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The ‘greedy’ former solicitor who robbed €18m from the banksFORMER solicitor Michael Lynn was transferred to Mountjoy prison’s Progression Unit following sentencing last week, where he enjoys a slightly more relaxed regime as a “model” prisoner.On Monday the Mayo man was found guilty of stealing just over €18 million from six financial institutions during the Celtic Tiger era and was been jailed for five-and-a-half years. Source link

I was elated to become a first-time mother at the age of 40, but afterward I was quite certain I was “one and done.” I even began a Medium blog of the same name. Though my first birth experience was exhilarating in some ways, and I was thrilled to become a mother, my unexpected emergency C-section had left me feeling raw and confused, as well as a lengthy bout of postpartum depression that took me over a year to climb out of. Cut to 2019, with the world at the cusp of the pandemic. My husband and I found ourselves...

A super-fit husband and wife team are limbering up for their toughest charity fundraiser to date - a 100-mile ultra marathon around Ayrshire. Jill Wyllie, 48, and William Wyllie, 56, a chartered accountant with RA Clement & Co in Kilmarnock, are hoping to raise as much money as possible for Diabetes UK and will take on their mammoth challenge on Thursday, March 7. The pair will run between Mauchline and Ayr for a 24-hour period and they’ll have the entire family there to support them all the way. The couple are no strangers to charity fundraisers. Jill and William, from...

Dance and music star Michael Flatley has said if an insurance company is allowed to cancel his insurance policy on his Co Cork mansion, the protected structure, Castlehyde House may be in jeopardy.A High Court judge will next week give her decision after Michael Flatley’s legal team on Friday applied for an order restraining his insurance company from cancelling the house insurance policy for the luxury country mansion on the River Blackwater outside Fermoy.Michael Flatley in an affidavit to the court said if the insurance policy is allowed to be cancelled, Castlehyde House which dates back to 1790 may be...

This article was first published in our email newsletter Something Good, which every fortnight brings you a summary of the best things to watch, visit and read, as recommended and analysed by academic experts. Click hereto receive the newsletter direct to your inbox I am very particular about horror films. I want films with a meaty story that haunts, unnerves and, of course, scares me but is not a total gore fest. I don’t like to see people slashed to pieces, especially if there’s no real plot. I enjoy horror films like The Shining, The VVitch, It Follows, Tale of...

Elon Musk’s SpaceX has announced it will dispose of 100 Starlink satellites over the next six months, after it discovered a design flaw that may cause them to fail. Rather than risk posing a threat to other spacecraft, SpaceX will “de-orbit” these satellites to burn up in the atmosphere. But atmospheric scientists are increasingly concerned that this sort of apparent fly-tipping by the space sector will cause further climate change down on Earth. One team recently, and unexpectedly, found potential ozone-depleting metals from spacecraft in the stratosphere, the atmospheric layer where the ozone layer is formed. The relative “low earth...

For millions of people, smartwatches aren’t just a piece of technology. They can use them to take control of their health in ways never thought possible. As you go on your morning run, a smartwatch can monitor the rhythmic pounding of your feet and your heart’s steady beat. The watch can record the distance covered and the intensity of your workout, guiding you towards your fitness goals. During lunch, you can use it to log calories for a BLT sandwich. As deadlines loom, they can offer gentle reminders to take a moment for yourself. And as you doze off, they...

During The Eras Tour’s Tokyo stop on February 7, Swift told the audience that she had begun working on a new album, right after finishing up 2023’s Midnights. "So I started working on it immediately after that, and I’ve been working on it for about two years," she said. "I kept working on it throughout the U.S. tour, and when it was perfect in my opinion — when it was good enough for you — I finished it." Source link

‘Danielle has missed out on so, so much… we’re heartbroken’ – mother of Danielle McLaughlin And Andrea Brannigan, 52, is devastated Danielle's murder accused can enjoy family wedding celebrations while her eldest daughter was denied the chance of ever getting married.“I’m so heartbroken, as are Joleen and my girls,” said Andrea, 52, who lives in Buncrana, with Danielle’s four younger sisters."Our Danielle will never have the opportunity to get married herself. She missed her friend’s wedding. She never got the chance to celebrate her 30th birthday, she missed seeing her nephew being born. She hasn’t seen her sisters growing up....

Kate Winslet has set the record straight about whether her new political character was based on any real-life figures – after comparisons to one in particular.The Titanic star is gearing up for the release of her new show The Regime, in which she plays the chancellor of a fictional European country who finds herself struggling to hold onto her political power.Asked whether her performance was based on anyone in particular, Kate insisted during Friday’s edition of Graham Norton’s BBC talk show: “I wish I could tell you that I did, but I was too scared to do that, so I...