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Man (22) to appear in court over shooting
A 22-year-old man arrested in relation to the fatal shooting of Christopher Barry at a bookmaker's shop on Killester Avenue, Dublin, last Saturday, will appear before Dublin District Court this morning in relation to the incident.
A Garda statement last night said a file would be prepared for the Director of Public Prosecutions in relation to the detention of a 21-year-old man who was also arrested in relation to the shooting. He was released without charge yesterday.
Unpaid leave for Ryanair pilots
Ryanair has told Dublin-based pilots they will be allocated unpaid winter leave if not enough of them apply for it by the end of the month, writes Genevieve Carbery.
In an internal memo sent to staff on Monday, the airline said it was seeking the leave due to overstaffing and a reduction in winter base aircraft.
"Delayed aircraft deliveries due to the Boeing strike and a close-to-zero pilot attrition rate in recent months means that we are currently overstaffed in our pilot/flight operations department," the statement said. "We will continue to seek unpaid winter leave applications, particularly at our largest bases, Dublin and Stansted."
Ryanair said it was imposing a recruitment freeze from last Monday to be reviewed in early January because so many pilots from recently collapsed airlines had applied to work for the budget airline.
Yesterday the airline confirmed that the memo had been sent to its staff but declined to comment further.
Dungannon men on murder charge
Three Dungannon men appeared in Omagh Magistrates Court in Co Tyrone yesterday charged with murdering a father of three walking home from his daughter's 18th birthday party. Eamonn Hughes (48) was stabbed to death in Dungannon on Saturday.
Liam Murray (21), Kevin Kinnear (24) and Kevin Toye (22) were charged with murder and hijacking. Mr Toye was also charged with two counts of causing grievous bodily harm. Kevin Murray (39) was charged with attempted murder. All four were remanded in custody until October 8th. - (PA)
Youth shot at Clondalkin home
A youth is recovering in hospital following a shooting in west Dublin.
Two men entered a house at Melrose Park, Clondalkin, before 11pm on Monday and shot the 19-year-old man once in the stomach. He was taken to Tallaght hospital. His injuries are not believed to be life threatening.
Murder trial plea change
A Co Antrim man has changed his plea and admitted his involvement in the murder of Ballymena schoolboy Michael McIlveen (15). Mervyn Wilson Moon (20), Douglas Terrace, Ballymena, is one of six men on trial at Antrim Crown Court accused of murder.
The schoolboy died from brain injuries the day after he and two friends were attacked in a Ballymena alleyway by a group of Protestant youths in May 2006.
Woman (25) killed after hospital visit
A young garda who died from injuries in a car crash had just returned home from a visit to her brother, who is recovering in hospital from injuries he received in a road crash 12 days ago.
Yvonne Moran (25) died in Mayo General Hospital, Castlebar, on Monday night following a two-car collision on Sunday. She was a passenger in a car driven by her father, Kevin, after a visit to her brother Ciarán (26) in a Galway hospital.
His father was said to be critical but stable.
Meanwhile, gardaí have named the woman killed in Monday's crash in Crosdoney, Co Cavan, as Virginija Danielile (40) from Lithuania.