiment won’t be easy for me – I was brought up to recognise dinner as being something that inc(...)

Filling in the last page. Photograph: iStock
Dear diary: In 2009 at 17 I felt very much like a big fish in a small pond

Ten years on I don’t think I could ever have imagined how far I would come

Kath Cottier, a Director of Beacon South Quarter, and Andrew Prior, an owner there, outside Leinster House, as they prepare to set up a lobbying group. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill
Politicians face calls to compensate tens of thousands who own defective apartments

New lobby group for apartment owners is seeking Government backing for scheme of redress

Green Party deputy leader Catherine Martin at the Beacon South Quarter in Dublin. ‘People are fearful of their complex being named and their house values dropping as a result.’ Photograph: Nick Bradshaw/The Irish Times
‘Invisible and fearful’: Are owners of defective apartments being ignored?

Politicians seldom get past gates of apartment complexes to discuss defects issues

Apartment owner Andrew Prior and Kath Cottier, head of new lobbying group the Construction Defects Alliance, outside Leinster House. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill/The Irish Times
Owners of defective apartments form lobbying group seeking State redress

State redress sought by apartment owners from more than a dozen different complexes

Hines is behind the redevelopment of the former Central Bank building on Dame Street. Image: Google Street View
Developer lobbies against ‘onerous’ apartment fire-safety standards

Hines claims new regulations could add €11,000 to construction cost of each flat

An Irish Times investigation, which began in December 2018, has uncovered building defects in 33 developments across Ireland. File Photograph: Alan Betson
SF tables Bill seeking redress board for Celtic Tiger building defects

Bill aims to help homeowners by providing advice, mediation and risk assessments

Bruce Springsteen performs at the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium in Madrid, Spain, on 21 May 2016. Photograph: EPA
Bruce Springsteen at 70: 13 surprising facts about ‘The Boss’

How did he get his nickname? How long did his longest gig last? What was his dad's job?

Sinn Féin housing spokesman Eoin Ó Broin said homeowners in Dublin and Kildare are facing significant costs to address latent faults uncovered in their properties. File photograph: Eric Luke/The Irish Times
Housing defects are not Government’s responsibility, says Minister

Damien English told to ‘get your head out of the sand’ and help homeowners fix defects

A preliminary investigation by management company KPM uncovered a range of fire-safety issues at Simonsridge. Photograph: Nick Bradshaw
Repairing defects at Sandyford apartments to cost up to €10m

Fire safety shortcomings estimated to cost €11,000-€14,000 per apartment to remedy

Frascati Hall: apartments sold for between €342,000 and €900,000 when they first went to the market in 2006
Blackrock apartment owners face €25,000 bill for defects

Some apartments at Frascati Hall have rotting window frames and balconies

File photograph: The owner in question, who does not want to be named, said he first noticed a severe mould problem with his apartment shortly after he moved in, at the beginning of 2006. Photograph: iStock
Owner of apartment ‘not fit for habitation’ takes case against insurer

Engineer’s report found severity of mould posed significant risk to human health

John Gormley outside his home in Oak Grove, Derrinturn, Co Kildare. Photograph: Enda O’Dowd
How Ireland’s weak building regulations create dangers for buyers

Defects in new buildings can leave owners in huge debt, with little legal recourse

Niamh Towey drives a Dublin Bus at it makes a female recruitment bid. Photograph: Enda O’Dowd/The Irish Times
Driving the bus is easy, but how do I turn on Radio Nova?

As Dublin Bus tries to recruit more women Niamh Towey takes a spin around the Broadstone depot

The Big Style Atlantic Lodge in Killadoon, Co Mayo offers surfing, coasteering, stand-up paddle boarding, kite-surfing and yoga.
Adventure weekend in Mayo that’s a bit like the Gaeltacht, but for grown-ups

No, not chicken Kiev and céilís – at BigStyle Atlantic Lodge, think water sports, delicious vegetarian food, campfire gigs and out(...)

‘This summer I could compare my social life to a game of poorly-played Jenga, where I keep pulling out the sticks of stability in the hope of victory, until the whole thing eventually falls in on itself.’ Photograph: Marc O’Sullivan
I'm obsessed with making the most of summer. Could it be genetic?

Planning skills of a world leader are needed for all the concerts, matches and family barbecues

‘I hadn’t envisaged spending the evening crying down the phone to some poor woman in the clamping office.’ Photograph: Bryan O’Brien
Sometimes we have no choice but to let go of perfection

Niamh Towey: Things had been getting on top of me over the last few months. I wasn’t fully in control

Cathedral Court in Dublin 8. File photograph: Nick Bradshaw/The Irish Times
Developer gains control of board of defective Dublin 8 apartment block

Company wants private owners to pay to fix serious defects in the development

Cearbhall Beggan, the only private owner and volunteer director on the board of the Cathedral Court OMC. Photograph: Aidan Crawley
Developer of defective apartments proposes family members for board

Sherborough Enterprises wants to replace only private owner on the board

Minister for Housing Eoghan Murphy said ‘there is a lot more work that has to be done’ in dealing with building defects. File photograph: Nick Bradshaw
More protection needed for people in defective apartments – Murphy

Report urges creation of housing regulatory authority to tackle ‘huge issue’ of building faults

Cearbhall Beggan, who lives in Cathedral Court on Clanbrassil Street, Dublin. Photograph: Aidan Crawley
Developer seeks removal of private owner from board

Owner feels he is being ‘bullied’ off board for questioning levying of remedial charges

Minister for Housing Eoghan Murphy during a housing summit in the Custom House with Minister of State Damien English and Chair of the Joint Oireachtas Committee Maria Bailey. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill
'Not possible' for State to take responsibility for poor Celtic Tiger building

Owners of Dublin 8 apartments each face €5,300 bill over fire safety and balcony defects

Serious balcony and fire safety defects have been identified at Cathedral Court in Dublin 8. Photograph: Nick Bradshaw/The Irish Times.
Developer says owners must pay to fix defects in Dublin 8 apartment block

Firm expects apartment owners to cover cost of addressing balcony and fire safety issues

Gabrielle Kavanagh on a balcony at Cathedral Court, Dublin 8. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill/The Irish Times
Apartment defects: ‘I feel like I’m living in Legoland, like it could collapse at any minute’

Gabrielle Kavanagh is one of the owners hit with bills to fix safety issues at a D8 complex

Since 2012, the fire service has inspected 7,809 premises, including 890 apartments. Photograph: Paddy Whelan
Fire safety work ongoing at 24 sites, says Dublin Fire Brigade

Cost of corrective action poses challenges for owners’ management firms

A preliminary investigation by management company KPM uncovered a range of potential fire safety issues at Simonsridge. Photograph Nick Bradshaw/The Irish Times
Dublin Fire Brigade orders fire safety review at Sandyford complex

Developer Shannon Homes told to conduct assessment on 632-unit Simonsridge build

Priory Hall apartment complex in 2012 after residents had been evacuated. Photograph: Alan Betson
Building defects problem could happen again, says top architect

Orla Hegarty says new-home regulations ‘not fit for purpose’ as developers pay inspectors

Roof damage at the Hyde Square apartments in Kilmainham, Dublin.
State wary of taking on ‘open-ended liability’ of fixing building defects

Eoghan Murphy says such a move would put taxpayers at risk and potentially let off builders

Roof damage at the Hyde Square apartments in Kilmainham, Dublin.
Support urged for homeowners hit by defects in boom-era builds

Green Party TD says issues identified by Irish Times investigation ‘an enormous public safety issue’

Gabrielle Kavanagh on a balcony at Cathedral Court, Dublin 8. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill/The Irish Times
Boomtime builds: Two decades of problems with Celtic Tiger apartments

Fire safety and other construction issues have dogged Irish apartments

Image from circa 2007 sales brochure for Hyde Square, Kilmainham.
Repairs to roof of Kilmainham apartment block to cost owners €10,900 each

Survey revealed extensive roof problems and fire safety issues at Hyde Square

Apartment owners at Hyde Square in Kilmainham have been presented with bills of almost €11,000 each for the repair of their decaying roof. Photograph: Google Earth
Boom-era apartment owners left with large bills to fix defects

Residents in four Celtic Tiger-era developments face steep bills, eviction and costly litigation

From left are Barbara Byrne, Hazel Gleeson, Mai Barrett and Joanne Tyrrell at Marrsfield Avenue apartments in Dublin. Photograph: Donall Farmer/The Irish Times
Apartment owners face €826,000 bill to fix fire-safety defects

Tenants in Dublin 13 block call for State funding to fix Celtic-Tiger era building defects

Fire safety issues like those seen in St James’s Wood are common in many apartment buildings built during the boom. Photograph: Nick Bradshaw/The Irish Times
Do you know of a building with serious defects? Tell us about it

Fire safety issues and structural defects are common in many boomtime apartments

Snow drifts make roads virtually impassable in Rathmore, Co Kildare. Photograph: Niall Seargent
This day last year it was 18 degrees colder as Beast from the East struck

One Year On: Winter storm of 2018 delivered more snow than seen in decades

Minister for Justice Charlie Flanagan accused those responsible for Monday’s fire in Rooskey of showing “reckless disregard for the safety of human life”. Photograph: James Forde
Rooskey residents insist they are not anti-migrant

Direct provision centre opposed on grounds ‘village has no services or facilities for them’

Niamh Towey, with her new car in Dublin. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill
Deals on wheels: How to save thousands by buying a car in Northern Ireland

Pricewatch: Making the trip up North to buy a car can be worth it – but go well-prepared

Defects like those seen in St James’s Wood in Kilmainham, Dublin 8 are unfortunately very common throughout developments built during the celtic tiger. Photograph: Nick Bradshaw/The Irish Times
How common are fire safety issues in Irish apartments?

Q&A: St James’s Wood is far from the only development with serious fire safety issues

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Fire safety bill on way for residents in Dublin 8 apartment complex

Community to remain in homes for Christmas but remedial costs set to hit €1.78m

St James’s Wood apartments, Kilmainham. Photograph: Nick Bradshaw
Fire officer to make decision on defective Dublin 8 apartments

Residents fear block will be closed down but building ‘unlikely’ to be evacuated quickly

Apartment owners at St James’s Wood in Kilmainham are facing a €3 million bill to remedy remedy fire-safety issues. Photograph: Nick Bradshaw/The Irish Times
Fire safety issues ‘present in many boomtime apartments’

Kilmainham complex just one of many Celtic Tiger blocks with issues, surveyor says

St James’s Wood fire risk: the owners of the 119 apartments have been told it could cost up to €26,000 each to remedy the issues. Photograph: Nick Bradshaw
Catalogue of fire-safety issues leaves owners facing bills of up to €26,000

St James’s Wood complex built by respected Cosgrave Property Group in 2000

St James’s Wood: fire-safety issues could shutter the Dublin 8 development. Photograph: Nick Bradshaw
Dublin apartment owners face €3m bill after fire risks found

St James’s Wood, in Kilmainham, not built to fire-safety certificate requirements

Passengers travelling to and from Dublin airport will encounter long delays on Saturday
Delays at Dublin Airport after radar system causes standstill

Flights resume after temporary suspension on Saturday morning

Filip Klubicka joined the Irish a capella group Ardú shortly after moving to Dublin in August 2017. Photograph: Enda O’Dowd/The Irish Times
‘People in Ireland are very, let’s say, lax with time commitments’

New to the Parish: Filip Klubicka arrived in Ireland in August 2017

Daniela Vindisova: “It feels good here. I have never felt like I’m in some kind of minority.” Photograph: Nick Bradshaw
‘The worst thing about Ireland? Dublin Bus!’

New to the Parish: Daniela Vindisova from Slovakia came to Ireland in 2016

Joe Ahern, owner Fána Tree Nursery, Ballyhooly, north Cork, surveys the damage caused by Storm Ophelia. Photograph: Daragh Mc Sweeney/Provision
Storm Ophelia: ‘It was like someone got into a bad mood and smashed the whole place’

One year on: Owner of Co Cork tree nursery says it will a decade to build his stock back up

Sean Hogan, chairman at the National Emergency Coordination Centre, at a press conference to announce details of storm Ophelia. Photograph: Cyril Byrne/The Irish Times
Storm Ophelia caused almost €70m worth of damage

Three deaths, €45m insurance claims and a tree nursery faced with disaster

‘The Importance of Being Aisling’ is the third book in a trilogy.
‘The Importance of Being Aisling’: the model modern Irish woman

Aisling’s complexity offers a genuine reflection of the modern Irish woman

The Department of Justice said last July that works had begun on a dedicated immigration detention centre at Dublin Airport and that it would be completed by July 2018. However, that deadline has passed and the facilities are still not open. Photograph: Kate Geraghty/The Irish Times.
Almost 4,000 denied entry to Ireland in 2017

Dedicated immigration detention centre at Dublin Airport still not completed

Paloma with Karin and Jorg Muller-Weiland and the couple’s two children Aoife and Reuben. Photograph: Karin Muller-Wieland.
Galway family has ‘wonderful reunion’ with au pair after 2017 prison stay

Paloma Aparezida Silva-Carvalho jailed last year after being denied entry for holiday

Driving solo: “I’ve wrestled with my relationship with religion, come up with ideas for a novel I may never write and considered where I want to be in five, 10, 15 years’ time.” Photograph: iStock
Solitary car journeys leave me feeling like a new woman

Niamh Towey: We need time to ourselves to try to piece together all of life’s big puzzles

Pope Francis arrives in the Papal Skoda at the Presidential Residence during his visit in Dublin. Photograph: Dylan Martinez/Reuters.
Pope’s Skoda car given to Mater Dei homeless hub in Drumcondra

Staff will use car to help homeless families move to long term accommodation

The word ‘truth is projected on the GPO in Dublin as part of a protest ahead of the visit by Pope Francis. Photograph: Reuters/Hannah McKay
Papal visit to Ireland: protest over clerical child sexual abuse

Former resident at Nazareth House calls on pope to do something for the survivors

St Stephen’s Green, Dublin. Summer in Ireland can be magical – and this year, it was just that. Photograph: Brenda Fitzsimons
Goodbye summer: Wish I hadn't complained about those long sweaty nights

Niamh Towey: It felt like the summers Bruce Springsteen and Don McLean wrote about

Waterford Rose Kirsten Mate Maher is crowned the 2018 International Rose of Tralee. Photograph: Domnick Walsh
Rose of Tralee review: ‘We need to look past the colour of our skin’

TV Review: The Rose of Tralee has been slow to accept the reality of modern Ireland

Torre de Belem tower overlooks the river Tagus in Lisbon. Photograph: Stock image
Lisbon & the Algarve: the sights, the history, the wine and the food

Balance Lisbon’s city buzz with a seaside rest in the Algarve for the perfect holiday

'Multiple friends have left my hometown for greener pastures. They are doctors, teachers and construction managers. Chefs, nurses and physiotherapists.' Photograph: iStock
I’m sad that so many of my clever, talented friends had to leave Ireland

Niamh Towey: Maybe someday we’ll do a better job of holding on to our own people

'I’ll never be the competitive, sporty type. I don’t think I’ll ever shed a tear over a game, or go on a beer ban – but I can see now why people do it.' Photograph: Alan Betson
Playing my first Gaelic football match at 25

Niamh Towey: Playing my first football match made me feel more alive than ever

Racegoers shelter from the rain on Ladies Day at Galway Racecourse. Photograph: Brian Lawless/PA
The Galway Races: posh social outing or depraved adult disco?

Niamh Towey: It’s possible to indulge in its festivities without disgracing yourself in the process

Pilgrims make their way up the rugged slopes of Croagh Patrick at sunrise. Photograph: Michael McLaughlin
Thousands of pilgrims climb Croagh Patrick on Reek Sunday

Several people treated for injuries with one man airlifted to hospital with cardiac pains

British singer Yusuf Islam, formerly known as Cat Stevens. His gentle guitar plucking transported me to another time. Photograph: Getty Images
Childhood summers: magic moments with Cat Stevens and Perry Como

Some summer sounds are now tinged with sadness since my Granny died last year

Horror of horrors: Mayo footballer Tom Parsons is treated by medical staff after his injury against Galway. Photograph: Cathal Noonan/Inpho
Heatwave Horrors: Waking in pools of sweat from heat-inspired nightmares

Nefarious nightmares have a tendency to expose your scaredy-cat ways

Passenger Miomir Todorovic uploaded a photograph from the inside of the plane, saying ‘I can barely hear my right ear. Important that we survived’.
Hospitalised Ryanair passengers must take 18-hour bus to Croatia

Croatia-bound flight in emergency landing

Passenger Miomir Todorovic uploaded a photograph from the inside of the plane, saying ‘I can barely hear my right ear. Important that we survived’.
‘I thought we were done for’ - passengers on Ryanair flight describe emergency landing

People seen bleeding from ears after Dublin flight to Croatia makes emergency landing

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