Woman whose testimony sent Eamon Cooke to prison: “My fear lifted the day he died”

Sophia (not her real name) testified at the 2007 trial that led to Cooke being sentenced to 10 years in prison.

The former pirate radio DJ is now suspected of killing Philip Cairns, the missing Dublin schoolboy who disappeared in 1986.

In an interview on Newstalk’s Lunchtime programme, Sophia said Cooke began abusing her at the age of seven.

Police say Jo Cox attack appears to be "isolated but targeted"

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Police in the UK have said possible far-right extremist links of the man suspected of killing Jo Cox are a "priority line of inquiry".

West Yorkshire Police temporary Chief Constable Dee Collins said the force is working with counter-terrorism officers to investigate the MP's murder - which they believe was a "targeted attack".

She said reports of suspect Tommy Mair's history of mental health problems are also a major line of inquiry as they try to establish why the popular Batley and Spen MP was shot and stabbed in her constituency on Thursday.

Living with mental illness: Meeting a therapist for the first time

Meeting a therapist for the first time is quite a unique experience and can feel extremely disconcerting. We know nothing about the person sitting directly across from us other than their name and what we may have gleaned from a quick google search - where they studied perhaps, what their qualifications are, and who their accrediting body* is.

We might be able to intuit signs of a life outside the therapy room – a wedding ring maybe – but other than that? They’re a blank slate.

Committee recommends delivery of 50,000 social homes over next five years

An Oireachtas committee has recommended that 50,000 new social housing units be built over the next five years.

The final report of the housing and homelessness committee has issued 70 recommendations - including rent certainty, a freeze on repossessions and giving priority to those who are long-term without a home.

Louis Theroux shares update about 'Drinking to Oblivion' participant Joe Walker

In April, the British documentary maker Louis Theroux produced and featured in a programme about alcoholism. Drinking to Oblivion, as it was called, was a difficult watch, shedding light of a pitiable and very sad reality of lives lived with alcohol abuse.