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News 2009
THE MURPHY REPORT
by THE MURPHY REPORTBishop Donal Murray of Limerick Press Conference the Murphy Report on clerical child sex abuse in the Dublin Diocese was Released.
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I THE VICTIM
Having been assured of her anonymity a female speaks to local and national press and outlines her story after her attacker, a local man, had been sentenced to 7 years jail on the conviction of the sexual assault on her.
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UP YOURS
By UP YOURS
Young mourner gestures obscenely at funeral of Limerick gangster Phillip Collopy- He died after accidently shooting himself in the head.
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"OPERATION WESTON"
Specialist Gardai,armed with Sig automatic pistols search deralict house's in the Ballincurra Weston area of Limerick,for members of the McCarthy-Dundon crime gang.
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BREAKING POINT
By Niall Carson
Kevin Flannigan from the group Survivors of Child Abuse, protests at not being allowed into the launch of the long awaited Child Abuse Commission report at the Conrad Hotel Dublin.
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SEARCH ENDS IN WOODS
Gardai at the location in Garrettstown Woods, Cork where the body of murdered woman Ann Corcoran (under white sheet) was discovered. Thousands of people had spent weeks searching for her.
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UNITED IN GRIEF...
United In Grief... Geraldine McDonnell a former resident of Goldenbridge comfort's Joseph Prendergast a former resident of St Joseph's School Navan Road at the march of solidarity for victims of institutional abuse from Parnell Square to Leinster House, Dublin.
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CRUTCH OF HOPE
Crutch Of Hope... A childs shoe tied to a senior citizens cane displayed during the silent march of solidarity for victims of institutional abuse from Parnell Square to Leinster House
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THE WEST’S AFLOAT
By Mark Condren
Hugh O’Donnell tries to reach his flooded house in Ballinasloe, Co Galway
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HELP AT HAND
By Mark Condren
The scene moments after a bus and a Luas crashed on OConnell Street
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MARK OF A KILLER
By Mark Condren
Mark Nash is driven away after being charged with the murder of two women in Grangegorman, Dublin, in 1997.
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LOST GENERATION
Brian Cowen and Minister Barry Andrews accept the petition from a deputation representing victims of institutional sex abuse.
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SEVENTH COUNT
Election Count staff going asleep as a Dublin re-count the third and last MEP seat was taken by Socialist Party's Joe Higgins on the seventh count at around 5.15am
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VOLLEY
Shots are fired over republican John Brady's coffin outside his house in Strabane, Co. Tyrone.
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TONY'S FUNERAL
By Fran Veale
Tony Gregory's remains are carried from his home in Ballybough draped in a starry plough
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RIVER RESCUE
Members of the emergency services rescue a woman who jumped into the River Liffey at The James Joyce Bridge, Dublin.