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IRELAND

Garda Randal Considine and Garda Shane Riddell of An Garda Síochána in Co. Galway have been awarded Commendations with Distinction following their rescue of a man from the water in Kinvara on Thursday, 19th September, 2024. Garda Press Office Garda Press Office

• Seven men and a teenager have been arrested after a woman was violently attacked and imprisoned in an apartment in Dublin.
• Taoiseach Simon Harris has pledged to engage with survivors of Michael Shine to get them a process they believe can give them information and justice. 
• Striking plumbers, fitters, welders and apprentices mounted a picket outside the site of the National Children’s Hospital in the forth day of strike action.
• Nearly 100 cases of image-based abuse have been prosecuted under Coco’s Law since it came into effect in 2020.
• A Status Orange alert for rain will be in place across counties …