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Teenager charged over city shooting
An young man has appeared before the District Court in Limerick charged in connection with a shooting incident in the city a week ago in which a 21- year-old man was seriously injured.
Liam Kelly (18) Distillery View, Thomondgate, Limerick, was charged with possession of a firearm with intent to endanger life at St Munchin's Street in St Mary's park last month.
He was remanded in custody to appear in court again today, when a bail application will be made. Judge Tom O'Donnell was told that gardaí would be opposing bail.
The victim was injured in the stomach and back.
Man treated after Cork house fire
A man was treated in hospital for minor injuries following a house fire in Cork city yesterday morning. Three units of the Cork City Fire Service were called to the scene of a blaze at Evergreen Street shortly before 7am.
A man living in the house was evacuated from the building. The blaze was quickly brought under control and an investigation in to the cause of the fire is under way. It is not being treated as suspicious.
Penneys to move into Wilton centre
After months of speculation, Penneys has been announced as the new anchor tenant at the Wilton Shopping Centre in Cork city. Up to 185 jobs will be created between now and the outlet's launch in November.
Traders at the centre claim to have suffered a 25 per cent downturn in profit since the closure of the Roches Stores outlet in September 2006, when 172 Roches staff lost their jobs.
Locals have welcomed the decision by Penneys to rent the outlet before Christmas.
Workers' union Mandate has urged management at Penneys to re-employ as many former Roches staff as possible. Penneys will be holding recruitment open days from October 11th-13th at the SMA parish centre in Wilton.
Open verdict on worker's death
A coroner returned an open verdict yesterday at an inquest in Castlebar, Co Mayo, into the death of a construction worker whose decomposing body was found locally in May 2006.
State Pathologist Dr Marie Cassidy told the inquest that due to deterioration of the body and lack of positive findings, the cause of death of Waldemar Szmaj (49), from Kalisz, Poland, remained undetermined.
Dr Cassidy said examination of the decomposing body at the scene would suggest that the it could have been placed there after his death. It was found lying outstretched with Mr Szmaj's arms crossed over his chest.
Dr Cassidy said there was no evidence to suggest the death was trauma-related. Mr Szmaj did have a heart abnormality and there was a strong possibility that the death was cardiac related.
The inquest heard the body lay at the rear of houses in Saleen on the outskirts of Castlebar for about six weeks and neighbours were alerted when they noticed a strong odour.