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Inquest to be opened into death of Graham Thorpe after he took his own life

An inquest will be opened into the death of former England cricketer Graham Thorpe after his wife revealed that he took his own life. Tributes flooded in for one of the nation’s best Test players after the England and Wales Cricket Board announced ...

13 Aug 2024 at 00:01

National News

Inquest into 1997 shooting of GAA official Sean Brown to open in March

The first stage of an inquest into the fatal shooting of a GAA official in Co Derry 26 years ago is set to open next month. Sean Brown, 61, was abducted in Bellaghy by loyalist terrorists and shot dead in May 1997. He was taken by a Loyalist ...

22 Feb 2023 at 17:22

Crime and Courts

Limerick coroner told elderly woman died after choking on Brussels sprout

SUICIDE verdicts were recorded in half of the inquests which were heard before Limerick Coroners’ Court this Wednesday, while in another case it was revealed a pensioner died after she choked on a Brussels sprout. Coroner John McNamara ...

16 Mar 2018 at 06:05

Breaking News

Accidental death verdict in Limerick road accident

THE TRAGIC death of a man from Hospital who died after being struck by a car has been described as an “unavoidable accident” at Limerick’s Coroner’s Court. Coroner John McNamara said that the circumstances of this incident were “very ...

18 Jun 2017 at 16:00

Northern Ireland

Disclosure work under way for fresh inquest into man abducted from south Belfast

Disclosure work is under way in an inquest into the death of a Belfast man whose badly beaten body was discovered in the Republic of Ireland. The body of Thomas Lockard, 34, was found by the side of a road at Raskeagh in Co Louth ...

16 Jun 2025 at 14:00

Local News

Pensioner's lung cancer caused by asbestos at work, Limerick inquest hears

A PENSIONER who died earlier this year developed lung cancer as a direct result of his exposure to asbestos while working 50 years ago, his inquest in Limerick was told. Limerick Coroners Court was told Daniel McCarthy (71) from ...

10 Dec 2017 at 16:00

National News

'Nothing will derail' inquest into killing of Armagh pensioners, coroner says

Nothing will derail the scheduling of an inquest next year into the deaths of two pensioners who were killed by a man with severe mental health issues, a coroner has said. Lilian and Michael Cawdery, both aged 83, died at their ...

04 Oct 2022 at 16:01

National News

Sinead O’Connor had been ‘considering’ a movie of her book, say her managers

Sinead O’Connor was finishing a new album, reviewing tour dates for next year and was also considering “opportunities” around a movie of her book, a message from her management company has said. “Wonderful plans were afoot at ...

28 Jul 2023 at 18:06

National News

Jury in Stardust inquests reaches majority verdicts

The jury in the Stardust inquests has reached majority verdicts, almost a year after the inquests began into the deaths of the 48 victims of the nightclub fire. At Dublin District Coroner’s Court this Wednesday, the foreman ...

17 Apr 2024 at 16:20

Local News

Former Limerick councillor died after laundry caught fire in tumble dryer

THE inquest into the death of former councillor Seamus Houlihan has been told laundry in the drum of a tumble dryer at his home is likely to have “self-heated” and caught fire after the appliance’s cooling cycle was ...

16 Apr 2019 at 14:49

Local News

Plans for single coroners district in Limerick

IT IS envisaged that there will be only one coroners district covering all cases in Limerick in 2017, following the retire-ment of a county coroner next December. The coronial district of Limerick is set to ...

30 Jul 2016 at 14:00

Local News

Tearful scenes at Limerick court over 'self-inflicted' deaths

THERE were emotional and sometimes tearful scenes this Wednesday as inquests were heard following a number of recent sudden deaths across the city and county. Of the six inquests which were before the ...

31 Mar 2016 at 17:17

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