Gardaí are appealing for passengers to come forward after a train tragedy in Sligo this week.
Jessica McLoughlin, who was in her 40s, was killed after being hit on the tracks near Ballisodare.
Her niece is being treated for non-life threatening injuries.
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The ECB seems concerned inflation is going to be a permanent feature of the economy for the next three years.
The European Central Bank increased interest rates again yesterday by a quarter of one per cent.
The bank is trying to bring the inflation rate down to 2% in Europe.
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The Labour Party is calling on the Government to ban gambling ads on all media outlets.
It says the sheer volume of such ads is having a huge negative impact on people who are vulnerable to addiction.
The call comes after The Guardian Newspaper in Britain imposed such a ban.
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There are plans for 1,300 new homes at Cork’s Docklands
The Irish Examiner report that O’Callaghan Properties are to seek permission for the project, which would comprise of 1,325 units in 10 buildings on the south docks.
Half of the units would be one bedroomed, with the buildings ranging in height from two floors up to 14 floors on the 32 acre Gouldings side between Monahan Road and Centre Park Road
