Dublin, Irish police and protests
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Twenty-three people have been arrested in Dublin, Ireland, following a second night of unrest outside a hotel used to house asylum seekers, Irish police have said. The disturbances on Wednesday followed the arrests of six people the previous night after demonstrations against the government’s immigration policies turned violent.
The retrial of Terence E. Crosbie, who is accused of raping a woman in a downtown Boston hotel room last year during St. Patrick’s Day celebrations, is underway in Suffolk Superior Court.
Sir Bob Geldof has said he “regrets” not running to be president of Ireland, a day before Irish voters head to the polls to pick their new head of state.
There’s just one small wrinkle: Connolly never actually withdrew. It was the latest case of a hoax perpetuated by a deepfake, meaning an AI-generated recording that misrepresents real people to spread disinformation or sow other types of chaos.
The jury began deliberations after hearing more than three days of testimony, including from the alleged victim.
The three-day celebration of Irish culture taking place Nov. 7 to 9 has jam-packed the 158,400-square-foot Cow Palace event space at the Maryland State fairgrounds with Celtic enthusiasts in years past.
The jury in the trial of Terrence Crosbie, the 38-year-old Irish firefighter charged with raping a woman at a Boston hotel last<a class="excerpt-read-more" href=" More
Catherine Connolly has a significant leader over Heather Humphreys in the polls but these elections are notoriously unpredictable.
A friend of the woman testified that he received text messages from her describing the alleged assault and that they had been drinking hours earlier.
Closing arguments will be held Wednesday in the trial of Terence Crosbie, the Irish firefighter accused of sexually assaulting a woman at<a class="excerpt-read-more" href=" More