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Evening top 5: Louth shooting; beef factory injunctions; and Rosa Parks Barbie

Man dies following Louth shooting A man has died after being shot in Co Louth. It happened at aro...
Jack Quann
Jack Quann

21.59 27 Aug 2019


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Evening top 5: Louth shooting;...

Evening top 5: Louth shooting; beef factory injunctions; and Rosa Parks Barbie

Jack Quann
Jack Quann

21.59 27 Aug 2019


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Man dies following Louth shooting

A man has died after being shot in Co Louth.

It happened at around 2.50pm on Tuesday at a caravan park on the Clogherhead to Termonfeckin Road at Clogherhead.

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A man aged in his early 30s was pronounced dead at the scene.

High Court grants injunction against beef factory protests

The High Court has granted an injunction against farmers protesting outside a number of beef factories.

The action was taken by Dawn Meats and ABP to stop farmers from blocking access to their plants in an ongoing row over beef prices.

ABP says the resumption of blockades left it with "no choice but to seek an injunction to allow processing to resume".

Gardaí believe Vincent Parsons "met a very violent death"

Gardaí believe a man who died in an attack in Dublin over the weekend suffered a very violent death.

They are appealing for witnesses following the death of 34-year-old Vincent Parsons on Saturday night.

He was seriously assaulted in the Tallaght area late on Saturday.

Huawei to invest €70m in Irish operations over three years

Chinese telecoms giant Huawei has announced it is to invest €70m in Irish research and development (R&D) over the next three years.

The company says this is to support its growing business in Ireland.

The R&D will focus on the areas of video, cloud computing, artificial intelligence (AI) and site-reliability engineering (SRE).

Barbie adds Rosa Parks and Sally Ride to collection

US dollmaker Barbie is adding two inspiring women to their collection.

Civil rights activist Rosa Parks and the first US woman to fly in space, Sally Ride, are to have dolls made in their likeness.

Parks refused an order to give up her seat to a white passenger and move to the back of a bus on December 1st, 1955.


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