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Man charged over fatal collision
A man appeared before a special court sitting at the weekend, charged in connection with a road crash in which a 19-year-old Limerick woman died.
Roman Andreas (21), Dromore, Rhebogue, Limerick, was arrested in the early hours of Saturday following the three-car collision.
Emma Woodland, Hilltop, St Patrick's Road, Limerick, who died in the collision, was a back-seat passenger in one of the vehicles involved in the crash shortly after midnight on Friday on the Ballysimon Road, Limerick.
Mr Andreas, who was arrested shortly after the crash, appeared before a special sitting of Limerick District Court charged with dangerous driving.
He was also charged with failing to stop, failing to remain at the scene of an accident, and failing to report and give the appropriate information to gardaí. Insp Séamus Gallagher told Judge Tom O'Donnell that "much more serious charges" were likely to follow. Judge O'Donnell remanded Mr Andreas in custody to tomorrow.
Fears grow for missing pilgrim
The family of a 59-year-old Dublin woman, missing in Medjugorje since Wednesday, fear for her safety.
Winnie Brady, Millbrook Grove, Kilbarrack, was among a group of people from the area who went to the shrine in Bosnia for a week on September 1st. They were due back last Friday. Ms Brady was last seen, leaving her accommodation, at 1pm on Wednesday last. Her passport and cash were found in her room and there have been no withdrawals from her bank account since she disappeared.
Council urged to act on road signs
Mayo County Council will be asked at its monthly meeting today to take the lead in tackling incorrectly spelt road signs, both in Irish and in English, throughout the county.
Cllr Paddy McGuinness, the Fine Gael whip, will produce an album of some 30 incorrectly spelt road signs which, he says, are "grossly disrespectful to the county's placenames and are, in almost all cases, highly offensive to our first official language".
The councillor's motion asks that the council initiate a complete audit of all road signage throughout the county
Photo evidence of dozens of incorrectly spelt road signs, in Gaeltacht and non-Gaeltacht areas, has been made available by journalist Seán Ó Héalaí, whose campaign on the issue has received the co-operation of both Seán Ó Cuirreáin, the language commissioner, and the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs, Éamon Ó Cuív.
Meeting on 9/11 anniversary
The "Irish Scholars for 9/11 Truth" are hosting an evening with Webster G Tarpley, whom they describe as "the world's foremost expert on state-sponsored terrorism" and author of 9-11 Synthetic Terror: Made in USA, in Dublin at 8 pm on Wednesday.
The venue is Doyle's pub (upstairs) on College Street.
Man in court on Belfast murder charge
A man appeared in court in Belfast on Saturday charged with murdering a man in the city last weekend. Mark John Rush (38), of no fixed abode, was remanded in custody until October 6th charged with murdering Robert Hillen (56).
Mr Hillen, also of no fixed abode, died in hospital on Wednesday from injuries he received in the city centre last Saturday evening.
During a brief two-minute hearing before resident magistrate Ken Nixon, Mr Rush spoke only once to confirm he understood the charge. In answer to a defence solicitor, a detective sergeant confirmed it was accurate to say there were no significant or serious visible external injuries to the victim after last Saturday's incident.
PSNI identifies man found dead
The PSNI have identified a man whose body was found in a house in south Belfast last week. The man's name could not be released as family members were still to be informed of the death.
His body was discovered at a house at Penrose Street, off the Ormeau Road in the university area, on Wednesday afternoon. A murder inquiry was launched following a postmortem.
Six people have been arrested in connection with the death. Four were released without charge, the other two were last night still in custody after detectives were granted an extension of time to carry out further questioning.
Sea breaches quay walls in Galway
Hundreds of people turned out to watch the sea breach the quay walls in Galway's Claddagh last night for the highest tides in almost 20 years. However, water levels did not pose any flooding hazard due to mild weather conditions writes Lorna Siggins.
About a dozen Galway City Council staff were on hand to monitor the situation, and the local authority has extended its phone-line service for the next two days in case of emergency. High tides today are at 8.10am and 8.30pm, and at 8.55am and 9.15pm tomorrow .
Slip road for hotel in North sought
A company that owns a hotel built either side of the current Dublin to Belfast road just north of Dundalk has applied for planning permission to construct an exit slip road from the new N1/A1 dual carriageway which is due to open within the year, writes Elaine Keogh.
The slip road is to facilitate southbound traffic wanting to access the hotel that would otherwise have to use a slip exit that is 5 kilometres north of the hotel and in Northern Ireland.
That application by the Carrickdale Hotel Ltd, Newry Road, Carrickarnan, Ravensdale, whose directors are brothers John and Paddy McParland, is due for a decision by Louth County Council next week.
The 14km scheme, the final stage of the upgrading of the Dublin-Belfast corridor, is due for completion next summer and will remove up to 25,000 vehicles a day from the existing road.
It is the biggest cross-border development of its kind, costing €110 million and will consist of a high standard dual carriageway between the Cloghue roundabout immediately south of Newry and Ballymascanlon roundabout, Dundalk where it will link up with the existing Dundalk Western by-pass.
If the application is successful the 300 metre long slip road at Flurrybridge will take traffic off the N1/A1 and to the Carrickdale roundabout, which is part of the scheme and which is approximately 300 metres from the hotel.
According to the company, "the road will provide better access to services at Carrickarnan and reduce traffic on the existing road. It will also service residents of Jonesboro, Carrickarnan and the area". There is no such access concern for north bound traffic as the road design includes a slip road to the Carrickdale roundabout.